On Wednesday, Meta didn’t announce an obvious killer app alongside the $499 Meta Quest 3 headset — unless you count the bundled Asgard’s Wrath 2 or Xbox Cloud Gaming in VR. But if you watched the company’s Meta Connect keynote and developer session closely, the company revealed a bunch of intriguing improvements that could help
Read MoreA differential probe, a device for measuring the voltage between two points in a circuit rather than the voltage between a point and ground, it an extremely useful addition to any electronics bench. Inside such a probe you’ll usually find a fancy op-amp working as a differential amplifier, and for correct operation they require careful
Read MoreUmar Shakir / The Verge: Google plans to stop supporting its $5K, 55″ Jamboard meeting room display on September 30, 2024 and phase out its collaborative Jamboard app on October 1, 2024 — It’s never a dull day at the Google graveyard — the company has blogged a Workspace update today announcing the end of
Read MoreWall Street Journal: France’s competition authority raided a “graphics cards sector” company this week as part of a cloud-computing inquiry; sources say the target was Nvidia — France’s competition authority has expressed concerns that established companies in the sector could exclude smaller ones
Read MoreIf you’ve been holding off on upgrading your earbuds, now might be the time to act. The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, which have consistently ranked high on our best true wireless earbuds list, are currently available for just $175.99. Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro for $175.99 ($54 off)
Read MoreThe Vision Pro is just the start and smaller, lighter AR glasses could be getting closer thanks to the FTC.
Read MoreTony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog: Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent — Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. … We’re in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence.
Read MoreImage: Getty Last night, former President and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump appeared before a crowd in suburban Detroit and tried out his new attack lines against electric vehicles. EVs are too expensive, the former president argued (via The Detroit News); they don’t have enough range and will spur American job losses. EV batteries were
Read MoreSongtradr: Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and plans to keep operating Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share — Los Angeles) – Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers …
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: NYC-based IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto — – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto. — The startup helps brands …
Read MoreVivaldi is now available on iPhone and iPad and it’s very much not Safari.
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens its Search Generative Experience to US teens, adds a feature to contextualize how a response was generated, and improves offensive query detection — Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday.
Read MoreCredit: Google Google has released its latest #BestPhonesForever ad. In the clip, Google takes a jab at the iPhone 15’s launch lacking innovation. The video describes the iPhone 15’s new Action Button as a different mute button. If you’ve been keeping track, you may have noticed Google’s ad campaign #BestPhoneForever. The ads typically depict a
Read MoreWhat’s as fast as two Raspberry Pi 4s? The brand-new Raspberry Pi 5, that’s what. And for only a $5 upcharge (with an asterisk), it’s going to the new go-to board from the British House of Fruity Single-Board Computers. But aside from the brute speed, it also has a number of cool features that will
Read MoreImage: Creative Assembly / Sega Sega is canceling the live-service shooter Hyenas before the game’s launch. Sega announced the news in a press release, stating the cancellation was due to “the lower profitability of the European region.” In addition to Hyenas, Sega will also cancel other unannounced in-development projects. Hyenas was billed as a live-service
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out ChromeOS 117 with a Material You redesign, adaptive charging, a new camera and microphone privacy indicator, an improved clipboard, and more — Google is rolling out ChromeOS 117, and it’s a very big update for Chromebooks that adds Material You, as well as other usability enhancements.
Read MoreGoogle’s Jamboard software and the hardware are both shutting down starting October 1st, 2024. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge It’s never a dull day at the Google graveyard — the company has blogged a Workspace update today announcing the end of its collaborative Jamboard whiteboarding software. Google plans to wind down the
Read MoreA deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit.
Read MoreThe Writers Guild of America won important protections, but it’s not enough. When the Screen Actors Guild goes to the table, it should fight for more to keep AI from impinging on the work of artists.
Read MoreDaniel Wiessner / Reuters: A New York state judge rejects a bid by Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub to block NYC’s law setting a minimum pay of $17.96/hour for app-based delivery workers — A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), DoorDash Inc and other gig economy firms to
Read MoreEarlier this year, prominent AI and tech experts signed a letter calling for a halt to advanced AI development. When WIRED checked back in, some signatories said they had never expected it to work.
Read MoreThe now four-year-old Garmin Vivoactive 4 has finally received a successor. The new Vivoactive 5 actually borrows more from the Venu 3 family than it does its predecessor. Is the newest Vivoactive worth picking up? That’s what we aim to answer in this Garmin Vivoactive 4 vs Vivoactive 5 comparison. Garmin Vivoactive 4 vs Vivoactive
Read MoreGarmin is extremely prolific when it comes to smartwatches, constantly churning out new models and updates. With the arrival of the Vivoactive 5, we see a very different watch to a line that hadn’t been updated since 2019, one much more akin to the Venu 3. If you’re in the market for a new Garmin
Read MoreJason Koebler / 404 Media: Email: Serve Robotics, used by Uber Eats in Los Angeles, shared video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to the LAPD as part of a criminal investigation — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public
Read MoreA civil liberties group has asked the DOJ to investigate deployment of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system, which research shows is often installed in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
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