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Instacart scraps AI pricing tests that made some products more expensive
Instacart is ending its AI-powered pricing tests, which led some users to see higher prices on certain products than others. "Now, if two families are shopping for the same items, at the same time, from the same store location on Instacart, they see the same prices - period," Instacart writes in a blog post on […]
Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75B in cash, plus its existing debt, as part of its push to expand its AI data center footprint (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75B in cash, plus its existing debt, as part of its push to expand its AI data center footprint — Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus its existing debt …
Nintendo is ending the Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle
Nintendo has announced that the popular Mario Kart World pack-in will cease production, and that future shipments will be Switch 2 only
I was the ‘Penis and Vagina’ movie quote kid from Kindergarten Cop
35 years after Kindergarten Cop's release, actor Miko Hughes reflects on his iconic quote from the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy.
What makes the Great Smoky Mountains smoky?
The Great Smoky Mountains is the most visited national park in the United States. Located on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina and spanning more than 500,000 acres, the vast landscape is in the heart of historic Cherokee homeland. But how did this iconic landscape get its name? Vox traveled to the Smokies to […]