Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: US DoD Chief Digital and AI Officer Craig Martell says the agency wants to use AI safely and urges companies to be more transparent about their AI software — – Defense Department is holding symposium to discuss AI — Official says agency wants to use the algorithms safely
Read MoreStyle is crucial to wearable devices in a way that’s not necessarily true of other personal gadgets. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge When I first saw the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses a few weeks ago, I noticed something. In the event space Meta had so carefully prepared, there was a wall showcasing
Read MoreJohn Thornhill / Financial Times: An interview with Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström about his upbringing, his VC firm Atomico, the vitality of Europe’s startup space, a Skype “mafia”, and more — The Skype co-founder turned venture capitalist on how Europe’s start-ups can challenge America’s giants
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Read MoreWhile the toy brand kills its plans for an oil-free plastic alternative, it’s still pumping out billions of non-biodegradable bricks a year. Can Lego ever be sustainable?
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Read MoreImage: TIFF Fingernails, a sci-fi romcom coming to Apple TV Plus from director Christos Nikou, imagines a future where one very specific technology has changed the world. In this timeline, scientists have figured out how to conclusively determine if two people are in love. This upends relationships as we know them, with couples sticking steadfastly
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Read MoreGoogle Assistant, but make it Bard. | Illustration: The Verge If there’s one job I’d like AI to take from me, it’s my daily email deleting ritual. Every morning at 8:30AM, Google Calendar pings me with a reminder containing just one word: EMAILS. Thus, my formal workday begins as I speed-delete nearly every email that
Read MorePhoto illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Monarch Tractor’s Praveen Penmetsa has a grand vision for agriculture, and it includes autonomous electric smart tractors powered by AI. Continue reading…
Read MoreWhile the toy brand kills its plans for an oil-free plastic alternative, it’s still pumping out billions of non-biodegradable bricks a year. Can Lego ever be sustainable?
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Read MoreSony Xperia 5 V review: At a glance What is it? The Sony Xperia 5 V is the more affordable alternative to the Xperia 1 V flagship. What is the price? Sony’s Xperia 5 V isn’t available in the US (yet), but costs £849 and €999 in the UK and other regions in Europe, respectively.
Read MoreOpenAI’s new image analysis update for its chatbot is both impressive and frightening. Here’s how to use it, and some advice for your experiments.
Read MoreDespite return-to-office mandates, workers have made it clear that remote work isn’t going anywhere. Here’s how to make the most of it while keeping your boss (and yourself) happy.
Read MoreAmazon’s Prime Big Deal Days shopping holiday is coming on October 10 and 11, but early discounts have kicked off.
Read MorePlus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws.
Read MoreTiny Tapeout is a way for students, hobbyists, and home gamers to get their own ASICs designs fabbed into real custom chips. Tiny Tapeout 3 was the third running, with designs mandated to be made up of simple digital standard cells. Only, a guy by the name of [Harald Pretl] found a way to make
Read MoreGareth Edwards’ new sci-fi film invites audiences to cheer for artificial intelligence that affirms the value of human life.
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Read MoreJuro Osawa / The Information: Data and sources: TikTok Shop was on pace to handle $6B+ worth of transactions in Indonesia in 2023, before its ban in the country, and $17B+ in Southeast Asia — TikTok just cannot escape government scrutiny. Even as the hugely popular ByteDance-owned app expands in the U.S. despite …
Read MoreNew York Times: Leaked internal messages from 2020 and 2021 detail Huawei’s efforts to lobby Greek officials; filings: Huawei’s 2022 sales in Greece rose 56% YoY to €258M — Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / Washington Post: A history of Vine’s failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app’s ranking algorithm and their humor — The wildly popular video app’s contentious relationship with its own power users offers a cautionary tale for social platforms
Read MoreWe all know, at least intellectually, that our computers are all built with lots of tiny transistors. But beyond that it’s a little hard to describe. They’re printed on a silicon wafer somehow, and since any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, they miraculously create a large part of modern society. Even most computers
Read MoreDade Hayes / Deadline: Q&A with YouTube Chief Business Officer Mary Ellen Coe on NFL Sunday Ticket “exceeding expectations”, Multiview interest, the Charter-Disney dispute, and more — – YouTube Chief Business Officer Mary Ellen Coe On NFL Sunday Ticket “Exceeding Expectations”, Unexpected Disney-Charter Plugs & More
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