An internal video of Apple executives discussing Apple Vision Pro revealed what some interesting uses of the device might be, including health care and education. Apple Vision Pro could be used by doctors Apple Vision Pro has been marketed as a consumer device with 3D movies, Apple Arcade games, and general multitasking. However, executives have
Read MoreGoogle announced today that it will invest $1 billion building a data center near London. Reuters reports: The data centre, located on a 33-acre (13-hectare) site bought by Google in 2020, will be located in the town of Waltham Cross, about 15 miles north of central London, the Alphabet-owned company said in a statement. The
Read MoreAccording to StatCounter, Bing’s market share grew less than 1% since launching Bing Chat (now known as Copilot) roughly a year ago. From a report: Bloomberg reported (paywalled) on the StatCounter data, saying, “But Microsoft’s search engine ended 2023 with just 3.4% of the global search market, according to data analytics firm StatCounter, up less
Read MoreAn internal video of Apple executives discussing Apple Vision Pro revealed what some interesting uses of the device might be, including health care and education. Apple Vision Pro could be used by doctors Apple Vision Pro has been marketed as a consumer device with 3D movies, Apple Arcade games, and general multitasking. However, executives have
Read MoreApple’s latest series of Vision Pro demos carefully obscures one important hardware feature.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg. Aside from Meta’s new focus on building artificial general intelligence, the biggest news inside the company this week is CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to move its AI research team, FAIR, to sit in its product organization. Going forward, Joelle Pineau, the VP who leads FAIR, and Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist, will report
Read MoreClosing up the remotely controlled 1:150 scale model car. (credit: diorama111) For many people having a miniature version of something like a car is already a miracle in itself, but there’s always the possibility to take matters a bit further, as YouTube channels like [diorama111] demonstrate. In this particular case, they took a 1:150 scale
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report released Tuesday (Jan. 16th) by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: The U.S. labor market experienced a massive increase in remote and hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic. At its peak, more than 60% of paid workdays were done remotely — compared with only 5% before the pandemic.
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Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok has launched many songs that have gone viral over the years, but now it’s testing a feature that lets more people exercise their songwriting skills… with some help from AI. AI Song generates songs from text prompts with help from the large language model Bloom. Users can
Read MoreThomas Claburn reports via The Register: IBM has canceled a program that rewarded inventors at Big Blue for patents or publications, leaving some angry that they are missing out on potential bonuses. By cancelling the scheme, a source told The Register, IBM has eliminated a financial liability by voiding the accrued, unredeemed credits issued to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Arizona State University (ASU) and OpenAI announced a partnership to bring ChatGPT into ASU’s classrooms. In a press release, ASU stated that it wants to focus on “three key areas of concentration” where it can use ChatGPT Enterprise, like “enhancing student success, forging new avenues for innovative research,
Read MoreThis is the first new product category in years for the company. While the experience is polished, the design doesn’t feel very Apple.
Read MoreAccording to Reuters, Reddit plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March, “moving forward with a listing it has been eyeing for more than three years.” From the report: It would be the first IPO of a major social media company since Pinterest’s, opens new tab debut in 2019, and would come as
Read MoreLike Netflix, YouTube and Spotify won’t be building specialized apps for Apple Vision Pro, nor will they allow their iPad apps to run on the hardware. YouTube and Spotify aren’t coming to Apple Vision Pro Some of the world’s biggest corporations are taking a wait-and-see approach with Apple’s new hardware, declining to offer any support
Read MoreThe prices of the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series are mostly unchanged in the US, with a notable exception being the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The base model of the most powerful phone in the lineup is $100 more expensive than the Galaxy S23 Ultra this time around at $1,299.99. That’s quite an outlay, even if
Read MoreNilay Patel Just like Netflix, YouTube also isn’t building a native app for the Vision Pro. Its iPad app won’t support the $3,499 headset, either, as YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby tells The Verge, “YouTube users will be able to use YouTube in Safari on the Vision Pro.” Those aren’t the only major services that won’t
Read MoreIn a blog post today, Google announced that WebGPU is “now enabled by default in Chrome 121 on devices running Android 12 and greater powered by Qualcomm and ARM GPUs,” with support for more Android devices rolling out gradually. Previously, the API was only available on Windows PCs that support Direct3D 12, macOS, and ChromeOS
Read MoreU.S. edutech platform Coursera added a new user every minute on average for its AI courses in 2023, CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said on Thursday, in a clear sign of people upskilling to tap a potential boom in generative AI. Reuters: The technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by a storm and sparked a
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable value like the US dollar, were created with the promise of bringing the frictionless, border-crossing fluidity of Bitcoin to a form of digital money with far less volatility. That combination has proved to be wildly popular, rocketing the total value of
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Mark Zuckerberg revealed on Instagram that Meta is working on artificial general intelligence. Two of Meta’s AI research teams have been brought together to develop the AGI. Meta’s chief scientist recently expressed skepticism that AGI would arrive anytime soon. While other companies are focused on conversational AI, it looks
Read MoreRabbit CES 2024 darling Rabbit has announced a partnership with Perplexity that will link the “conversational AI-powered answer engine” to the R1, a $199 Teenage Engineering-designed AI gadget that’s already sold through 50,000 preorders. Unlike LLMs that can only reference data up to a certain date in the past, what they’re pitching for the R1
Read MoreCustomers may “misunderstand the consequences of canceling,” cable lobby says.
Read MoreOpenAI’s stated mission is to create the artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Demis Hassabis, the leader of Google’s AI efforts, has the same goal. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is entering the race. From a report: While he doesn’t have a timeline for when AGI will be reached, or even an exact definition for it,
Read MoreThis premium model originally debuted for $699, and now it’s cheaper than a base model Series 9. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re shopping for a new Apple Watch, you shouldn’t take action without considering this opportunity to slap a cellular-equipped Series 8 onto your wrist for a substantial discount.
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