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• 5 Best ChatGPT Cover Letter Prompts in 2026: How to Get Hired Faster

  04-02-2026 20:48 via eweek.com
  As artificial intelligence continues to transform the job search process, a growing number of candidates are turning to ChatGPT to craft effective, personalized cover letters.Cover letters remain an important part of many hiring processes, especially for roles that require strong communication, leadership, and client-facing skills. With the right prompts, ChatGPT can help applicants save time, tailor their messages to specific job descriptions, and effectively highlight their achievements. 
  
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• Waymo Expanding to 20+ Cities in 2026, Including Tokyo and London

  04-02-2026 18:11 via eweek.com
  Waymo is stepping on the accelerator. Backed by a fresh $16 billion funding round, the self-driving car company says it is preparing for its biggest expansion yet, with plans to roll out ride-hailing services in more than 20 new cities worldwide in 2026.In a blog post published Monday, Waymo announced the new investment, which values the Alphabet-owned company at $126 billion post-money. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, with Alphabet continui
  
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• Meta Makes AI Adoption a Formal Part of Performance Reviews

  04-02-2026 18:06 via eweek.com
  In a first for big tech, Meta is now grading its employees on how well they use AI. The policy, first implemented last year, is now fully active.The pathway to implementation began in 2025, when Meta employees were told to start documenting their “AI-driven impact.” According to internal communications, Janelle Gale, Meta’s head of People, laid the groundwork:“As we move toward an AI-native future, we want to recognize people who are helping us get there faster,” sh
  
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• Tim Cook Highlights Apple Intelligence’s Fastest-Growing Feature

  04-02-2026 17:46 via eweek.com
  Tim Cook just gave Apple watchers their clearest clue yet about which Apple Intelligence feature is capturing the most attention.During Apple’s Q1 earnings call, the Apple CEO called out Visual Intelligence as one of Apple Intelligence’s most popular features. Citing transcripts from the call, 9to5Mac reported that he said, “During the quarter, we were excited to see that the majority of users on enabled iPhones are actively leveraging the power of Apple Intelligence.”Coo
  
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• Texas Instruments Snaps Up Chip Designer Silicon Labs for $7.5B

  04-02-2026 16:25 via eweek.com
  Texas hold ’em… and AI is part of the game.
  Texas Instruments will acquire Silicon Labs in a $7.5 billion all-cash transaction, a move that significantly expands Texas Instruments’ position in embedded wireless connectivity and deepens its reach across fast-growing industrial, automotive, and Internet of Things markets.
  While Texas Instruments is not a direct competitor to AI chip leaders such as Nvidia and AMD, the acquisition strengthens its position in the foundational semi
  
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• Chinese Humanoid Robot ‘Bolt’ Just Broke the World Speed Record

  04-02-2026 15:39 via eweek.com
  The global race for robotic speed has a new frontrunner. On Monday, a research team from Zhejiang University, in partnership with technology firms MirrorMe Tech and Kaierda, officially unveiled “Bolt,” a full-sized humanoid robot that has clocked a blistering peak speed of 10 meters per second.Standing 175 centimeters tall and weighing 75kg, the metallic athlete was built to push the absolute physical boundaries of bipedal movement. To prove its mettle, the robot was pitted agai
  
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• Why Apple, Anthropic Might Be the Real Winners of the AI Disruption Era

  04-02-2026 15:07 via eweek.com
  While software stocks were melting down yesterday, Apple quietly dropped something that might explain the chaos.Xcode 26.3 now ships with full Claude Agent SDK integration, giving millions of iOS developers an autonomous AI copilot.This means Claude can now work autonomously on long-running tasks: exploring your project’s file structure, understanding how SwiftUI and UIKit connect, then making changes across multiple files to achieve a goal. Give it a task, and it breaks it down, decides w
  
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• Positron Secures $230M AI Funding for $1B Valuation

  04-02-2026 15:03 via eweek.com
  Nvidia has another rival to think about.
  Positron AI has raised $230 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round at a post-money valuation exceeding $1 billion, marking one of the largest recent financings in the AI inference hardware space.
  The round was co-led by ARENA Private Wealth, Jump Trading, and Unless, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Arm, and Helena. The announcement was made at Web Summit Qatar, underscoring the company’s growing international p
  
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• Anthropic’s Legal AI Tool Debut Hits European Data Company Shares

  04-02-2026 13:30 via eweek.com
  The advance of AI is decimating many other industries.
  Anthropic dropped a legal plugin causing some of Europe’s biggest data companies to lose billions in market value.
  Thomson Reuters shares crashed nearly 18% in a single day, the UK’s  RELX plummeted 14% and is now trading at half its value from just one year ago—marking its steepest single-day drop since 1988.
  The trigger? A plugin released on GitHub that automates legal workflows including contract review, NDA triage,
  
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• Xcode 26.3 Brings Agentic Coding to Apple’s Development Ecosystem

  04-02-2026 11:14 via eweek.com
  Apple has released an update to its flagship development environment that signals a significant shift in how software for its platforms can be built.
  With Xcode 26.3, the company is formally introducing agentic coding, a new approach that allows AI agents to operate with a higher degree of autonomy inside the development workflow.
  According to Apple’s announcement, the update enables developers to use coding agents such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex directly wi
  
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• Fitbit Founders Debut AI Platform for Family Health Tracking

  04-02-2026 09:13 via eweek.com
  Who needs a chatbot, when you can call on a guardian?
  Former Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are returning to the health technology spotlight with a new company aimed at a different challenge.
  Their new AI venture, Luffu (pronounced “loo-foo”), has launched. It positions itself as an “intelligent family care system” designed to help families coordinate health, safety, and caregiving across generations.
  Announced in San Francisco, Luffu reflects a shift fro
  
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