Love him or hate him, Duckbill Group chief economist and AWS snarkologist Corey Quinn is often right in his assessments of AWS product strategy—but not always. Sometimes Quinn is completely wrong, like last week when he claimed “AWS is just a fundamentally unserious company when it comes to genAI.” This after the successful launches and customer
Read MoreKellen Browning / New York Times: Kick, a Twitch rival that has generous creator deals, online gambling, and lax moderation, tries to move beyond edgy content amid public and regulatory pressure — The Twitch competitor has doled out generous deals to content creators. It has also faced criticism for its lax moderation and embrace of
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google is offering an advent calendar of content recommendations on Google TV devices. The recommendations include movies and Christmas specials from Disney Plus and other platforms. Advent calendars are popular this time of the year as people count down to Christmas. Now, Google is getting in on the fun
Read MoreCoco Feng / South China Morning Post: Internal memo: ByteDance plans to release a “bot development platform” in beta by the end of December, to let users create their own AI chatbots — ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is working on an open platform that will allow users to create their own chatbots …
Read MoreTaylor Swift is Apple Music’s 2023 Artist of the Year, and the celebration event in NYC could be filmed for a special on Apple’s streaming service.
Read MoreA WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. Students say it makes the web entirely unusable.
Read MoreZoom’s app has finally launched on Apple TV with Calendar integration and the ability to join meetings in a single click.
Read MoreIn an upcoming release of tvOS, one tap of the Siri button on the Apple TV Remote will bring up a search bar.
Read MorePeter Martin / Bloomberg: US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says her department needs more money to stop China on chips and calls out Nvidia for redesigning for the Chinese market — – US commerce secretary cites Nvidia designs as case in point — Tells chip CEOs ‘such is life’ as US security trumps revenue
Read MoreJoseph Menn / Washington Post: Disinformation scholar Joan Donovan claims in a whistleblower filing that her superiors soured on her as Harvard got the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s $500M gift — In a whistleblower complaint, she breaks her silence over events that unsettled other misinformation researchers
Read MoreMedia files sent as documents don’t display a preview in WhatsApp, but you can view them in-app by tapping on them. | Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature on iOS that allows users to share photos and videos as a document to preserve their original quality. As spotted by WABetaInfo the
Read MoreMore US states are moving to bar companies from binding workers with noncompete agreements. Research shows the move could boost wages and innovation.
Read MoreTo celebrate WIRED’s 30th birthday, we asked the experts—and our imaginations—to dream up the cars, phones, televisions, and other tools of tomorrow.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Nothing’s CMF Watch app encrypted emails and passwords suboptimally, allegedly allowing for decryption using the same decryption keys. The issue was partially fixed, as the encryption method of the passwords was updated, but not that of emails. Nothing has had some good success with the Nothing Phone 2,
Read MoreMobile phones were generally relegated to casual gaming in the past, restricted by their technical capabilities. Modern devices, however, are capable of delivering fully-fledged gaming experiences that give consoles a run for their money. Despite this, the mobile gaming market has been saturated with free-to-play games that exploit microtransactions and provide sub-par experiences. Apple Arcade
Read MoreImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify is laying off 17 percent of its employees in an attempt to cut costs, its CEO Daniel Ek announced to staff today. Based on its total headcount of 9,241 revealed during its last earnings release, the cuts are expected to impact over 1,500 people. In a memo sent
Read More[Lex] over at Computing: The Details loves to make fun projects. Recently, he’s created a hardware CPU monitor that allows him to see how well his PC is parallelizing compile tasks at a glance. The monitor is built from 14 analog meters, along with some WS2812 RGB LEDs. Each meter represents a core on [Lex]’s
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Spotify plans to lay off ~17% of its workforce, or ~1,500 staff, to “rightsize” its costs, after cutting 6% in June, citing slow growth and rising capital costs — Spotify is eliminating about 17% jobs, its third round of layoffs, as the music streaming looks to become “both productive and efficient.”
Read MoreThe Google Pixel Watch 2 brings some key refinements over its predecessor to provide a smoother, faster, and generally more polished experience. It’s one of the best Android smartwatches you can get, but like any tech, Google’s latest smartwatch isn’t without its fair share of bugs and glitches. Here’s a look at some Pixel Watch
Read MoreLast month, the Biden administration issued a sweeping executive order focusing on artificial intelligence. The edict particularly focused on privacy concerns and the potential for bias in AI-aided decision-making. Either could potentially violate citizens’ civil rights. The executive order was a tangible indication that AI is on the government’s regulatory radar. We spoke to AI
Read MoreIt’s been over 10 years since Shannon Lietz introduced the term DevSecOps, aiming to get security a seat at the table with IT developers and operators. The question is, how far has security come since then? Do DevSecOps teams have the culture, practices, and tooling they need to release technology into production faster but also
Read MoreThe job market for software developers has always been competitive, but we’re about to experience a talent crunch unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this industry. Generative AI is everywhere, and anyone who works in software is trying to figure it out. While developers experiment with AI, business leaders are grappling with what it means
Read MoreOne of the handiest new features included in the Java 18 release (March 2022) was the new Simple Web Server, which makes it easy to spin up and configure an HTTP file server. It also exposes an API that extends the existing httpserver package for building simple use cases. The new Simple Web Server is a
Read MoreRenders of the Galaxy A55 have leaked, revealing a flatter design. The phone could also feature a metal build this time around. Leaked specs suggest it would sport a 6.5-inch 120Hz display, the Exynos 1480 chip, 25W charging, and a 50MP primary camera. Samsung’s Galaxy A5x series of phones are some of the best mid-range
Read MoreCredit: Simple Mobile Tool/Google Play Store Simple Mobile Tools has been sold to Israeli app publisher ZipoApps. Users are worried that the acquisition will lead to advertisements on Simple apps and that they’ll no longer remain open source. The Google Play Store pages for Simple apps are already marked with the “Contains ads” warning. Simple
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