Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google’s Search Generative Experience adds an experimental browsing feature that summarizes page content, first in the Google mobile app for Search Labs users — Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
Read MoreReed Albergotti / Semafor: OpenAI says it has been using GPT-4 to enforce its content policies and says some of its customers are already using it for content moderation — ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been using its most advanced large language model to enforce the company’s content policies, marking a major milestone …
Read MoreAsh Parrish / The Verge: Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, aiming to improve “player transparency” and simplify rules; eight strikes over six months gets a one-year ban — Today, a new strike-based enforcement program is coming to Xbox. The system is meant to clear up confusion regarding …
Read MoreCredit: Google Google is rolling out a new Google Photos feature called Memories view. Memories view will create a scrapbook-like timeline for your Memories with the help of AI. Users will now be able to co-author Memories with others. Google is introducing a new way for you to interact with your most memorable moments in
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Despite having slashed the list prices of the generic version of their insulin to just $25 earlier this year, pharmacies often charge uninsured insulin-requiring patients more — sometimes hundreds more — for the life-sustaining medication, writes Reuters. Amazon Pharmacy aims to help with that by automatically applying coupons
Read MoreElon Musk. | Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here. I. Today let’s talk — for the last time, I hope — about the derailed martial arts bout between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon
Read MoreFrom the very get-go, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 already feels like one of the most refined foldable phones available today. Sadly, it’ll be China-only for a little while before we hopefully get an expanded release in more regions over the coming months. Until then, it’s a folly that emphasizes Samsung’s tick-tock update cycle with
Read MoreImage: The Verge Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a major new feature: it will be able to summarize articles you’re reading on the web, according to a Google blog post. SGE can already summarize search results for you so that you don’t have to scroll forever to find what you’re looking for,
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Broadcast and cable viewership in the US is now below 50%. To no one’s surprise, streaming has taken over as the dominant way Americans view content. Judging by how fast these numbers have shifted, linear television is not long for this world. The chances are high that most people
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube adds Samples, a music discovery feed featuring vertically cropped, 30-second clips uploaded directly by artists, on iOS and Android — While there have been modernizations, YouTube’s music streaming service has remained functionally and visually the same since its launch.
Read MoreIt’s finally here — the official music video for “Planet of the Bass,” arguably the internet’s song of the summer, has been released. You can watch it right here on YouTube, though I wouldn’t blame you if you already clicked the play button in the video embed at the top of this post. “Planet of
Read MoreThe Share button is gone, making room for Memories. | Image: Google Google is adding a new Memories tab to its Photos app to create a dedicated place for auto-generated collections of pictures. The company is adding new generative AI titling features that can help you name your photo collections, too. These Google-generated collections have
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Today, a new strike-based enforcement program is coming to Xbox. The system is meant to clear up confusion regarding how Xbox enforces its community standards and help players keep track of enforcement actions made on their accounts. In an interview with The Verge, Xbox player services corporate vice president
Read MoreI know I’m old because I’m actually very excited about news. | Image: Roku The Roku Channel is adding a whole mess of new linear channels, and while some are fun times like Murder, She Wrote and MrBeast, the most exciting additions are the more than 30 local and national news channels from CBS and
Read MoreImage: Sony Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will offer an accessibility setting that lets you slow down the game’s action. You’ll be able to slow things down by 70 percent, 50 percent, or 30 percent, but you can switch back to full speed at any time, according to the game’s official listing from Sony. The feature could
Read MoreJoseph Menn / Washington Post: GOP Rep. Don Bacon says the FBI alerted him on Monday that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, around the time of other Microsoft account breaches — Rep. Don Bacon said he was told of the hacking Monday; he pledged to ‘work overtime’ to win passage of an aid
Read MoreMalcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Setapp, known for its Mac and iOS app subscription service, plans to launch an alternative app store for iOS and iPadOS next year in the EU, thanks to the DMA — Setapp is planning to launch its own alternative App Store in the EU in 2024, taking advantage of law changes
Read MoreCulture, is more often than not, a conundrum. This is especially so when it comes to corporate culture. There are many questions when we think about corporate culture (also called organizational culture). Have you asked, “What is my organization’s culture; how can I understand it, and how can I measure it?” Yes, the confusion continues.
Read MoreRick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: Nielsen: linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV use in July, a first in two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record high of 38.7% of TV use — Nielsen’s monthly platform rankings show broadcast and cable making up less than half of all
Read MoreKneron KL730. | Image: Kneron In the world of generative AI, it’s a battle of computing power and getting the fastest and most powerful chips. Now, AI edge company Kneron announced it will ship its new neural processing units (NPU) chips by the end of the year. Kneron said the NPU chips, called the KL730,
Read MoreThe Kindle Scribe, Amazon’s biggest e-reader, has only gotten better since its release. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When the Kindle Scribe launched in November, it was — how shall I say this — lacking. Amazon’s first note-taking e-reader was big and sharp, but it was missing note-taking features found on
Read MoreThis HP laptop won’t blow you away, but it’s a great all-around machine with a 15-inch touchscreen.
Read MoreScott Chipolina / Financial Times: A look at Binance’s early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and whether, post-FTX, the exchange has blown its chance to rule crypto — The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year’s collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The latest WhatsApp beta includes the ability to create stickers using AI. Users can generate specific stickers with AI by using creative prompts to describe the sticker. This feature is present on WhatsApp for Android beta and could roll out to all users in the future. We will see
Read MorePatrick Wingrove / Reuters: Amazon says Amazon Pharmacy will automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons to 15+ insulin and diabetes medicines, lowering the cost to as little as $35 — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday its online pharmacy will automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons to more than 15 insulin …
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