Apple is planning to ditch Qualcomm and Broadcom for its own Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G chips
Apple is preparing to ditch both Qualcomm and Broadcom for its own in-house chips.
Read MoreApple is preparing to ditch both Qualcomm and Broadcom for its own in-house chips.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever needed to see exactly where your line breaks and spaces are, I have great news. | Image: Google Google is adding a feature to Google Docs that lets you see non-printing characters such as spaces, tabs, and various types of breaks, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The option,
Read MoreBenj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio — Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker’s emotional tone and acoustic environment. — On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced …
Read MoreDamir Yalalov / Metaverse Post: Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio — IN BRIEF — With just a three-second sample of any voice, the transformer-based TTS model VALL-E can produce speech in every voice.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units for data centers that has raised $300M+; December 2022 reports suggested the deal is worth ~$190M — In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known …
Read MoreThe chip would be a major addition to Apple’s lineup. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is working on a new in-house chip that would power cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth functionality on its devices, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company is also developing its own chip that would replace
Read MoreImage: Oculus Meta is planning to stop supporting the original Quest VR headset with new software updates, and soon anyone using the older hardware will be locked out of some social features. Several users on Reddit and Twitter, along with journalist Janko Roettgers, have posted screenshots of an email saying the company will stop shipping
Read MoreThe money machine is coming. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has announced that creators can start making ad revenue on Shorts starting February 1st, following a promise from September that the monetization option was on its way. The change is coming as part of a broader update to YouTube’s Partner Program,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta’s launching a new ad distribution system in the US as part of the settlement it reached with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) last year. In an announcement on its site, Meta says its new Variance Reduction System (VRS) will create a more “equitable distribution of ads”
Read MoreEvery once in a while we stumble across something so simple yet so clever that we just have to call it out. This custom linear Hall effect sensor is a perfect example of this. By way of backstory, [Nixieguy], aka [The Electronic Mercenary], offers up a relatable tale — in the market for suitable hardware
Read MoreApple Maps has launched a new partnership with SpotHero, allowing users to check for parking spaces within the app.
Read MoreApple’s Crash Detection feature is triggering false 911 calls to emergency services.
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Meta plans to stop new software updates and some social features for the original Quest but will fix critical bugs until 2024; the headset launched in 2019 — Meta is planning to stop supporting the original Quest VR headset with new software updates, and soon anyone using the older hardware
Read MoreJuro Osawa / The Information: Sources: e-commerce spending on ByteDance’s Douyin in China reached $208B in 2022, up 76% YoY; shoppers in Southeast Asia spent $4.4B on TikTok in 2022 — TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, is making inroads in e-commerce. Consumers in China last year spent 1.41 trillion yuan …
Read MoreApple is rumored to be relaunching the large HomePod this year, but don’t expect many changes.
Read MoreMeta will show you a notification when you violate the rules. | Image: Meta Meta is adding some new moderation features to Horizon Worlds, the company’s VR social platform, as part of version 91, according to a blog post published Friday. While the features are welcome upgrades, they also feel like relatively basic additions that
Read MoreFour hot-swappable batteries can keep the Displace running at all times. Our time at CES 2023 might be over, but it’s still worth highlighting some standouts at the show. One of those that’s gotten quite a bit of attention is from an upstart company called Displace. LG’s brand-new Signature OLED M eliminates every wire except
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google is bringing support for Unicode 15. Support for Unicode 15 is available in the Android 13 QPR2 beta 2 update. The stable version of QPR2 is scheduled to come in March. Google is rolling out its Android 13 QPR2 beta 2 update today. Along with the update
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Read MoreOver the last few years we have brought you many stories about John Deere tractors, and how their repair has been locked down such that only manufacturer-authorised technicians can work on them. They’ve become a poster child in the battle for the right to repair, a symbol of the worst practices. Finally now we can
Read MoreApple’s war against small phones will continue into the foreseeable future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo. The noted Apple analyst reported recently that the company isn’t just delaying the 2024 version of its popular and diminutive iPhone SE, it’s cancelling it. This could mean Apple will never produce a phone smaller than 6.1 inches ever again.
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on a combined Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip to replace Broadcom components by 2025; plans to replace Qualcomm parts this year have hit snags — Apple Inc.’s push to replace the chips inside its devices with homegrown components will include dropping a key Broadcom Inc. part in 2025 …
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: YouTube plans to begin sharing ad revenue with Shorts creators on February 1, and starts rolling out new terms for all creators in the YouTube Partner Program — YouTube will begin sharing ad revenue with Shorts creators on February 1, the company revealed on Monday.
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Meta rolls out AI ad-targeting tech it calls a Variance Reduction System in an effort to comply with its DOJ settlement and reduce discrimination in housing ads — Meta is acting on its vow to reduce ad discrimination through technology. The company is rolling out a Variance Reduction System …
Read MoreVentureBeat: Worlds, which builds “digital twins” of floor operations for industrial companies to help boost productivity, raised a $21.2M Series A led by Moneta Ventures — Worlds Enterprises, a company that builds digital twins of floor operations for industrial companies to let them become …
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