Allbirds, once a buzzy shoe startup, pivots to AI

The company's share price shot up more than 300% on the news, offering some sense of the ongoing excitement for AI investments.

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Why are many Americans turning to AI for health advice

Many Americans are turning to artificial intelligence for health advice. A Gallup poll found that 1 in 4 U.S. adults had used AI for health information.

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Could artificial intelligence help with your taxes? Experts say you need to be cautious

Whether it’s Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, people are turning to artificial intelligence to help them with a lot of things in their lives.

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You could be owed money as part of a $135M Google settlement. See if you qualify

Approximately 100 million Android users could get a chunk of a $135 million Google settlement. Are you one of them?

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A young generation is reviving the iPod for distraction-free listening

Four years after Apple killed off the iPod, secondhand sales are surging fueled in part by young people interested in listening to music in a focused way.

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Samsung discontinuing its texting app, tells users to switch to Google Messages

Impacted Samsung smartphone owners are being asked to switch to Google Messages “to maintain a consistent messaging experience on Android.”

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Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop' videos

There has been a growing movement online against AI-generated content, particularly when leans into the meaninglessness of “ brainrot.”

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