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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

Former Weekend Editor

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    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Venmo your PayPals and PayPal your Venmos.

    PayPal is rolling out the ability to buy PayPal USD, its US-dollar-backed stablecoin cryptocurrency, to “select users” today, with a full rollout coming later.

    PayPal’s release says users can transfer PYUSD between Venmo and PayPal wallets for free, but warns that other compatible wallets will be subject to blockchain fees.

    That ups the number of cryptocurrencies Venmo users can buy through the app from four to five.

    PayPal to let Venmo users buy new stablecoin after unveiling PYUSD to wide applause from the crypto industry

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    Eero’s new Max 7 is a powerful router with Wi-Fi 7 supportEero’s new Max 7 is a powerful router with Wi-Fi 7 support
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Amazon brings ambient art with AI-generated images to Fire TV sticks and the Echo Show.

    At its Devices and Services event, Amazon announced that it’s bringing ambient art to new and existing Echo Show and Fire TV devices. What’s more, it can generate or alter images for you on the fly, right on your TV using voice commands.

    Previously, the ambient art feature was only available on Fire TVs.

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    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    BMW will get Amazon’s LLM-powered voice assistant.

    The voice assistant that Amazon is working on with BMW will work with Amazon’s LLM for more conversational AI, the company said in its Devices and Services event today.

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