Chatbots at the drive-thru are just the beginning

The post Michael Jackson Defies The Odds And Sends Several Songs To New Peaks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Michael Jackson manages to defy Drake’s chart domination as two of his songs — “Billie Jean” and “Chicago” — climb while more than a dozen others fall. NEW YORK, NY – CIRCA 1984: Michael Jackson performing circa 1984 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/Images/Getty Images) Getty Images It’s a tough week for every artist on the Billboard charts not named Drake. The rapper recently released three albums, Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour, and dozens of songs featured on those full-lengths become hits across a variety of tallies. The hip-hop superstar breaks several records thanks to his surge of new music, and those cuts that don’t have his moniker attached that manage to hold on drop from where they sat last week, with only a very small number of hits either keeping steady, or, in the case of Michael Jackson, rising. The King of Pop – whom Drake references on the Ice

The post Best Buy (BBY) Q1 2027 earnings appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A person walks outside a Best Buy store on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Thursday reported first fiscal-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines as the electronics retailer tries to break out of a sales slump. The company said revenue climbed slightly, driven by comparable sales growth of 2%. It reaffirmed its full-year guidance of revenue between $41.2 billion and $42.1 billion, in addition to adjusted earnings per share of $6.30 to $6.60. It expects comparable sales in the range of a decline of 1% to an increase of 1%. The company said its biggest growth drivers in the quarter were gaming, computing, mobile phones and services, which were partially offset by a decline in sales of appliances. Shares of Best Buy rose roughly 7% in premarket trading. “Our comparable sales grew 2% versus last year, higher than our outlook, with positive comps

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s new AI tool aims to help answer eligibility questions from the state’s Medicaid program members to reduce wait times and expand access to information.

By Brian Jay Tang, University of Michigan and Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan Hundreds of millions of people consult artificial intelligence chatbots on a daily basis for everything from product recommendations to romance, making them a tempting audience to target with potentially below-the-radar advertising. Indeed, our research suggests AI chatbots could easily be used […]

There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It's not the only sign xAI's signature chatbot is in trouble, even as Musk puts it at the heart of what could be the biggest IPO in history. Reuters reviewed more than 400 examples of government AI use where specific vendors were named. Grok or xAI, it found, appeared in only three - each of those for basic uses like document drafting or social media management, and always … Read the full story at The Verge.

The post Hong Kong police arrest Chinese man who planned to set himself on fire over $76K crypto loss appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A 34-year-old mainland Chinese man was arrested inside a McDonald’s after police found a lighter and flammable liquid on him.  Authorities say the man had planned to set himself on fire in the public space after experiencing cryptocurrency investment losses of 500,000 yuan (approximately $76,000).  Crypto losses are driving dangerous decisions  A 34-year-old mainland Chinese man, surnamed Li, invested in a cryptocurrency trading platform between February and May 2026. After losing the equivalent of roughly $76,000, he filed repeated complaints on the platform itself. Li arrived in Hong Kong on May 13. The following morning, the platform’s staff noticed that he disclosed his travel itinerary through some posts and expressed intent to take his own life. The platform contacted Hong Kong’s Cybersecurity and Technology Crime Bureau, which tracked Li to a

Meta is adding an ‘incognito’ mode to WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, giving users private, temporary conversations that aren’t saved or accessible by Meta.

The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.