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Hoppers (2026)Courtesy of Disney UKThe wait is over. Disney and Pixar’s latest animated film, Hoppers, is now available to stream on digital platforms after debuting on the big screen in March. Directed by Daniel Chong, Piper Curda voices Mabel, an animal lover who gets the chance to use new technology that lets her “hop” her…

In Brief Posted: 12:48 PM PDT · April 28, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch, AI generated Almost as soon as OpenAI announced that its major investor and cloud partner, Microsoft, no longer has exclusive rights to any of its products, Amazon started gloating. After the revised OpenAI/Microsoft agreement was announced on Monday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy noted…

Image Credits:Amazon 11:49 AM PDT · April 28, 2026 Amazon launched a new AI-powered feature on Tuesday that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses generated in real time. The responses are delivered by what the company calls “AI-powered shopping experts,” which present information in a natural, discussion-style format. The…

OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement…

Uber Technologies (UBER) has been stuck in a familiar debate. Investors see autonomous vehicles as an existential threat, with companies like Waymo and Tesla building Robotaxi networks that could bypass the platform. That concern helps explain why shares are down about 10% this year, even as …

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What do Meta’s New AI model and Meta’s Layoff tell us? (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThis week, Meta cut 8,000 employees and launched the new AI Muse model on the same day. Microsoft offered voluntary retirement to thousands of long-tenured staff. Twenty thousand jobs gone in seven days, from two…