Image: Patreon A decade since launching with the mission of helping creatives make money directly through fan support, Patreon is undergoing a major rebrand — and reimagining what the next decade might look like for the so-called creator economy. Beginning this week, a slew of new features and products that have been in the works
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta rolls out AI features for advertisers, like using AI to create backgrounds, expand images, and generate versions of ad text based on the original copy — Meta announced today it’s rolling out its first generative AI features for advertisers, allowing them to use AI to create backgrounds …
Read MoreUsually, when you want a servo motor, you simply buy one already made. But if you need something unusual, you can turn any DC motor into a custom servo you can control just like [Dejan] did. You can watch a video of the process below. The custom servo can tune the endpoints, the center point,
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google has been rolling out an update to its Pixel camera app with a revamped interface centered around usability. The change, which we initially thought was a Pixel 8 exclusive, is available on older units too, including my Pixel 7 Pro. And since I love taking photos with
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge While the AI industry has focused on making its algorithms less biased based on the lightness or darkness of people’s skin tones, new research from Sony is calling for red and yellow skin hues to also be taken into account. In a paper published last month, authors William
Read MoreRegimes in China and Russia are rushing to repress what chatbots can say. It’s an early warning about a new frontier of online censorship.
Read MoreMelina Khan / CNBC: Uber expands Uber Connect with a “return a package” feature, allowing customers to send up to five packages for a $5 fee to UPS, FedEx, or USPS locations — – Uber is now offering return package shipping through UPS, FedEx or USPS on its Uber and Uber Eats apps.
Read MoreImage: Roku Today, Roku outlined a slew of new software features that owners of its streaming devices (or Roku TVs) can expect over the coming weeks and months. The company has over 73 million active accounts globally, and as always, it’s trying to increase the amount of time each of those users spends on the
Read MoreMagic Studio is a one-stop shop for AI-powered content creation tools. | Image: Canva As part of its 10th birthday celebrations, web-based design platform Canva is releasing Magic Studio — a new suite of AI-powered design tools that aim to make content creation more accessible to everyone, regardless of previous design experience. Canva describes Magic
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber is expanding its package delivery service, Uber Connect, to include returns. Starting today, customers can use Uber to summon a courier, who will return up to five packages to the post office or FedEx or UPS stores. The packages need to be resealed and include all the
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Memo: Qualtrics plans to cut about 14% of its workforce, or 780 employees, citing a need to address the “complexity” created by its past hiring and growth — Qualtrics is cutting about 14% of its workforce to reduce costs and restructure its organization, citing a need to address …
Read MoreJess Weatherbed / The Verge: Canva unveils AI tools to automate labor-intensive design tasks, and will pay out $200M over three years to designers for using their work to train AI models — As part of its 10th birthday celebrations, web-based design platform Canva is releasing Magic Studio — a new suite …
Read MoreSpotify has just introduced 150,000 audiobooks for premium members to listen to for no added cost, taking the fight to Amazon and Audible.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Toronto-based Clearco, which uses AI and ML to underwrite businesses and help customers fund inventory, raised a $60M Series D led by Inovia and Founders Circle — Clearco announced several recapitalization efforts Wednesday, including a $60 million Series D round and new asset-backed financing.
Read MoreCherlynn Low / Engadget: A live blog of the Made by Google 2023 event, where the Pixel 8, the Pixel 8 Pro, and the Pixel Watch 2 are expected — The company is set to unveil the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch, but what else might be on the agenda? — Deputy Editor, Reviews —
Read MoreMade by Google / Made by Google on YouTube: Livestream of the Made by Google 2023 event — Watch the #MadeByGoogle ’23 event and get to know the new #Pixel8, #Pixel8 Pro, and #PixelWatch 2. Our phone, earbuds and watch all come together in a portfolio of #Pixel devices — combining hardware, software, and state-of-the-art
Read MoreYou can now use Double Tap on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 running watchOS 10.1 beta, here’s how.
Read MoreWould you believe this was probably the safest image we could have used here? | Image: Meta / @Pioldes Some early user tests for Meta’s new AI-generated sticker tool have resulted in some dubious (and rather hilarious) creations. After gaining access to the new AI-generated sticker tool on Facebook Messenger, X user @Pioldes was able
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on Bing’s rivalry with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, open-source AI models, AI and art, and more — Microsoft’s Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing’s competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop
Read MoreFor hyperpop artist Hannah Diamond, generative AI isn’t a threat. It’s another tool in her arsenal—and one that could lower the barriers for emerging musicians.
Read MoreAmazon’s Prime Big Deal Days shopping holiday is coming on October 10 and 11, but early discounts have kicked off.
Read MoreLocation-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to leave abusive relationships, secure their devices, and stay safe.
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Read MoreJournalist Taylor Lorenz talks about her new book, Extremely Online, and what the rise of internet creators means for all of our increasingly digital lives.
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