Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is readying a new Bing feature that should take the hassle out of coming up with your own AI prompt. The GPT-4-powered capability, called Deep Search, takes your Bing query and expands on it, allowing the search engine to find answers about several topics related to your question on the web.
Read MoreSamantha Cole / 404 Media: Alibaba’s paper on its Animate Anyone AI model goes viral after videos show the model can replace TikTok influencers after being trained on TikTokers’ videos — A team of researchers from Chinese retail and technology giant Alibaba released a paper this week detailing a new model, which they call “Animate
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images xAI — the AI company founded by Elon Musk — seeks to raise up to $1 billion in equity investments, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as spotted by CoinDesk). The company has raised $134.7 million so far. Founded in April, xAI
Read MoreThere’s no denying how useful surface mount technology is, and how enabling the ability to make really small circuits has become. It comes at a price, though; most of us probably know what it’s like for the slightest wrong move to send a part the size of a grain of sand into another dimension. To
Read MoreThe AI Alliance, a new collaboration among 50 companies and institutions led by IBM, Meta and AMD, is expected to bring the rivalry between open source and proprietary technology to new frontiers in generative AI, challenging current big players including AWS, Microsoft, and Nvidia. “Meta and IBM are both embracing open source and contributing to
Read MoreImage: Toyota Toyota, the world’s largest automaker and a laggard in vehicle electrification, announced two new EVs today that offer a glimpse of what the company’s future battery-powered lineup will look like when it actually gets around to building it. Yep, that’s right: more concepts from the company that environmentalists accuse of stymying the transition
Read MoreCredit: Google Sources claim that Google has rescheduled unannounced launch events for the company’s new LLM. The delay may have been due to unreliable responses to some non-English prompts. Google may be planning to do a virtual preview of the new AI this week instead. Google has been working on a new large language model
Read MoreBloomberg: AT&T chooses Ericsson to modernize its wireless network with an architecture utilizing open standards, a nearly $14B project over five years; Nokia drops ~5% — – Infrastructure deal aims to modernize network over five years — Deal is a blow to Nokia, which will delay profit targets
Read MoreSarah Fielding / Engadget: Discord redesigns its mobile app, separating messaging and server tabs, adding messaging features and a midnight theme, alongside performance improvements — It also introduced a Midnight theme for a pure black background. — Discord bluntly describes the mobile app it launched in 2015 …
Read MorePixar Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger expressed his displeasure with how the studio was ultimately monetizing its Disney Plus projects which, while popular, have not been attracting as many subscribers as investors would like. Since then, Disney’s taken steps like airing Ms. Marvel on ABC to make some new advertisement revenue from its
Read MoreCredit: Google Sources claim that Google has rescheduled unannounced launch events for the company’s new LLM. The delay may have been due to unreliable responses to some non-English prompts. Google may be planning to do a virtual preview of the new AI this week instead. Google has been working on a new large language model
Read MoreSamuel Stolton / Bloomberg: EU interim competition chief Didier Reynders says Amazon must pledge to fairly rank rival robot vacuums to gain approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition — – EU recently sent statement of objections over $1.4 billion buy — Acting commissioner Reynders suggests way forward for approval
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based ZestMoney, a Goldman Sachs-backed BNPL startup that raised $130M+ and was valued at $450M, plans to shut down after failing to find a buyer — ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted …
Read MoreThe Razr 2023 folds, and it costs well under $1,000 — neat! But its small screen is too limiting to make it worth your time. Continue reading…
Read MoreMeta has announced it is disconnecting Instagram and Facebook’s messaging, with the EU possibly a concern.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many of the earliest Instagram videos have lost their sound. More than a year of videos posted to the platform are now silent, displaying an error that says “video has no sound” when you try to play their audio. The issue appears to affect videos posted before late
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft will allow consumers to pay for Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 when support ends for the operating system in 2025. The software giant usually only offers paid security updates for organizations that need to keep running older versions but now plans to offer them to
Read MoreA modern firearm is likely to be mass-produced using high-precision machine tools, and with a uniformity to the extent that parts from one can be interchanged with those from another. This marks a progression of centuries of innovation, in gunsmithing, in machine tooling, and in metallurgy. In the 18th century there was little of the
Read MoreMechanical keyboard specialist Keychron has launched a Kickstarter for its first keyboard with Hall effect switches, the Keychron Q1 HE. A fully assembled model costs $214 if bought as part of the Kickstarter, and there’s also a bare-bones model available without switches or keycaps for $194. Compared to traditional mechanical switches, Hall effect switches are
Read MoreCredit: Helium Mobile Helium Mobile is rolling out its first nationwide unlimited data plan. The network is based on hotspots running a decentralized network, with T-Mobile as a fallback. You can also earn MOBILE rewards that can be applied to your bill. In late 2022, Helium Mobile announced itself as the first “cryptocarrier.” This dubious
Read MoreThe OnePlus 12 is here! The flagship phone has been launched in China, and with a global launch on the cards, it will go against the likes of the Galaxy S23 series and newer phones. But how does OnePlus’s latest attempt at a flagship compete against Samsung’s tried-and-tested formulae for the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy
Read MoreThe Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 may no longer be the latest clamshell-style foldable phone, but it still excels as a daily driver. Indeed, the flagship Galaxy Z Flip 5 only made incremental improvements to the winning formula of its predecessor. A new Amazon deal just dropped the Galaxy Z Flip 4 to its lowest
Read MoreImage: Discord Discord rolled out a long-awaited mobile redesign on Tuesday that is a noticeable departure from its desktop version, with the focus being on communicating and sharing with friends — including in group and individual direct messages. With the revamp, the Discord app will display navigation tabs as soon as you open the app,
Read MoreAre AirPods the best true wireless earbuds for iPhone? For some people yes, but these alternatives sound great too.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many PlayStation Network users reported Monday that their accounts were unexpectedly permanently suspended. As of Tuesday morning, many of the people who had received the messages now say their accounts have been restored. Some of them contacted customer service while others did not, but nearly a day after
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