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Be My Eyes, the accessibility app for mobile devices that puts blind and low-vision people on a live video call with a sighted guide, will help Microsoft train its AI. Be My Eyes will provide anonymized video data to improve scene understanding in Microsoft’s accessibility-focused AI models.

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Hello! Europe just had its largest auto show of the year, but out-of-towners nabbed the spotlight. China's EV giants like BYD, Xpeng, and Leapmoter showed off new models that turned heads.

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The FBI has previously said that there are thousands of North Korean IT workers posing as non-North Koreans to get remote jobs in the US.
  • A company accidentally hired a North Korean IT worker for a remote job.
  • He stole data and then tried to hold it to ransom after being fired, according to Secureworks.
  • North Korean workers have been infiltrating US companies, but extortion has emerged



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The Eras Tour is unlike any other concert tour I've seen.
  • We spent weeks in Europe and saw the Eras Tour twice for about what we paid to see her in the US.
  • Choosing a less-popular city and using credit-card points helped keep our costs low.
  • I wish we'd booked our hotel before prices skyrocketed, but I was glad we planned a whole trip.

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Many of DJI's drones including its latest consumer products are being held up at the US border, the manufacturer said in a blog post today. It appears to be a customs matter and not related to proposed US legislation to ban DJI products (the Countering CCP Drones Act) currently in US Congress. However, the holdup means that sales of DJI's latest Air 3S drone will be delayed, the company told The



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In 2004, I was an undiagnosed neurodivergent teenager who had given up on trying to fit in. It felt like everyone was trying to mold me into their version of perfect by chastising me when I did something “wrong.” It was confusing, exhausting, and demoralizing. I managed to make a few friends in high school who seemed to just get me, but the last thing I wanted to do was talk about



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  • Netflix's stock recently hit an all-time high, but can the growth keep going?
  • The US and Canada drive 70% of Netflix's revenue growth and are crucial for its future ad expansion.
  • Wall Street analysts unpack the major challenges Netflix is facing moving forward.

By now, it's become a common refrain in Hollywood: Netflix has won the streaming wars. It has a giant



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  • Insurtech startup Inshur has secured $19 million in Series B funding.
  • The startup offers AI-enhanced vehicle insurance for clients like Uber and Amazon Flex.
  • Check out the 16-slide pitch deck used to secure the fresh funding.

New York-based startup Inshur, which provides bespoke insurance for workers in the on-demand economy, has secured $19 million in Series B funding.

The insurtech startup



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Kristen Bell in 2024 and Anna in "Frozen."
  • Kristen Bell, who played Anna in the "Frozen" movies, said her kids don't like them.
  • The actor joked that they know it will pay for their college fees.
  • "Frozen" and "Frozen 2" both made more than $1 billion, among the most successful animations ever.

Kristen Bell says her kids don't like the "Frozen" movies, but know



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Salesforce CEO and cofounder Marc Benioff.
  • Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft's Copilot again, calling it "disappointing" and inaccurate.
  • The Salesforce CEO slammed Microsoft's AI assistant in an X post, saying, "It just doesn't work."
  • Last month Benioff compared Copilot to Clippy, Microsoft's discontinued animated paperclip assistant.

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