It’s really quite unfortunate that Hackaday/Supplyframe employees and their families are not allowed to place in the 2023 Halloween Hackfest, because our own [Tom Nardi] has thrown down a costume gauntlet with his kids’ proton pack conversion. Starting with an inert off-the-shelf toy from 2021, [Tom] set out to make the thing more awesome in
Read MoreNilesh Christopher / Rest of World: Ahead of India’s 2024 elections, politicians are using voice cloning tools to deliver personalized messages, as AI-generated songs featuring Modi gain traction — AI-generated songs, like the ones featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are gaining traction ahead of India’s upcoming elections.
Read MoreOlivia Poh / Bloomberg: Google, Temasek, and Bain report: Southeast Asia online spending will rise ~11% in 2023 to $218B, down from 20% in 2022, slowing to its lowest rate since 2017 — – Region’s digital economy cools as consumers curb spending — Researchers cut near-term e-commerce growth estimate by 13%
Read MoreAI Snake Oil: What Biden’s EO means for AI openness, and why a compute threshold is unlikely to effectively anticipate individual models’ riskiness, but may work in aggregate — Good news on paper, but the devil is in the details — The Biden-Harris administration has issued an executive order on artificial intelligence.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has launched a global effort against ad blockers.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Executives at Intel, TSMC, and Samsung say the global chip industry is bottoming out; IBS: the chip market is expected to grow in 2024 after shrinking in 2023 — Intel, Samsung and others see a semiconductor rebound as tech demand starts to recover — The global semiconductor industry …
Read MoreCredit: @phantompainss/The Verge / https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23941001/ps5-slim-original-sony-playstation-images First real-world images of the PS5 Slim have leaked. They show the console standing beside the bigger PlayStation 5. The images also confirm the internet connectivity requirement for the detachable disc drive. The first real photos of the PlayStation 5 Slim leaked through an X (formerly Twitter) account just hours
Read MoreJason Schreier / Bloomberg: Sources: Bungie cut ~100 jobs after executives said the company’s revenue was 45% below projections for the year, citing a drop in Destiny 2’s popularity — – Sales at studio were running 45% below projections for year — Layoffs are part of a bigger revamp at Sony PlayStation unit
Read MoreBarry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google completes its switch to mobile-first indexing of Search, a process that began in November 2016, and plans to reduce use of its legacy desktop crawler — Google said it will turn off the indexing crawler information in the settings page in Search Console.
Read MoreA parabolic antenna is a simple enough device, a curved reflector designed to focus all the radiation from the direction it’s pointed into a waveguide or antenna at its feedpoint. They’re easy enough to make for a radio amateur, but imagine making one for a spacecraft. It must fold into a minimal space and weigh
Read MoreLawrence Faucette died six weeks after undergoing the experimental procedure involving a genetically engineered pig organ.
Read MorePhoto illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Jerod Harris, Chesnot, Getty Images During an employee all-hands, Musk said that Twitter became X to replace YouTube, LinkedIn, FaceTime, dating apps, and even your bank. Continue reading…
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: DeepMind says its latest AlphaFold model can generate predictions for nearly all molecules in the Protein Data Bank and for ligands, nucleic acids, and more — Nearly five years ago, DeepMind, one of Google’s more prolific AI-centered research labs, debuted AlphaFold, an AI system …
Read MoreSometimes, projects start in somewhat unlikely places. This one began when [Istvan Raduly] scored a fake raven at a neighbor’s garage sale and decided to turn it into a thunder-and-lightning decoration that would frighten even the bravest trick-or-treater. Get close enough to this raven and you’ll set off the PIR sensor, which triggers lighting and
Read MoreThe new PS5 (right) is a bit shorter than the original (left). | Image: @phantompainss The launch of the slimmer PlayStation 5 is just weeks away, and one user seems to have already gotten their hands on the updated console. In a series of images posted to X (formerly Twitter), user @phantompainss shows how the
Read MoreNew York Times: On his final day of testimony, SBF denied knowing that billions of dollars in customer money had been misappropriated until shortly before FTX collapsed — The founder of the FTX crypto exchange was grilled by a federal prosecutor for a second day, just before both sides rested their case in the criminal
Read MoreThe new PS5 (right) is a bit shorter than the original (left). | Image: @phantompainss The launch of the slimmer PlayStation 5 is just weeks away, and one user seems to have already gotten their hands on the updated console. In a series of images posted to X (formerly Twitter), user @phantompainss shows how the
Read MoreMarathon and Destiny 2’s The Final Shape have been delayed. | Image: Bungie Bungie is laying off around 100 staffers as well as delaying two of its forthcoming titles: Marathon and Destiny 2’s forthcoming expansion, The Final Shape. The latter is now expected to launch in June 2024, while the former won’t be expected until
Read MoreYuvraj Malik / Reuters: Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $882M, vs. $880.6M est., paying users down 5% YoY to 15.7M, and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; MTCH drops 6%+ — Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast revenue for the fourth quarter below Wall Street estimates, anticipating continued weakness …
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: YouTube says it “launched a global effort” to encourage users with ad blockers to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, after a “small experiment” earlier this year — YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” …
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google and Match Group say they’ve reached a settlement in an app store antitrust case, letting Match implement third-party billing options by March 31, 2024 — Google and Match announced today they’ve reached a settlement in the antitrust battle Match waged against the tech giant …
Read MoreImage: Apple In addition to a new iMac, Apple announced new M3-powered versions of the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro during its “Scary Fast” event on Monday. The new laptops can be configured with either the M3, M3 Pro, or M3 Max chip, all of which should offer larger performance gains than the last-gen M2
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: WeWork plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as next week; WE drops 40%+ after hours — Once a venture capital-backed star with an astronomical valuation, the flexible-office-space provider is now preparing for chapter 11 protection — WeWork is planning to file …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Match Group and Google announced a settlement on Tuesday in Match’s lawsuit against the company. The last-minute decision leaves Google scheduled to go up against Fortnite publisher Epic Games alone in an antitrust trial that starts next week, with Epic alleging that Google Play’s payment policies are anticompetitive. Match sued Google in
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google and Match Group say they’ve reached a settlement in an app store antitrust case, letting Match implement third-party billing options by March 31, 2024 — Google and Match announced today they’ve reached a settlement in the antitrust battle Match waged against the tech giant …
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