Reuters: Baidu CTO says the company’s ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot now has 100M+ users, after launching the chatbot to the public in August, 2023 — Baidu’s (9888.HK) ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has garnered more than 100 million users, chief technology officer of the Chinese internet company Wang Haifeng said on Thursday.
Read MoreA group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back.
Read MoreIt was a bad year for big-budget superhero movies. With the Marvel formula losing steam and studios potentially looking elsewhere for moneymaking franchises, it could finally be game time.
Read MoreFrom Sam Altman and Elon Musk to ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers, these are the individuals and groups that spent this year disrupting the world we know it.
Read MoreFrom content moderation and disinformation to non-English languages, GenAI is facing problems that social platforms failed to solve.
Read MoreApple Music got some decent upgrades in iOS 17, but it made liking a song even more confusing than it already was.
Read MoreA lot of colloquial words that we might use when describing something’s durability take on extremely specific meanings when a materials scientist or blacksmith uses them. Things like “strength”, “toughness”, “hardness”, and “resilience” all have different meanings when working in a laboratory or industrial setting than most people might otherwise think. For the beginner metalworker,
Read MoreBloomberg: Xiaomi unveils its first EV, SU7, and says it wants to become a top global carmaker in 15 to 20 years; CEO Lei Jun calls it his final entrepreneurial bet — – Tech company’s first electric car is joining a crowded market — SU7 made in partnership with state-owned Beijing Automotive
Read MoreApple has resumed sales of its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 models after a court paused a ban on the devices.
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted an interim stay on the sales and import ban imposed on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. This interim stay pauses the ban until US Customs can make a decision on changes that Apple
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung’s upcoming Advanced Battery Protection feature has been uncovered in its current One UI 6 software. You’ll need to use an activity launcher app to see the feature, but it doesn’t work just yet. The feature will help you to reduce battery degradation over ime. We’ve seen a slew
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple’s Vice President of iPhone and Apple Watch Product Design, Tang Tan, is set to join Jony Ive’s firm LoveFrom. LoveFrom is said to be working on a “new AI hardware device,” with software underpinnings provided by OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman. We will see a lot more AI on
Read MoreClock widgets on Android are like style statements for your home screen—they not only tell the time but also let you express your personality. These widgets are nifty tools that help you keep track of time while adding a touch of your own flair to your device, alongside weather widgets and battery indicators. With plenty
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google could be planning to kill Driving Mode in Google Maps in early 2024, according to an APK teardown. The teardown suggests that you might need to use Google Assistant for your driving needs instead. Google currently offers a Driving Mode in Google Maps for Android, delivering a safer,
Read MoreSam Kim / Bloomberg: South Korean national statistics data: chip production grew 42% YoY in November, the most since early 2017; shipments rose 80%, the biggest gain since late 2002 — – Semiconductor industry shows signs it’s bouncing back fast — Korea’s overall industrial output grows more than expected
Read MoreFinancial Times: Disney, WBD, Comcast, and Paramount face a year of reckoning in 2024 after losing $5B+ in 2023 from the streaming services they built to compete with Netflix — Tie-ups and cuts on menu as Disney, Warner, Comcast and Paramount seek new ways to keep up — The world’s largest traditional …
Read MoreWashington Post: Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks — NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers …
Read MoreLauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times: Seattle-based e-commerce website Zulily, valued at ~$7B in 2014, winds down its business; in a lawsuit, Zulily accused Amazon of stifling its business — Once an e-commerce star, online retailer Zulily will liquidate its inventory to pay its creditors as it winds down.
Read MoreA major challenge for people who have a form of diabetes is the need to regulate the glucose levels in their body. Normally this is where the body’s insulin-producing cells would respond to glucose with a matching amount of insulin, but in absence of this response it is up to the patient to manually inject
Read MoreMalathi Nayak / Bloomberg: GM claims in a lawsuit that SF unfairly taxed it $108M over seven years, using the presence of Cruise to tie its tax bill to a portion of GM’s global revenue — – Company says city unfairly based tax calculations on Cruise — GM, Cruise operate as separate entities, automaker claims
Read MoreFinancial Times: Insider Intelligence: LinkedIn’s annual advertising revenue, which rose 10.1% YoY to nearly $4B in 2023, is expected to grow 14.1% YoY in 2024 — Microsoft-owned professional networking site has increased revenues as big brands boycott rival platform — Professional social networking site LinkedIn …
Read MoreThe equipment used in professional radio and TV studios is both extremely high quality and very expensive indeed, and thus out of the reach of an experimenter. Happily as studios are refurbished there’s a steady supply of second-hand equipment which can be surprisingly cheap, but as [Nathan] found out with a Quartz audio router, comes
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Despite not being the latest flagship anymore, the Google Pixel 7 remains a great Android phone in terms of value for money, with the smartphone hitting the market last year for just $599 plus sales tax in the US. This is considerably cheaper than some of the alternative flagships
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch talk once again with Neal Gompa of Fedora, CentOS, openSUSE and more. This time the focus is Fedora, with sprinklings of Immutable Linux, KDE 6, and the new Linux stack of Pipewire, Portals, and Wayland. Neal gives us a rundown of what exactly makes Fedora Atomic so interesting,
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Despite not being the latest flagship anymore, the Google Pixel 7 remains a great Android phone in terms of value for money, with the smartphone hitting the market last year for just $599 plus sales tax in the US. This is considerably cheaper than some of the alternative flagships
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