Illustration: The Verge Google has shared an updated timeline about Manifest V3, the latest version of its Chrome extension specification that has faced criticism for putting limits on ad blockers. After putting the update on pause last year, Google announced on Thursday it will continue the transition to Manifest V3 with some key changes. One
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is taking action against content promoting the manifesto Osama bin Laden wrote discussing his supposed motivations for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok says it’s “proactively and aggressively removing this content and investigating how it got onto our platform.” Dozens of
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bluesky plans to release a public web interface around the end of November and launch federation in early 2024, and says it crossed 2M users — Bluesky, the company building a decentralized alternative to Twitter/X, announced today it has hit 2 million users — up by another million since September …
Read MoreThe season of gifting—and therefore shopping—begins. Get started with these discounted iPads, TVs, and bed sheets.
Read MoreApple’s pledged support for the widely used messaging standard will make it easier for Android phones to share messages with iPhones—while also pushing old ways of texting to the side of the road.
Read MoreHannah Murphy / Financial Times: IBM suspends its advertising on X globally after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, and others alongside pro-Nazi material — Tech company’s move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino’s efforts to convince brands Elon Musk’s platform is safe
Read MoreA Bluesky sign-in screen. | Image: Bluesky Bluesky, a decentralized social media app alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has announced that it has now crossed 2 million users — doing so just two months after crossing 1 million users. The company is also finally about to add a public web interface, which might help make
Read MoreMicrosoft has introduced Microsoft Copilot Studio, a low-code development tool for customizing Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and building standalone AI assistants. Introduced November 15, Microsoft Copilot Studio is offered as software-as-a-service and is currently available in a free trial. Users can try it out at microsoft.com. To read this article in full, please click
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Read MoreKaren Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: chip equipment maker Applied Materials is under a US DOJ criminal investigation for possibly evading export restrictions on SMIC, China’s top chipmaker — Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT.O) is under U.S. criminal investigation for potentially evading export restrictions …
Read MoreAndrew Romero / 9to5Google: MediaTek announces a partnership with Meta to develop chips for AR smart glasses; the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 — Meta is looking to expand on what AR smart glasses could actually accomplish, and a new partnership with MediaTek proves that the company is
Read MoreApple recently announced it will support RCS in 2024. Apple won’t be supporting any proprietary extensions that add E2EE on top of RCS, including Google’s own version of RCS. Google has now responded to Apple’s RCS announcement. For years, Google has been coaxing Apple into adopting rich communication services (RCS). It has even gone as
Read MoreImage: Apple Digital keys could become more popular and more ubiquitous after automakers and the consumer tech industry came together to announce the formation of a new working group to develop industrywide standards for ultra wideband (UWB) connectivity. The working group is the result of two consortiums teaming up (don’t you love it when consortiums
Read MorePhoto credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images IBM has pulled its advertising presence from X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk continues to endorse far-right talking points — agreeing with posts this week that promoted antisemitism and pushed support for white pride. The nonprofit Media Matters drew attention to those statements and noted that
Read MoreA recent report from the Information claims Amazon is working on its own ChatGPT alternative, dubbed Olympus. So what is Olympus, do we have any sure sign it’s coming, and if so when? Let’s start with the easiest question. Amazon Olympus is reportedly the name of a new large language model (LLM) that would be
Read MoreSapna Maheshwari / New York Times: Over a dozen Jewish celebrities and creators confronted TikTok executives on a call, urging them to do more to address antisemitism and harassment on the app — TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call.
Read MoreHere’s hoping this Starship test flight ends better than the first attempt. | Image: SpaceX The second test flight for SpaceX’s Starship rocket has now been given the all clear by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA said in a statement that it “has given license authorization for the second launch of the SpaceX
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft details Windows 11 changes coming to the EEA to comply with the DMA, like letting users disable Bing web search, add search providers, and remove Edge — Microsoft will soon let Windows 11 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) disable its Bing web search, remove Microsoft Edge …
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple may again postpone releasing its own iPhone modem chip, until at least late 2025 or early 2026, the final year of its extended Qualcomm contract — Company will likely miss a 2025 goal to roll out its own cellular modem inside the device — Apple Inc. has fallen further
Read MoreOpinion post by Ryan Haines In case you haven’t heard, RCS is finally coming to iMessage in 2024. Maybe Apple finally #GotTheMessage, or perhaps it’s trying to avoid another court case in Europe, but either way, RCS is coming. At first glance, the new standard is an exciting change that will make messaging between Android
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: YouTube updates its guidelines to allow monetizing videos that display nudity while breastfeeding if a child is present, non-sexually graphic dancing, and more — YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity …
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to match paint to the color of a pillow, or make a website where the primary color matches your favorite shade of electrolytic capacitor? Then ColorReplica is the project for you. At the heart of this build are two ESP32s, one of which controls the color picker, and the other lights
Read MoreCredit: Microsoft Microsoft Bing Chat first debuted in February of 2023, giving the world an AI companion that works similarly to other models based on ChatGPT. Less than a year later it’s now been the target of rebranding under the name Microsoft Copilot. This adds a small layer of confusion, as Microsoft already uses that
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Google is giving its Search Generative Experience (SGE) three new capabilities. Users will be able to generate gift ideas and virtually try on men’s tops starting today. The ability to generate an image and search for similar products will roll out in December. Have you ever struggled to figure
Read MoreImage: Larian Studios Larian Studios has announced that a physical deluxe edition of Baldur’s Gate 3 is available for preorder now, and just like my bear boyfriend, it’s friggin’ huge. Image: Larian Studios “On both PS5 and Xbox, the game will be playable on disc, with the PS5 version sporting two discs, and Xbox a
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