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Spotify Dominates Audio Streaming, but Where Are the Profits?
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Sam Altman and Satya Nadella talk to The Economist
The bosses of OpenAI and Microsoft on the future of AI and superhuman intelligence
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Sam Altman, Bill Gates Weigh AI Risks in Big Election Year
AI and democracy are the talk of Davos.
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Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
In freezing temperatures, the batteries of electric vehicles can be less efficient and have shorter range, a lesson many Tesla drivers in Chicago learned this week.
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Amazon to lay off hundreds from Twitch and Prime Video
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