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Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, January 8th.

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Walmart has launched a digital network of health care providers. The platform called Better Care Services

offers same-day consultation with third-party providers for urgent care and behavioral health.

It also has access to Lilly Direct, Eli Lilly and company's digital platform

for managing diabetes, obesity, and migraines. Walmart said Better Care Services also includes

a nutrition hub, which provides personalized food and recipe recommendations powered by AI.

The retail giant added that it's also reducing prices on some health-focused goods.

Universal Music Group, the company behind Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, will strike more AI deals that can

benefit its artists. That's according to a New Year memo to staff written by its CEO. The company

has entered into AI-related agreements with platforms

such as YouTube, meta, and TikTok, as well as emerging AI companies like UDO, BandLab, and

Stability AI. Finally, while tech shares have been stumbling lately, Alphabets keeps on climbing.

Shares of the Google Parent were up about 1% Thursday,

on pays for the first record close since late November, even as the IT sector in the S&P 500 was down

more than 1.5%. The company's market capitalization is now close to $4 trillion,

reflecting a growing belief among investors that

the tech giant can outdule competitors like OpenAI. The November release of Google's latest

Gemini model outperformed OpenAI's chat GPT on a variety of measures, sending Alphabet's stock

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