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Wired Wednesday: AI News Anchors, Free Privacy App & Keurig Drinkworks

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Chinese news agency adds AI anchors to its broadcast team (source)
  • Get Faster Internet: Cloudflare Debuts Free 1.1.1.1 Privacy DNS App for iOS, Android (source)
  • Keurig launches a cocktail-making pod machine (source)

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