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Sources: Andy Jassy picks 14-year Amazon veteran Eric Rimling as his technical adviser, a prestigious two-year position; Jassy was Bezos’ adviser in the 2000s (Theo Wayt/The Information)

Theo Wayt / The Information: Sources: Andy Jassy picks 14-year Amazon veteran Eric Rimling as his technical adviser, a prestigious two-year position; Jassy was Bezos’ adviser in the 2000s — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has picked Eric Rimling, a 14-year veteran of the company’s fulfillment operation, as his new technical adviser …

Samsung Galaxy S24 cameras tipped to bring major photography boost

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung will lean on software upgrades for the Galaxy S24 series cameras, a leaker claimed. This suggests that we might not see any camera hardware upgrades next year. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series was mostly an iterative upgrade over the Galaxy S22 family when it came to the camera

The new Onyx Boox Tab Ultra C is a color E Ink tablet with a 16-megapixel rear camera

Image: Onyx Onyx today announced a new tablet with an E Ink display capable of showing colors: the 10.3-inch Boox Tab Ultra C. The E Ink tablet is the first in the Tab series to feature a Kaleido 3 E Ink screen, which is the latest version of E Ink’s color electronic paper display technology.

A look at Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case before SCOTUS that could impact how copyright law is applied to AI tools’ use of human-made works (Madeline Ashby/Wired)

Madeline Ashby / Wired: A look at Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case before SCOTUS that could impact how copyright law is applied to AI tools’ use of human-made works — The US Supreme Court’s upcoming decision could shift the interpretation of fair use law—and all the people, and tools, that turn to

Apple could be using AI for iPadOS 17 and Health – and not with ChatGPT’s help

According to reports, Apple is planning on using AI to help track your mood, while the Health app is finally moving to iPad.

Alibaba Cloud plans to cut its core product costs by up to 50% from May 7; it has received 200K+ requests to join the beta trial of its Tongyi Qianwen AI model (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Alibaba Cloud plans to cut its core product costs by up to 50% from May 7; it has received 200K+ requests to join the beta trial of its Tongyi Qianwen AI model — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is cutting the cost of its cloud services by as much as half, a move that could

Vectrex Light Pen Works Without a Raster

Sometimes the simplest of projects end up revealing the most interesting of things, as for example is the case with [Ryo Mukai]’s light pen for the Vectrex console. It’s an extremely simple device using an integrated light sensor with built-in Schmitt trigger, but for us the magic isn’t in the pen itself but in discovering

TikTok Shop is thriving in Indonesia, TikTok’s second-biggest market with an estimated 110M users; Data.ai: the Shop seller app has ~5.5M Indonesian downloads (Aisyah Llewellyn/Rest of World)

Aisyah Llewellyn / Rest of World: TikTok Shop is thriving in Indonesia, TikTok’s second-biggest market with an estimated 110M users; Data.ai: the Shop seller app has ~5.5M Indonesian downloads — TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is truly the year of TikTok,” says one seller.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 could be far thinner while folded

Last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 4. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Ice Universe, an anonymous Twitter account with a habit of accurately leaking details about unannounced smartphones, has tweeted what they claim will be the physical dimensions of Samsung’s upcoming foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 5. Perhaps the most interesting figure is

India’s commerce minister urges e-commerce companies to use their marquee apps to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce or face exclusion from the network (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s commerce minister urges e-commerce companies to use their marquee apps to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce or face exclusion from the network — India will use the “full force of the government” to promote the adoption of its open e-commerce network, cautioning e-commerce giants failing …

Bass Reactive LEDs For Your Car

[Stephen Carey] wanted to spruce up his car with sound reactive LEDs but couldn’t quite find the right project online. Instead, he wound up assembling a custom bass reactive LED display using an ESP32. The entirety of the build is minimal, consisting of a GY-MAX4466 electret microphone module, a KY-040 encoder for some user control

A look at the waning crypto hype in Africa, as consumer trust fades, startups shut down, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX’s fallout (Damilare Dosunmu/Rest of World)

Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World: A look at the waning crypto hype in Africa, as consumer trust fades, startups shut down, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX’s fallout — Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career choices. — • LAGOS, NIGERIA

Sources: Tencent is boosting investment in gaming studios abroad, primarily in Europe, to diversify away from China despite the improving regulatory conditions (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Tencent is boosting investment in gaming studios abroad, primarily in Europe, to diversify away from China despite the improving regulatory conditions — Chinese tech giant targets European assets as it seeks to diversify away from domestic market

It looks like Apple copied a feature from Nothing for upcoming earbuds

Credit: Amazon/The Verge The beats Studio Buds Plus were spotted prematurely on Amazon. The earbuds come in a transparent variant reminiscent of the Nothing Ear series. The ANC buds are expected to release on May 18 at $169.95. The Beats Studio Buds Plus have been awaited for a while now, and it seems Amazon has

Latest Pixel 7a press renders leave little to the imagination

Credit: WinFuture/Google Google Pixel 7a press renders have surfaced online via a trusted website. The images indeed line up with previously leaked renders. We also get a look at apparent Pixel 7a protective cases. Google is expected to launch the Pixel 7a at its I/O developer conference next month, and there’s been no shortage of

It looks like Apple copied a feature from Nothing for upcoming earbuds

Honda’s making a bigger electric SUV to follow the Prologue — atop its own platforms

Honda’s Prologue all-electric SUV announced last year. | Image: Honda Honda’s working on a new mid to large-sized electric SUV for the US market, the automaker announced today. The new vehicle, slated for release in 2025, will be built atop the automaker’s new Honda e Architecture EV platform. Honda had previously announced vehicles on its

Hands-on with Asus’ ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming machine launching May 11 that can be a strong Steam Deck competitor depending on the price and software (Monica Chin/The Verge)

Monica Chin / The Verge: Hands-on with Asus’ ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming machine launching May 11 that can be a strong Steam Deck competitor depending on the price and software — I had a fun time testing this device, but everything’s going to come down to price. … Basically everything written about Asus

Tinder is implementing video verification to further curb creepy scammers

Tinder’s new video verification process. | Image: Tinder Tinder is fortifying its photo verification system with video — specifically, by asking members to take a series of video selfies to prove they’re actually the real person they claim to be and not just some AI hound dog. The new feature, announced today, is rolling out

TikTok is working on a feature that will let users create AI-generated profile pictures similar to Prisma Labs’ Lensa app (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: TikTok is working on a feature that will let users create AI-generated profile pictures similar to Prisma Labs’ Lensa app — TikTok is working on a feature that will create AI-generated profile pictures, according to social media consultant Matt Navarra, who shared images and video of the tool with The

Twitter says governments globally made ~53K content removal requests in H1 2022, and users were required to remove 6.5M+ pieces of content, up 29% from H2 2021 (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

Sheila Dang / Reuters: Twitter says governments globally made ~53K content removal requests in H1 2022, and users were required to remove 6.5M+ pieces of content, up 29% from H2 2021 — Twitter on Tuesday said it required users to take down over 6.5 million pieces of content in the first half of 2022 …

Amazon just spoiled the next Beats earbuds before Apple could even announce them

The Studio Buds Plus look phenomenal in this transparent style. | Image: Amazon Well, there’s not much left for Apple-owned Beats to “announce” after this. On Tuesday evening, Amazon prematurely published a retail listing for the rumored Beats Studio Buds Plus. The page contains every last detail about the buds: among other upgrades, they have

SK Hynix reports an operating loss of ~$2.5B in Q1 2023, its biggest quarterly loss, surpassing the ~$1.4B in Q4 2022, and revenue dropped 58.1% YoY to ~$3.8B (Kim Jaewon/Nikkei Asia)

Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: SK Hynix reports an operating loss of ~$2.5B in Q1 2023, its biggest quarterly loss, surpassing the ~$1.4B in Q4 2022, and revenue dropped 58.1% YoY to ~$3.8B — South Korean semiconductor manufacturer posts $2.5bn in red ink — SK Hynix and other semiconductor manufacturers are dealing with a slowdown

Reading Ptolemy’s Treatise on the Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries of Recovery Attempts

During the Middle Ages much of Ancient Greek and Roman scientific, legal and similarly significant texts written on parchment were commonly erased, mostly because of the high cost of new parchment and the little regard given to these secular texts. Although recovery attempts of the remaining faint outlines of the old text has been attempted

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