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The Philadelphia Eagles lost a legendary coach when offensive line guru Jeff Stoutland left the franchise last week. On Monday, the Eagles settled on his replacement. The Eagles are hiring Chris Kuper ...

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Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, generative AI-powered version of its Alexa assistant, is available to all U.S. customers as of Wednesday. The company said that the AI feature will be free to Prime members ...

Amazon is making its AI-upgraded Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S. Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device ...

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