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Online Holiday Shopping Got an AI Boost, Says Salesforce
Online sales climbed 4 percent in the year-end buying period, as AI-powered chatbots facilitated sales and returns.
Wall Street Journal
Uber Stock, Lyft Shares Rise as Robotaxi Revolution Approaches
The ride-sharing giants are having a good Monday, following Uber's announcement of a $1.5 billion accelerated share-repurchase program. In the young year, Uber is up about 10%, while Lyft is up 12%. D ...
TechCrunch
Nvidia’s Project Digits is a ‘personal AI supercomputer’
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a device it's calling a 'personal AI supercomputer.' ...
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AI Chatbots Drive Online Sales Surge During US Holiday Season: Salesforce

Artificial intelligence (AI) played a significant role in boosting online sales during the recent holiday season, Reuters reports, citing a report by Salesforce. The software company's analysis of data from 1.6 trillion page views on its platform reveals that AI-powered chatbots helped drive a nearly 4% year-over-year

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How Intel Lost Its Way

In 1988, Intel's then-CEO Andy Grove published a book titled "Only the Paranoid Survive," urging companies to adapt to market shifts and disrupt even their own successful models. The book became a business classic, a gospel of sorts in Silicon Valley. Ironically, Intel, once the undisputed

Wall Street Journal
Stocks to Watch Monday: Foxconn, Nvidia, AMD, Plug Power
The Taiwan-listed assembler of Apple and Nvidia products raked in record quarterly revenue, helped by strong dem
The Verge
LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to their TVs
LG and Samsung have both announced their 2025 smart TVs at CES this weekend, and some of them will include access to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant. Both TV manufacturers are chasing the artificial ...
Reuters
Chalice AI Welcomes Vadim Tsemekhman as SVP of Product
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...
Wall Street Journal
How Are Companies Using AI Agents? Here’s a Look at Five Early Users of the Bots
Artificial intelligence agents have emerged as one of the most exciting aspects of generative AI for business because they take chatbots to the next level, performing complex tasks without help from ...
Bloomberg
Nvidia Investors Look to Huang CES Speech to Spark Next Breakout
Nvidia Corp. investors have high hopes that Monday’s speech from CEO Jensen Huang will spark a fresh breakout in the chipmaker’s shares, which have plateaued since November after roaring higher for much of 2024.
Wall Street Journal
How Uber and Lyft Are Gearing Up for the Robotaxi Revolution
After ending their own driverless plans, the ride-sharing companies are embracing autonomous-vehicle operators and offering new app features.
Fortune
How HR will change the employee experience in 2025, according to people executives from Hyatt Hotels, Lenovo, and Google Cloud
Employee belonging isn’t an extra—it's the foundation.” ...
SCMP
TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban
TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.
CNBC
Chinese robot vacuum cleaner company reveals model with an AI-powered arm
Chinese robot vacuum cleaner company Roborock says its new model has an artificial intelligence-powered folding arm for removing socks and other obstacles.
TechRound
The Role Of Business Bank Accounts In Startup Funding
Having a business bank account can contribute significantly to the success of businesses. Here's how a business bank account can help startups secure funding.