NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structured tables for Google Sheets

NotebookLM’s new Data Tables feature automatically organizes information from your sources into structured tables that can be ...

Is your Roku or Fire TV streaming device tracking you? It's possible - how I put an end to it

Streaming devices, such as Fire TV Sticks and Chromecasts, collect personal data for various purposes. If that makes you uneasy, here's how to regain some control.
Seeking Alpha

Confluent surges after IBM reveals plan to acquire data streaming pioneer for $11B

IBM (IBM) revealed today it plans to acquire Confluent (CFLT), a pioneer in data streaming, for about $11B, prompting Confluent shares to surge more than 25% during early Monday trading. Confluent ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says new Outlook can't open some Excel attachments

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...
Harvard Business Review

AI Agents Aren’t Ready for Consumer-Facing Work—But They Can Excel at Internal Processes

Over the past two years, we’ve all heard a lot about generative AI. But for all of the hype about how it might change the business world, finding concrete examples of what it is doing right now isn’t ...
Reuters

US Bureau of Economic Analysis working on new economic data calendar post-shutdown

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday it was working to update its schedule of economic data releases affected by the recently ended ...
The Verge

Valve’s new VR streaming trick won’t just work with its own headset

Valve’s Steam Frame uses ‘foveated streaming’ to enhance what’s in front of your eyes, and headsets compatible with Steam Link will be able to use it. Valve’s Steam Frame uses ‘foveated streaming’ to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Sling TV First to Settle California Data Privacy Lawsuit Amid Sweep of Streaming Services

The lawsuit accused Sling TV of misdirecting consumers looking to stop the sale of their personal information By Winston Cho Sling TV will pay $530,000 to settle a lawsuit from California accusing it ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic rolls out Claude AI for finance, integrates with Excel to rival Microsoft Copilot

Anthropic is making its most aggressive push yet into the trillion-dollar financial services industry, unveiling a suite of tools that embed its Claude AI assistant directly into Microsoft Excel and ...
Wired

How Data Centers Actually Work

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI. Tech giants have been ...
MarketWatch

Spotify says it’s working to protect artists from AI abuse, but the streaming company’s track record is shaky

It was arguably one of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence being used to take advantage of a music-streaming platform. Federal prosecutors said last year that a fraudster had bilked ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Data streaming software maker Confluent explores sale, sources say

Confluent shares rally 11.4% Firm working with bankers after attracting interest from private equity and tech firms, sources say Interest fueled by corporate race for AI and firm's pressured valuation ...