Discover 10 ways Amazon's Alexa+ AI shopping assistant transforms e-commerce with voice/touch, personalization, automation, and cross-retailer search.

Anthropic targets 36 million US small businesses with accessible AI tools, shifting platform wars downmarket and democratizing advanced language models for entrepreneurs.

TelemetryDeck's Swift-based infrastructure processes 16 million monthly users with high efficiency, challenging traditional backend norms. Built on Vapor and Kubernetes, the service leverages Swift's compile-time safety and multithreading to reduce costs and improve security.

Swift 6.3 launches with Android SDK, C @c attribute, module selectors, and performance controls, expanding language reach.

Swift 6.3 unifies build system across platforms, ending fragmentation. Developers can test new integration now.

Swift's official extension is now on Open VSX Registry, adding support for Cursor, VSCodium, AWS Kiro, and Google Antigravity. Features include code completion, debugging, and easy install.

valkey-swift 1.0 is released, offering a production-grade Swift client for Valkey/Redis with Swift 6 concurrency safety, plus Embedded Swift talks from try! Swift Tokyo and other community updates.

Meta AI is rolling out on Threads, letting users tag @meta.ai for real-time context, but the feature faces backlash over blocking restrictions and accuracy concerns. Rollout begins in five countries with expansion planned.

LinkedIn cuts 875 jobs amid restructuring; while AI isn't cited, it looms large. The layoffs reflect a broader tech industry shift toward efficiency and automation, not just cost reduction.

Polymarket bettors wager on Euphoria Season 3 deaths, with Nate Jacobs and Rue Bennett as top candidates, amid concerns of insider trading by show insiders.

7-Eleven's summer offers $1 large Slurpees during weekday happy hours for loyalty members, plus exclusive flavors, discounted drinks, and a Slurpee Truck sweepstakes. Learn how to join and save.

Harvard research reveals that stability, not wealth, is the key to raising successful children. A web of consistent routines and relationships fosters healthy development.

Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 2 mockup at Johnson Space Center prepares Artemis astronauts through hands-on training, design validation, and mission rehearsal for NASA's lunar program.

Discover the superheavy secrets behind cosmic rays 10 million times more powerful than any human-made accelerator.

SpaceX is exploring global launch sites for Starship to ensure redundancy, optimize orbits, and overcome regulatory and environmental hurdles.

Dozens of Americans quarantined after cruise ship outbreak of Andes hantavirus. Ebola survivor warns it's a wake-up call for U.S. preparedness. CDC monitoring closely.

VP Vance freezes $1.3B in Medicaid payments to California over fraud suspicions, citing provider schemes. Background on fed crackdown, state budget impact.

CDC confirms low hantavirus risk, defends 'playbook' response amid expert criticism of agency's slow action and over-reliance on WHO.

Alcohol addiction treatment is shifting from 12-step programs to medication-assisted therapy, with experts calling it a long-overdue revolution.

Physician warns AI tool in addiction medicine fails at human connection, risking therapeutic bonds and patient trust. Urgent call for caution.