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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI has launched Operator, an AI agent that performs browser-based tasks like filling out forms, booking services, and placing orders. Operator is currently only available as a research preview for Pro users in the US. OpenAI plans to expand access, refine Operator through user feedback, and eventually integrate it into ChatGPT. AI agents have …

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Ramp launches Ramp Treasury, letting businesses store cash in a business account and earn 2.5% or in a money market fund for potentially higher yields  —  Over the years, Ramp has built a name for itself in the corporate card and expense management space.  It’s branched out into travel …

This prediction is based on several decades of research that my colleagues and I have been undertaking at the University of Oxford to establish what makes people willing to fight and die for their groups. We use a variety of methods, including interviews, surveys, and psychological experiments to collect data from a wide range of groups, such as tribal warriors, …

A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the U.S., representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle announced in partnership with President Donald Trump on Jan. 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, contributing to what OpenAI calls a “computing system.” “This infrastructure will secure American leadership …

Most people slept through the bulk of TikTok’s outage. But the political play and a list of things that seem new or different on the app have left a bad taste in some users’ mouths.

President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. In doing so, Mr. Trump fulfilled a promise that he made repeatedly on the campaign trail as he courted political contributions from the crypto industry, which spent more than $100 million to …

The first Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 is happening today! By now, most of you probably know what Samsung is about to launch at the event. The star of the show will obviously be the highly-anticipated Galaxy S25 series, but that’s not all we’re expecting Samsung to announce. Here’s a quick roundup of everything we think Samsung will reveal and details …

Bloomberg: An internal probe into SoftBank-backed eFishery, one of Indonesia’s most prominent startups, finds the agritech company allegedly faked most of its 2024 sales  —  – EFishery board investigating startup’s sales, profit numbers  — Indonesian firm has raised hundreds of millions of dollars

It was an opportunity too good for Meta to ignore: On January 19, TikTok, one of its biggest social media rivals, was set to go dark across the United States when a new national security law went into effect. In the days and weeks before the ban, as millions of Americans were scrambling to find a suitable alternative to TikTok, …

For many enterprises, the ability to rapidly develop, deploy, and integrate new software and features is essential to the overall success of an organization. Managing all those moving parts requires workflow procedures that cross traditionally separate departments and can be accomplished only with effective communication and cooperation. These workflow procedures are referred to as DevOps, which is a mash-up of …