Reuters: Sources: Meta VP of Infrastructure Alexis Black Bjorlin, who oversees the company’s efforts to develop AI chips, plans to step down at the end of September 2023 — A Meta Platforms (META.O) executive overseeing the company’s efforts to develop its own chips for artificial intelligence work …
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Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers — – New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year
Read MoreAn example of what Meta’s AI assistant can do. | Meta The Meta AI assistant is coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, along with dozens of AI characters based on celebrities like MrBeast and Charli D’Amelio. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Meta New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta’s Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts. AI image editing will be available on Instagram, and AI-generated chat stickers will roll out on Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. AI-powered photo editing on Instagram includes two new features: restyle
Read MoreAlex Cranz / The Verge: A live blog of Meta’s Connect 2023 event, with details on the upcoming Quest 3 and possibly new software and other hardware — After a few years of fairly quiet Meta Connect developer conferences, the big virtual reality show is back with a whole mess of announcements in 2023.
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Hands-on with Meta Quest 3: an iterative update, but its mixed reality pass through video is less grainy than the Quest Pro and offers color, unlike the Quest 2 — An upgraded VR game console with an extra feature. … I can’t tell if Meta is trying too hard to
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge It’s official: Panos Panay, Microsoft’s former product lead, is headed to Amazon. In an update on Wednesday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that Panay will take the place of outgoing hardware boss Dave Limp, confirming the rumors reported by Bloomberg after Microsoft announced Panay’s departure. “As a strong
Read MoreLG’s new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us. Continue reading…
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirms that former Microsoft CPO Panos Panay will be joining Amazon at the end of October to lead its devices and services division — It’s official: Panos Panay, Microsoft’s former product lead, is headed to Amazon. … “As a strong product builder and inventor …
Read MoreIllustration: Beatrice Sala A ransomware gang used a zero-day exploit in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer to steal thousands of companies’ data, affecting over 60 million people. Continue reading…
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Sources: dozens of VC firms, including Bain Capital, Lux, Mayfield, and IVP, are working with the US Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” guidelines — A group of venture capital firms is working with the U.S. Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” …
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Read MoreString art is as old as, well, string and something to hang it from. But, like most things, it gets more enjoyable when you involve a CNC. [Paul MH] went the whole hog with this build, creating a CNC string art builder that could handle the whole process, from placing the nails to running the
Read MoreCastlevania: Nocturne. | Image: Netflix Stay up to date on everything from Castlevania to Scott Pilgrim. Continue reading…
Read MoreEmily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Filing: the US FTC revives its challenge against Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a move which may seek to unwind the deal after it closes — – FTC administrative hearing won’t derail deal from closing — Companies are likely to win UK regulatory approval for deal
Read MoreYoung Portuguese citizens (C) arrive at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, for a hearing in a climate change case against 32 countries, on September 27th, 2023. | Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP via Getty Images A groundbreaking climate hearing went down today in the European Court of Human Rights.
Read MoreMeta Connect’s shifting logo. | Image: Meta Meta Connect, the annual product summit from the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and the headsets formerly known as Oculus, will reveal its latest announcements in less than an hour. Meta Connect 2023 kicks off at 10AM PT / 1PM ET, and the company’s pitching it as “a
Read MoreThe NVIDIA Shield TV family hosts arguably the best Android TV boxes on the market, bringing plenty of features and a ridiculously long commitment to software updates. It’s no wonder that Shield TV boxes have acquired a vocal following. The last Shield TV products were launched in 2019, but could NVIDIA launch a new product
Read MoreMeta’s first look at the Quest 3 came back in June. | Image: Meta Meta Connect, the company’s annual conference, is back for 2023. It’s bringing a lot more details about the Meta Quest 3, the successor to Quest 2. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Netflix Dante is coming back — in animated form. At its Drop 01 animation event, Netflix announced that it is teaming up with Capcom for a new animated series based on the action series Devil May Cry. Adi Shankar — who previously worked on Netflix’s adaptation of Castlevania — will serve as showrunner, while
Read MoreImage: Getty The Republican debate kicks off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, tonight, where the potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election (with one predictable exception) will take the stage for a second time. Only seven of the Republican Party’s candidates will appear onstage this time around, as not everyone
Read MoreAI could supercharge augmented and virtual reality, making online manipulation and disinformation campaigns much more personal—and effective.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung originally planned on rolling out the One UI 6 beta to the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 in September. The company has delayed the rollout until sometime in October. Samsung says it needs more time to stabilize the software. The release of the One
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