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The Power of SOCi Genius AI on AWS

Multi-location businesses’ marketing efforts are extensive — which makes them both expensive for their organizations, and time consuming for their teams. Managing local search, social, and reputation management efforts across hundreds or thousands of locations is a massive undertaking, and maintaining brand consistency across all of the marketing channels, messages, and markets that organizations’ efforts

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OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 is here. How to try it now.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 has arrived. On Thursday, the ChatGPT maker announced the latest version of its LLM (large language model) in research preview. As OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a few weeks ago, GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s last non-chain-of-thought model, meaning all future models will have reasoning capabilities. “Early testing shows that interacting with GPT-4.5 feels more

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The USAID Emergency Waivers Aren’t Working, From Ebola to AIDS

The CDC did not respond to requests for comment. Other lifesaving USAID programs ostensibly granted humanitarian waivers have encountered similar issues. Earlier this month, WIRED reported that the food aid and famine prevention program FEWS NET remains inactive, despite having received a waiver, with many of the workers who had implemented the program furloughed or

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Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a

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Slack Outage Disrupted Work Messaging

Slack reported an outage on February 26 and 27, with most features back up by Thursday but some issues with messaging still persisting; in particular, some custom apps and bots did not work as expected. In addition, a problem with Slack Connect meant coworkers might not get notified if someone pinged them with the @

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Best power station deal: Save $580 on the DJI Power 1000 portable power station

SAVE $580: The DJI Power 1000 portable power station is on sale at Amazon for $419 with the on-page coupon, down from the usual price of $999. That’s a 58% discount. Surprise power outages can be rough. Instead of going without power during a storm, or even while out camping, get a great deal at

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Pokémon Company Announces “Pokémon Champions,” Promises “Legends: Z-A” Coming in 2025

New Pokémon games, Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Pokémon Champions, are on the way, the Pokémon Company announced today during a Pokémon Presents broadcast. Z-A, the highly anticipated follow-up to the series’ first open-world game, will arrive in late 2025. The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new adventure set in the Lumiose City of

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Meta fixes error that exposed Instagram users to graphic and violent content

Meta has fixed an error that caused some users to see a flood of graphic and violent videos in their Instagram Reels feed. The fix comes after some users saw horrific and violent content despite having Instagram’s “Sensitive Content Control” enabled. “We have fixed an error that caused some users to see content in their

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Which Website Builder is Right for You?

GoDaddy and Wix are software solutions that help businesses create websites. These website-building platforms are similar in some ways and are used by various organizational personnel, such as website designers, social media managers, content managers, and administrative staff. The company size, technical skill level of staff, and website complexity are considerations a business will use

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‘Death of a Unicorn’ trailer promises Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, and murderous mythical beasts

Based on the title of A24’s Death of a Unicorn, you know a gorgeous unicorn is going to bite the dust. The film’s first trailer revealed not just how said unicorn would die (a tragic hit-and-run) but also who was responsible: father-daughter pair Elliot (Paul Rudd) and Ridley (Jenna Ortega). SEE ALSO: ‘Death of a

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