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Zest's New AI Agent Finds Restaurants and Books Reservations Over Text

Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.

Google's first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is 'a great opportunity to go deceive people'

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

Reddit is going logged-in only. Blame Google AI Overviews.

Like publishers everywhere, Reddit is learning the hard lesson that Google giveth — and Google taketh away traffic.

Sutter promised a $1 billion new hospital in the East Bay. Now, it’s pulling the plug

An overview of Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit medical center in 2016.

Treasury Department announces new Series I bond rate of 5.51% for the next six months

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced new Series I bond rates through April 2027.

US tech stocks tumble as earnings stoke AI spending fears

Intel’s shares on track to plunge by the most since 1974 after chipmaker’s results spook investors

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Bruce Feirstein is a journalist and screenwriter who lives in Los Angeles.

A 3.4% GDP Print Hides a ‘Haunted’ Housing Market and a September Stall

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.4% annualized pace in the third quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday, up from 2.2% in the second quarter and above the 3.2% median forecast. Consumer spending rose 3.8%, and Goldman Sachs economists called the makeup of the quarter “strong.”

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