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Samsung Browser for Windows exits beta with Perplexity-powered agentic AI assistant

Samsung officially launched Samsung Browser for Windows after beta testing since late 2025, bringing its mobile browsing experience to PCs with agentic AI capabilities powered by Perplexity. The browser offers cross-device continuity beyond basic bookmark syncing, allowing users to resume exact webpages from their Galaxy phones. AI features are currently limited to the US and South Korea.

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GitHub to train AI models on Copilot user data unless you opt out by April 24

Microsoft's GitHub will begin using customer interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train AI models starting April 24. The policy change affects code snippets, inputs, and outputs from private repositories. Users can opt out through GitHub account settings, though the company encourages participation to improve code suggestions and bug detection.

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Google's TurboQuant AI compression tech triggers sharp memory stocks decline despite resilience

Google researchers unveiled TurboQuant, an AI memory compression breakthrough that sent memory stocks tumbling. SK Hynix dropped 6%, Micron fell 3%, and Samsung declined 4.8% on concerns the technology could reduce AI-fueled demand for memory chips. However, analysts cite the Jevons Paradox, suggesting improved efficiency may actually increase demand rather than diminish it.

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Google's TurboQuant cuts AI memory by 6x, rattles chip stocks as industry rethinks hardware needs

Google Research unveiled TurboQuant, a training-free compression algorithm that shrinks AI memory requirements by at least 6x while delivering an 8x performance boost on Nvidia H100 GPUs. The announcement sent memory chip stocks tumbling as investors recalculated how much physical memory the AI industry actually needs, with Micron dropping 3% and Western Digital falling 4.7%.

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Normal Computing raises $50M to solve the AI energy crisis with thermodynamic chip technology

Normal Computing secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Samsung Catalyst to address the escalating cost and power consumption of AI chips. The startup is developing thermodynamic computing technology and an EDA platform already used by half of the world's top semiconductor companies. CEO Faris Sbahi warns data centers will hit an energy wall by 2030.

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Spotify lets artists manually approve releases to combat AI fakes flooding music platforms

Spotify is beta-testing Artist Profile Protection, a new feature that lets musicians review and approve releases before they appear on their profiles. The tool addresses the surge of AI-generated songs and fake tracks that have been wrongly attributed to real artists, affecting everyone from Drake and Beyoncé to indie acts like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.

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Domo unveils AI agent builder to connect enterprise data with external AI platforms

Business intelligence firm Domo introduced an AI agent builder and orchestration framework at its Domopalooza conference in Salt Lake City. The new tools use Model Context Protocol to connect enterprise data directly to external AI platforms like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude, enabling organizations to deploy custom AI agents that automate tasks across business workflows.

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Google launches Lyria 3 Pro to generate three-minute songs with enhanced creative control

Google unveiled Lyria 3 Pro, advancing its AI music generation capabilities from 30-second clips to full three-minute tracks. The model offers improved song structure control, allowing users to specify intros, verses, choruses, and bridges. Available to paid Gemini subscribers and integrated across Google's enterprise ecosystem, the release intensifies competition with platforms like Suno and Udio while raising questions about AI-generated content flooding streaming services.

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Reddit will require fishy accounts to verify they are human in new bot crackdown

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced that accounts exhibiting automated or fishy behavior must verify humanness using methods like passkeys, Face ID, or World ID. The move aims to combat bots flooding the platform as AI bot traffic threatens to overtake human activity online. Reddit already removes 100,000 bot accounts daily.

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Apple gets full Gemini access to build on-device AI models for smarter Siri

Apple's partnership with Google runs deeper than expected. The company has complete access to Google's Gemini model in its own data centers, allowing it to create smaller, distilled AI models that run locally on devices. This process enables Apple to build efficient models requiring less computing power while maintaining Gemini-like performance for Siri improvements.

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Claude AI suffers another widespread outage affecting thousands of users globally

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced another significant outage on March 25, with Downdetector reports spiking from 150 to over 5,318 within minutes. Users across multiple regions encountered error messages preventing them from sending prompts or receiving responses. Anthropic confirmed the service disruptions on its status page, noting elevated errors under investigation, but provided no timeline for restoration.

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Meta smart glasses blocked in Europe as battery rules and AI regulations stall launch

Meta's new Ray-Ban Display glasses won't reach European markets anytime soon. The European launch delay stems from EU regulations requiring removable batteries by 2027 and restrictions on AI features. While Meta cites supply shortages, the company is seeking exemptions for AI wearables as regulatory challenges mount in both Europe and the U.S.

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Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 GPUs Target AI Workloads with 32GB Memory at Half NVIDIA's Price

Intel unveiled its Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 workstation graphics cards featuring 32GB of memory for AI inference workloads and professional applications. Priced at $949, the Arc Pro B70 undercuts NVIDIA's RTX Pro 4000 by nearly half while offering more memory capacity. The cards mark Intel's first deployment of its larger Battlemage GPU architecture, though aimed at AI and pro markets rather than gaming.

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Intel launches Panther Lake vPro platform with AI capabilities to reclaim commercial PC market

Intel officially released its Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake processors with vPro certification, targeting the commercial PC market where AMD has gained ground. The chipmaker also launched Xeon 600 workstation CPUs and introduced new vPro features including a certification program for apps and accessories, promising improved power efficiency and AI-driven security capabilities.

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Samsung unveils Exynos 1680 SoC with AI boost, 200-megapixel camera and 144Hz display support

Samsung has introduced the Exynos 1680 chipset, the successor to last year's Exynos 1580, featuring a 4nm process and significant upgrades across CPU, GPU, and AI capabilities. The new processor delivers up to 16 percent GPU performance improvement and supports 200-megapixel cameras, with the chipset expected to power the upcoming Galaxy A57 5G smartphone.

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