Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: China acts to ease fears of a regulatory crackdown on its video game industry, including firing an official and convening consultations on new measures — Beijing fires prominent regulatory official and fast-tracks consultations on proposed measures
Read MoreSarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Measurable AI: KeeTa, Meituan’s sister app, has gained 37% marketshare of Hong Kong’s food delivery market after debuting in May 2023; Foodpanda leads with 42% — – It’s surpassed Deliveroo in market share since May launch — Meituan is expanding overseas to offset China’s weak demand
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google is working on Assistant with Bard for Android phones, and screenshots of the functionality have now surfaced. These screenshots show the app’s UI, functions, and settings. Users will be able to choose between classic Google Assistant and Assistant with Bard and will also be able to toggle
Read MoreAnne VanderMey / Bloomberg: Carta says it is investigating an internal policy violation that affected Linear and two other companies, where someone “on the cap table” was contacted — The chief executive officer of Carta Inc. said the startup was investigating customer allegations that it misused their data …
Read MoreSamsung’s third-generation QD-OLED TV, the new S95D, comes with a unique trick compared to its predecessors: it’s got a glare-free display that the company claims all but eliminates any noticeable reflections. This should prevent annoying distractions when you’re watching the TV on a sun-drenched day and trying to enjoy your content. Anti-reflective coatings are nothing
Read MoreThe award winning brand behind the Freo robot vacuum is announcing three new products to start 2024. The Narwal S10 Pro is a stick vacuum, the Narwal Freo X Plus is a robot vacuum that’s smarter than ever, and the Narwal Freo X Ultra reimagines total floor care. Longevity and efficiency are the name of
Read MoreCredit: Withings Withings has launched a new at-home multi-purpose health checkup device called BeamO. It can measure body temperature and blood oxygen, take an ECG, and act as a digital stethoscope. The compact device can also help maintain shareable health records, send medication reminders, log symptoms, and more. Withings has announced a multi-purpose at-home health
Read MoreThe new Govee Sync Box Kit 2 comes with HDMI 2.1 support, supporting up to 8K displays and 4K 120fps gaming. It also comes with the AI Lighting Bot that makes it easy to set up and sync your Govee lights. Govee is partnering with Corsair to integrate its lights with Corsair’s iCUE software. AI
Read MoreOf course, it has to get FDA clearance first. | Image: Withings Withings always shows up to CES with a futuristic health tech device in tow, and this year is no different. The company’s latest gadget is the $249.95 BeamO, a so-called multiscope that measures your temperature, takes electrocardiograms, reads blood oxygen levels, and works
Read MoreImage: Belkin Belkin is releasing a motorized iPhone dock that swivels and tilts to track your movements while on camera. The device, called the Belkin Stand Pro, costs $179.99 and appears to be the first to adopt Apple’s DockKit framework, allowing you to connect the device to your iPhone without having to install a third-party
Read More22-degree rotation in macOS: a concept image. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge On Windows and Mac, you can rotate your monitor 90 degrees, or even 180 degrees if you’re a vampire, but that’s it. Well, macOS lets you pick 270 degrees, too, but that’s just 90 degrees in the other direction, so don’t
Read MoreAshley Carman / Bloomberg: Music industry insiders reflect on the waning influence of popular, human-curated Spotify playlists, as the company shifts towards AI-driven personalization — The streaming giant’s shift to automation is impacting the supremacy of curated music selections — Welcome back to Soundbite, and happy New Year!
Read MoreOh, perfect — now our cars can BSOD. At least that’s how it looks from a forum post showing a Blue Screen of Death on a Ford Mustang Mach E, warning that an over-the-air software update failed, and now the car can’t be driven. The BSOD includes a phone number to reach Ford’s Customer Relationship
Read More22-degree rotation in macOS: a concept image. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge On Windows and Mac, you can rotate your monitor 90 degrees, or even 180 degrees if you’re a vampire, but that’s it. Well, macOS lets you pick 270 degrees, too, but that’s just 90 degrees in the other direction, so don’t
Read MoreIn order for a fire to sustain itself, it needs three things: fuel, heat, and oxygen, with the disruption of just one of those causing the fire to extinguish. Water, sand, and carbon dioxide-based fire extinguishers are commonly used, but you’re probably familiar with blowing out a candle using your breath. Counter-intuitively, we also blow
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Acer announces Intel Core Ultra-based Swift laptops, including the Swift X 14 with Nvidia RTX 4070 and 120Hz OLED display, starting at $1,399 — Acer is rolling out new laptops based on Intel Core Ultra including the Acer Swift X 14, a powerhouse PC with Intel Core Ultra, RTX 4070, a
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs partners with Eli Lilly and Novartis on AI-based drug discovery, for $82.5M paid upfront and $2.9B in performance incentives — Isomorphic Labs, the London-based, drug discovery-focused spin-out of Google AI R&D division DeepMind, today announced that it’s entered …
Read MoreThe Predator Z57 is very wide. | Image: Acer Acer announced a few gaming displays ahead of CES 2024 today, but the star of its new lineup is clearly its Predator Z57 — a 57-inch, 120Hz curved display that spans 7680×2160 pixels. It uses MiniLED backlighting for better contrast than a typical LCD monitor, and
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Linear’s CEO, who uses Carta to manage its cap table, says Carta tried to sell Linear shares without its consent; Carta CEO blames a rogue employee — “This might be the end of Carta as the trusted platform for startups” — Carta, an ambitious 12-year-old Silicon Valley outfit …
Read MoreWhat looks like a Sinclair ZX81 but runs Forth? If you said a Jupiter ACE, you get a gold star. These are rare because ordinary people in 1982 didn’t want Forth, so only about 5,000 of the devices were sold. [Cees Meijer] assumes they are unaffordable, so he built a replica and shows you how
Read MoreApple’s first mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, has begun shipping to distribution warehouses across the U.S. ahead of its rumored February retail launch.
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra AR glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the wearer’s environment and enable features like hand tracking, shipping in March — Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a new entry in its Air glasses lineup: the $699 Air 2 Ultra.
Read MoreThere’s nothing fun about a Sisyphean task unless you’re watching one being carried out by someone or something else. In that case, it can be mesmerizing like this Arduino-driven kinetic sand table. What you can’t see. Image via [thang010146] on YouTubeLike many of these builds, it all started with an ordinary coffee table from the
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Opinion post by Dhruv Bhutani I enjoy games and have long wanted to carve out more time for my hobby. However, adulting is hard, and eking out time for gaming amongst all my other responsibilities and interests isn’t easy. Plus, when I do manage to take out some time
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple’s preparations for the Vision Pro’s US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust — Apple has a big year ahead for new products, but also faces challenges ranging from trying to catch up in AI to dealing with
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