In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple problem: businesses couldn’t keep up with customers who had moved to messaging apps. Today Respond, with its customer conversation management software, …
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Fox to Buy Roku in $22B Deal, Adding Nearly 100M Streaming Viewers
by Alan Northby Alan NorthFox is buying its way deeper into the streaming interface. The TV corporation is adding another free streaming platform to its roster with the $22 billion purchase of Roku. Announced …
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NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for June 16: Tips to solve Connections #631
by Alan Northby Alan NorthToday’s Connections: Sports Edition will require baseball movie knowledge. As we’ve shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks …
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Tech & AI
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
by Alan Northby Alan NorthThe Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines on Monday. In a filing, the agency sided with Elon Musk’s company, saying attempts to stop xAI from …
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Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties
by Alan Northby Alan NorthOver the weekend, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced a small revolt when he delivered his commencement speech at Stanford University, where he earned his graduate degree in materials science and …
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Nintendo is facing a potential incident after a threat actor claimed to have stolen nearly a decade’s worth of internal corporate data and demanded a $2 million ransom to prevent …
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Corporate leadership changes rarely come without internal shakeups, reorganizations, and layoffs, and Xbox appears to be going through that right now. Just a few months after longtime Xbox head Phil …
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Tech & AI
How Apple Is Making Your Older iPhone Run Faster and Stay Alive Longer
by Alan Northby Alan NorthYour aging iPhone will feel a little more responsive once you download iOS 27 later this year. At least, that’s Apple’s claim. At its developer keynote at this year’s WWDC, …
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Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models
by Alan Northby Alan NorthA group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts, including several well-known veterans of the industry, published an open letter to the U.S. government asking it to lift the export …
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98% of mid-market companies have discussed whether to involve AI in boardroom decisions, according to a survey conducted by Board Intelligence. The Summer 2026 edition of the Board Value Index …