Whether or not you write for a living, the process of writing is always challenging. Many ideas are difficult to convey clearly, never mind doing it with style, and even when you think you’ve got genius on lock, it can be easy to miss typos and grammatical errors. So while generative AI isn’t about to
Read MoreFinancial Times: OpenAI, Google, and others sign a non-binding document to let the US, the UK, and others, but not China, test their latest AI models for national security risks — OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Meta among those who signed legally non-binding document at UK’s AI safety summit
Read MoreImage: Hulu More Futurama is headed to Hulu. The streamer has ordered two additional seasons of the quirky sci-fi series, each consisting of 10 episodes. That’s on top of the 20 Futurama episodes Hulu ordered last year, half of which debuted as part of the reboot’s 11th season in July. The streamer says it will
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is closing its two Amazon Style clothing stores by next week, according to Bloomberg, marking the company’s latest big change to its retail strategy. The company announced in March 2022 that it would be shutting down most of its physical stores, including all 68 of its Books,
Read MoreBrave has announced it is rolling out an AI chatbot for its browser. The main benefit Brave’s chatbot will have over competitors is its focus on privacy. There will be a free and premium version that users can choose from. With the likes of Bing Chat, ChatGPT, Google Bard, and more, there are more than
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google AdSense will soon move from paying per click to paying per impression and split the revenue share into separate rates for the buy-side and sell-side — Google today announced two changes to AdSense, but doesn’t “expect publishers to see a change in their earnings” and payments.
Read MoreImage: EA Yesterday was the worst day of the month for many people — rent day. And if you really love to torture yourself, I have great news for you. In the upcoming Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack, players can have their Sims relive all the joys and annoyances of renting life. Players can
Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Brave releases its AI-powered assistant Leo to all desktop users, unveils $15/month Leo Premium, with access to faster and better LLMs and higher rate limits — Brave, a company building an alternative web browser, is releasing its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all desktop users.
Read MoreImage: HBO We might be waiting a while for more of HBO’s The Last of Us. HBO announced in January that a second season of the excellent adaptation was in the works, and on Thursday, HBO and Max content chief Casey Bloys said that the season will enter production in early 2024, according to Variety.
Read MoreIf you’ve never made a daily journalling practice stick, you need to try Solid Diary and its AI tools.
Read MoreMia Sato / The Verge: Meta announces new creator tools, including a Reels A/B testing tool to test different versions of Reels and see which perform best — Creators on Facebook are getting a handful of new tools on the platform — including the ability to test how different Reels perform against each other.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon’s secret pricing algorithm, codenamed “Project Nessie,” may have generated the company more than $1 billion in extra profits, according to new details released Thursday from the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the e-commerce giant. In September, the FTC and more than a dozen state attorneys general
Read MoreJoseph Cox / 404 Media: A look at Fusus, which links town and city security cameras into one central hub and analyzes the feeds using AI, as its systems are deployed across the US — Hundreds of documents obtained by 404 Media show how Fusus, a system for linking a town’s security cameras into one
Read MoreTesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is starting to spread.
Read MoreSamsung’s 2023 laptop lineup is as premium as it is pricey, so this latest Amazon offer should be very welcome to bargain hunters. A new Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro deal drops the price of the high-end machine to an all-time low of $1,149.99 — $300 off retail. Samsung 16-inch Galaxy Book 3 Pro for
Read MoreReuters: Newly unsealed details of an FTC complaint from September: Amazon monitored its sellers and punished them if they offered lower prices on other platforms — Amazon.com used a series of illegal strategies to stay on top of online retailing while pushing up prices for buyers and extracting …
Read MoreCredit: Lenovo Lenovo has announced a collaboration with three fashion designers for a proof-of-concept Lenovo Tab Wear Collection. The collection features various designs that find some way to incorporate Lenovo’s tablets. Lenovo says the aim of this collection is to give users the ability to enjoy “me time” even outside of the home. Every now
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: New details from FTC lawsuit: Amazon made $1.4B through Project Nessie, an algorithmic scheme that raised product prices and held them there if rivals followed — The mysterious “Project Nessie,” hinted at in what little was not redacted in the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon …
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Creators on Facebook are getting a handful of new tools on the platform — including the ability to test how different Reels perform against each other. The most notable new feature is a Reels A/B testing tool. A/B testing is a common marketing and publishing tactic where elements
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr release Now and Then, the first “new” Beatles song since 1995, created using AI and an old lo-fi John Lennon recording — Today marks the release of the first “new” song by the Beatles since 1995. “Now and Then” is available on streaming services …
Read MoreImagine trying to read a 2000-year old scroll from an ancient civilization. Now imagine that scroll is rolled up, and in a delicate, charred, carbonized form, having been engulfed by the fiery eruption of a volcano. The task would seem virtually impossible, and the information in the scroll lost forever. Right?| As it turns out,
Read MoreThe US, China, and others signed a declaration coordinated by the UK warning AI could be “catastrophic.” Yet none seem to be suggesting development of the technology should slow down.
Read MoreThe Leather Folio Plus for the iPad Air and iPad Pro has an extra flap to keep the Apple Pencil secure. | Photo: Nomad Goods Though Apple has ditched leather across its product lineups, third-party accessory makers are carrying on full steam ahead. Nomad’s latest cases for the iPad Air and iPad Pro, the Leather
Read MoreThe base version of Brave Leo is built on Meta’s Llama 2 AI model and is free for all desktop users. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Brave, the privacy-focused browser that automatically blocks unwanted ads and trackers, is rolling out Leo — a native AI assistant that the company claims provides “unparalleled
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is introducing a new banner in the Google Play store for specific app types. The banner will inform the user what apps have received an independent security review. The banner will first start appearing for VPN apps. Last month, Google announced it was introducing real-time app scanning to
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