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Amazon says its latest upgrade to its next-generation AI assistant, Alexa+, allows you to order food from popular delivery services Uber Eats and Grubhub in a conversational way, much like you would talk to a waiter at a restaurant or order at a drive-thru. The purpose of this new Alexa+ feature is to create a more natural and interactive ordering experience. Starting today, users will be able to request food, explore menu options, ask questions, and customize their meal in one conversation. If the user changes their mind midway through, wants to add a dessert, or adjust the amount, they…

This pool photo distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik shows Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting with the Iranian president in Ashgabat on December 12, 2025.Alexander Kazakov | AFP | Getty ImagesRussia is in the strange position of benefiting from the turmoil hitting Iran, its partner and ally in the Middle East.The Iranian government’s near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has caused a spike in global oil and gas prices, filling the coffers of major oil and gas producers such as Russia.Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Center, told CNBC on Tuesday that…

Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc., speaks on stage at the Snap Partner Summit 2023 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on April 19, 2023.Joe Scarnici Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Imagesshares of snap Shares rose 13% on Tuesday after shareholder Irenic Capital Management sent a letter to CEO Evan Spiegel outlining changes that could increase the stock’s value by about 600%.”Snap should not continue to do what it has been doing. It is not working,” Irenick wrote in a letter posted on savesnapnow.com along with the recommendation presentation.The recommendation, titled “Six Steps to 7X,” aims to increase Snap’s…

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Berger Ghalibaf has positioned himself as an unlikely financial advisor during the US-Israel war against Iran.In a series of posts on X, Ghalibaf urged investors to treat US-led market-moving headlines with skepticism, arguing that “fake news” is often used to manipulate financial and oil markets.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn a recent post, he wrote: “Caution: Pre-market so-called ‘news’ or ‘truth’ is often just setup for profit taking. Essentially, it is an inverse indicator.”“Do the opposite: go short when they go up, go long when they go down.”What’s going on tomorrow? You know the…

It was a sunny afternoon at Las Rozas, the headquarters of the Spanish Football Association, northwest of Madrid, last Friday before a friendly against Serbia.The Spanish national team’s training has ended. Several Luis de la Fuente players, including Martin Zvimendi, Pedri and goalkeeper David Raya, are chatting and soaking up the sun on the pitch. Crystal Palace’s Elemy Pino and Osasuna’s national team debutant Victor Muñoz are also taking part in target practice. The 2024 European Champions camp will be a happy place. That’s largely thanks to head coach de la Fuente’s obsession with building strong bonds between players and…

oracle CNBC has confirmed that the company has begun telling employees it will cut thousands of jobs as it deals with a plummeting stock price as it injects massive amounts of capital into building out its AI infrastructure. While Oracle’s core business has been hit by market panic over competitive risks from generative artificial intelligence models, the company has also faced pressure from investors over the amount of debt it is raising for AI investments and declining cash flow. Business Insider reported on the latest layoffs early Tuesday. CNBC confirmed the cuts to two people familiar with the matter, who…

A new economic partner?Liberta Velasco is a Chavismo who grew up in Enero district 23, but was still a teenager when Chavez came to power.She later became one of the founding members of the youth wing of Chávez’s political party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Eventually, she became the head of a government agency that expands access to higher education to people in vulnerable communities.Still, Velasco described the period following Maduro’s abduction as something of an awakening.”It’s like seeing yourself without makeup,” Velasco says. “Now everything is laid bare and revealed in its purest state, and we begin…

Metula, northern Israel — The rooftops of a Lebanese village in an area currently set aside by the Israeli government as a “security buffer zone” can be seen from a border community in northern Israel. And for more than 60,000 Israelis living in remote towns, war with Hezbollah is not a distant reality. Here, when a Hezbollah rocket fires an air raid siren, there is no gap between the warning and the shock. Unlike other parts of Israel, residents have only seconds to evacuate. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a further expansion of Lebanon’s internal military buffer…

Sky Sports and NOW will become the home of Most Valuable Promotions’ new women’s boxing platform MVPW in the UK and Ireland after agreeing a multi-year deal with the promoter.The deal will see Sky Sports exclusively broadcast two all-female UK evening matches each year, along with MVPW’s first UK tournament on Sunday 5 April at the Olympia in London. The women’s-only bill at Olympia, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports this Sunday, includes a historic double main event in which Caroline Dubois takes on British rival Terry Harper in a lightweight world title unification bout, as well as…

Runway is moving beyond building AI video models to shaping what is built on top of them. An AI video generation startup has launched a $10 million venture fund to invest in early-stage companies building AI, media and world simulations, the company’s founders told TechCrunch. It’s also rolling out a Builders program that provides free API credits to startups from seed to Series C, a move that signals Runway wants to build an ecosystem around what it calls “video intelligence.” Runway has become one of the leading companies in AI video generation, with its tools used across film, advertising, and…