Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out the ability for Facebook users to create up to four additional profiles and switch between them without logging out — Basically, Meta is embracing finstas but for Facebook. — “Whether you’re new to Facebook or a longtime user, you may want to keep your personal …
Read MoreCredit: Abhishek Yadav What appears to be the Google Pixel 8A has leaked online. The images show a more rounded device than the previous Pixel A phone. The Pixel 8A is said to have the codename “Akita.” Google is set to launch the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro on October 4, which is only
Read MoreThe launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 series has triggered the best Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra deal we’ve ever spotted. It may not be the latest device anymore, but it’s still one of the best Android tablets on the market, and this one-day Best Buy promotion can save you as much as $300 on
Read MoreImage: YouTube More content on YouTube is going to be created at least in part using generative AI. The video platform announced several new AI-powered tools for creators at its annual Made on YouTube event on Thursday. Among the features coming later this year or next are AI-generated photo and video backgrounds, AI video topic
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is releasing a new app called YouTube Create that lets you edit video right on your phone, the company announced on Thursday. The new app could encourage more people to make Shorts, YouTube’s take on TikTok-style videos; it’s generally easier to make a TikTok video than it
Read MoreNathan Edwards / The Verge: Microsoft announces a unified Copilot built into Windows 11, launching across all of its apps and services, including Office 365, from September 26 — Microsoft today announced a new, unified Copilot experience launching on September 26th. The new “AI companion,” just called Copilot …
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to release its next Windows 11 update, 23H2, on September 26, offering the new AI-powered Windows Copilot, a redesigned File Explorer, and more — Microsoft will release its next big Windows 11 update, 23H2, on September 26th. The update will include the new AI-powered …
Read MorePhoto: Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft’s 365 Copilot AI assistant will be available starting on November 1st for Microsoft 365 customers on certain business and enterprise plans. But the add-on isn’t free: the company announced in July it would be charging a $30 per month premium per user for access to the feature, which
Read MoreA historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.
Read MoreThis week, we learn how Amazon is teaching Alexa more skills to help it better compete in a landscape lousy with chatbots.
Read MoreOliver Knight / CoinDesk: Layer 2 blockchain Optimism sells 116M tokens worth $157M to seven buyers in a “private” sale, after airdropping 19.4M tokens to 31K+ users earlier this week — The token sale was described as a “planned event.” — The foundation behind layer2 blockchain Optimism …
Read MoreMolly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk for $157 per share in cash, up 31% on Splunk’s September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B — Cisco will pay $157 a share in cash, the companies said in a statement Thursday. That represents a 31% premium to Splunk’s previous
Read MoreFinancial Times: After recent IPOs, Arm and Instacart fall by 20%+ from their highs; Arm closed at $52.91 on September 20, down 4% on its offer price, while Instacart was flat — Newly listed tech companies soared in their public debuts but have fallen quickly from those highs
Read MoreJonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: Tether confirms resuming lending its stablecoins to customers, less than a year after saying it would end such loans; $5.5B of its assets were loans on June 30 — Cryptocurrency issuer had said it would cut loans to zero in 2023 — Tether Holdings resumed lending out its own
Read MoreThe annual Code Conference is set to kick off next week, but one of our headline speakers won’t be there: GM CEO Mary Barra and her new EVP of software, Mike Abbott, have dropped out of the show, citing the ongoing UAW strike and contract negotiations. “Mary and Mike unfortunately needed to change their plans
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Meta updates Facebook’s “identity system”, including a new logo to confidently express the platform’s “core blue color”, and refines Facebook’s emoji Reactions — Meta is updating Facebook’s “identity system,” and that includes a dramatically refreshed logo. — Just kidding!
Read MoreSleep. | Image: TIFF This year is shaping up to be a good one for horror, particularly on the festival circuit. Things kicked off nice and early at Sundance with the impressive quartet of Birth/Rebirth, Talk To Me, In My Mother’s Skin, and Infinity Pool. This month at TIFF, meanwhile, I watched another four movies
Read MoreWIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on whether modern tech makes people behave more like bots.
Read MoreAshley Stewart / Insider: Sources: Panos Panay’s abrupt departure came after Microsoft made budget and staff cuts, canceled products, and discussed reorganizing his hardware unit — – Microsoft this week announced Chief Product Officer Panos Panay left after nearly 20 years. — Panay is expected …
Read MoreDNA sequencing can assess your risk of developing certain diseases. It could even help provide medicines personalized to your genes one day. Governments want you to get involved.
Read MoreHere’s a question for you: if you’re the commander of a submarine full of nuclear missiles, how can you be sure what not receiving a launch order really means? If could — and probably does — mean that everything is hunky dory on land, and there’s no need to pull the trigger. Or, could radio
Read MoreJason Schreier / Bloomberg: Korean game publisher Krafton says Dead Space developer Striking Distance’s CEO Glen Schofield, COO, and CFO are leaving, months after its new game flopped — Video-game developer Striking Distance Studios, a subsidiary of Korean publisher Krafton Inc., is appointing new management several months …
Read MoreReuters: Japanese chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric plans to raise ~$750M in an IPO on October 25 in Tokyo at a ~$2.95B valuation, pricing shares at ~$12.78 — Chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric said on Thursday it plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 25 …
Read MoreWayne Ma / The Information: Source: Google has extensively discussed dropping Broadcom for AI chips as early as 2027 to design its own TPUs, aiming to save billions of dollars annually — Google executives have extensively discussed dropping Broadcom as a supplier of artificial intelligence chips as early as 2027 …
Read MoreThe American Climate Corps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it’ll need to get much, much bigger.
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