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Hundreds of employees were let go by Amazon in their Alexa department as the company focuses on investing in artificial intelligence.

Amazon is reducing its workforce in the division responsible for its well-received voice assistant, Alexa, as it channels greater investments into artificial intelligence. On Friday, Daniel Rausch, Vice President of Alexa and Fire TV at Amazon, informed employees that the company is getting rid of specific positions due to the discontinuation of certain projects. Rausch

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IBM, the European Union, and Lionsgate have decided to withdraw their advertisements from Elon Musk’s X due to growing concerns about antisemitism, causing a negative reaction.

Companies are leaving social media platform X due to worries about their advertisements appearing alongside pro-Nazi material and hateful speech in general. The platform’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, has also sparked controversy with his tweets promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. This week, IBM announced that it has ceased advertising on X following a report that

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Sport

Katelyn Tuohy on her NC State career :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports reporter NC State senior Katelyn Tuohy is one of the most decorated athletes in Wolfpack history – a 10x All-American, a 9x All-ACC performer, an NCAA indoor champion, an NCAA individual and team cross country champion, an ACC Female Athlete of the Year, and the list just keeps on going.

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Health Care

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting screenings of cinnamon imports into the United States following reports of children becoming ill due to lead contamination in applesauce.

The FDA is inspecting cinnamon imports from various nations for traces of harmful lead, following numerous cases of children becoming ill after consuming pouches of applesauce and apple puree. The FDA stated on Friday that the most probable origin of the excessive amounts of lead discovered in recalled pouches of applesauce puree, which have been

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