DOOM always seems to spontaneously appear on any new device the day it’s released. From printers to industrial robots to pregnancy tests, it always makes its way on anything with an integrated circuit and a screen. But that’s not the only 90s video game with a cult following and and ability to run on hardware
Read MoreMariella Moon / Engadget: Slack announces Slack AI, which can generate channel highlights, thread summaries, and search answers based on messages, with a pilot starting “this winter” — Salesforce will pilot the generative AI capabilities it developed for Slack later this year.
Read MoreIllustration by Nikolas Kokovlis / NurPhoto via Getty Images A few weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced that WhatsApp was in the process of rolling out HD photo sharing, with HD video soon to follow. As of today, the process is complete: Meta has confirmed to The Verge that both HD photos and HD videos are
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Flexport CEO Dave Clark resigns after one year at the company, which he joined from Amazon; sources: Clark is considering a potential run for governor of Texas — The former Amazon senior executive is considering a potential run for governor of Texas, according to people familiar with the matter
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Clubhouse updates its iOS and Android apps to include asynchronous voice-only group chats, in an attempt to be “more like a messaging app” — Clubhouse is back, kinda. The app that popularized social audio rooms is reinventing itself “to be more like a messaging app” …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge In the first half of July, Microsoft disclosed that the Chinese hacking group Storm-0558 had gained access to emails from around 25 organizations, including agencies in the US government. Today, the company is explaining how that happened thanks to a series of internal errors while sharply underscoring just how serious a responsibility
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is making some notable changes to the ad controls available to creators. Beginning in November, YouTube is dropping individual ad controls in YouTube Studio for pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, and non-skippable ads on new videos, according to a support document from the company bylined by “Rob,” a member
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google will soon start requiring political advertisers to “prominently disclose” when they made their ads with AI, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Starting in November, Google says advertisers must include a disclosure when an election ad features “synthetic content” that depicts “realistic-looking people or events.” That includes political ads that use AI
Read MoreSwatch’s $400 sequel to the MoonSwatch is inspired by sea slugs and ditches quartz for the budget brand’s automatic movement.
Read MoreMatthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
Read MoreDavey Alba / Bloomberg: Google plans a November policy update requiring election advertisers to prominently disclose when their ads contain generative AI-based images, video, or audio — Audio, images and video on political advertising will need to be labeled … The policy update, which applies starting mid-November …
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator behind the viral AI Drake song, has released another track — and this time, it features the AI-generated voices of Travis Scott and 21 Savage. In a song titled “Whiplash” posted to TikTok, Ghostwriter leaves a note for the two artists at
Read MoreMatthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
Read MoreImage: Universal Music / Deezer Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a new streaming deal today with French music service Deezer that aims to direct more listener payouts toward professional artists. The changes will essentially count a single listen as two listens on popular tracks, giving them more revenue than smaller ones. Currently, platforms like Apple
Read MoreMilana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: data analytics software company Alteryx has been working with an investment bank to explore a sale after attracting takeover interest; AYX jumps 13%+ — Alteryx Inc (AYX.N), a data analytics software company with a market value of $2.2 billion, has been working with an investment bank …
Read MoreMatthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
Read MoreTwo weeks after staff at queer dating app Grindr unionized, bosses ordered employees back to the office. Nearly half the app’s workers refused and have been laid off.
Read MoreAlthough some of the first Android-powered smartphones had them and Blackberries were famous for them, physical keyboards on portable electronics like that quickly became a thing of the past. Presumably the cost to manufacture is too high and the margins too low regardless of consumer demand. Whatever the reason, if you want a small keyboard
Read MoreImage: CFOTO / Future Publishing via Getty Images Apple is investing millions of dollars per day into artificial intelligence, according to a new report from The Information. The company is reportedly working on multiple AI models across several teams. Apple’s unit that works on conversational AI is called “Foundational Models,” per The Information’s reporting. It
Read MoreRachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI announces its first developer conference, OpenAI DevDay, on November 6 in San Francisco, and plans to livestream a keynote presentation — OpenAI will host its first developer conference this fall, as the ChatGPT-maker looks to bolster interest in its products while facing growing competition …
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple is expected to switch to its own 5G modems by 2025. The iPhone 17 or iPhone SE 4 could be the first to have an Apple-designed modem. The switch will lower Apple’s dependence on Qualcomm. Qualcomm is not exactly having the best year, reporting a 52% net income
Read MoreImage: UPS UPS delivery drones are now allowed to fly longer distance flights beyond the sight of ground operators, the Federal Aviation Administration revealed in a press release on Wednesday. This is the kind of move that opens the door for drone delivery companies like Wing, FedEx, and Zip to deliver packages across a wider
Read MoreBrad Stone / Bloomberg: California Gov. Newsom signs an EO on AI risks, instructing state agencies to examine AI threats and authorizing state employees to experiment with AI tools — Gavin Newsom touted Silicon Valley’s AI dominance, but warns of a “Pandora’s box.” — The state of California has entered …
Read MoreSlack AI can summarie channels and threads. | Image: Slack Slack is launching a built-in AI tool that can do things like summarize threads, recap channel highlights, and search for answers within your messages. In an update on Wednesday, Slack says it will start testing the new feature, called Slack AI, this winter. One of
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google is rolling out a Gboard feature called “Proofread.” The tool can be found in Gboard beta version 13.4. When the feature is on, it will process your text and fix spelling and grammar mistakes. Google has been working on a variety of generative AI tools for months now.
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