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Apple confirms a Screen Time bug, letting kids go over the time limits imposed by parents to use apps and games, but doesn’t offer a timeline for a fix (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Apple confirms a Screen Time bug, letting kids go over the time limits imposed by parents to use apps and games, but doesn’t offer a timeline for a fix — Settings aren’t sticking; the company says it’s working ‘to improve the situation’ — Apple’s Screen Time controls are failing

My Tips for a Killer Product Launch

Be sure to blow up any criticism or misunderstanding of your app, no matter how small, into a flat-out organizational panic.

HP Envy 16 (2023) Review: Almost Everything You Need in a Laptop

This powerhouse of a machine comes very close to delivering everything you need in a laptop.

After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models (Jose Antonio Lanz/Decrypt)

Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt: After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models — More popular than Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci among AI artists, Greg Rutkowski opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set.

Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business (New York Times)

New York Times: Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business — The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company …

Here’s how long your Flip 5, Fold 5 screens will last in very cold weather

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung Display has revealed how extreme weather can affect the Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 screens. The company says the screens will only last for 30,000 folds at minus four degrees Fahrenheit. Samsung says the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 are rated for 200,000 folds by

You told us: Many of you are sticking with Spotify due to Spotify Connect

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Spotify Connect is a handy cross-platform feature, allowing you to remotely control listening from one device (such as your phone or watch). This is a feature our own Rita El-Khoury recently praised in an opinion piece, saying it’s the reason why she wouldn’t switch to another music platform.

Windows 11 is getting multiple monitor refresh rate improvements

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is making it a lot more convenient to use multiple high refresh rate monitors with Windows 11. The software giant has started testing a Windows 11 update that automatically adjusts refresh rates on multiple monitors depending on what content is being displayed, which should improve power usage

TikTok’s Berberine Fad Is About More Than ‘Nature’s Ozempic’

Berberine went viral as a weight loss wonder pill. Its success on social media shows how broken the supplement industry is.

Apple iOS, Google Android Patch Zero-Days in July Security Updates

Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.

Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat

As white-collar workers surf the web in air-conditioned comfort, delivery drivers are moving ecommerce packages through record temperatures.

Automatic Transfer Switch Keeps Internet Online

Living in a place where the electric service isn’t particularly reliable can be frustrating, whether that’s because of a lack of infrastructure, frequent storms, or rolling blackouts. An option for those living in these situations is a backup generator, often turned on and connected by an automatic transfer switch. These are necessary safety devices too;

Customs data shows China’s chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Customs data shows China’s chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working — Washington’s restrictions on sale of advanced technology to Beijing appear to be working—for now

Italy’s AGCM says it accepted Google’s proposed commitments to end a case over the company’s alleged abuse of its position in the user data portability market (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)

Elvira Pollina / Reuters: Italy’s AGCM says it accepted Google’s proposed commitments to end a case over the company’s alleged abuse of its position in the user data portability market — – Regulator probed Google over alleged abuse of its position — Company pledged to update backup service, to launch new tool

Ease into similarity search with Google’s PaLM API

In previous articles we used Google’s PaLM API to generate a blog post and build a chatbot. In this article, we will explore how to generate text embeddings and perform semantic searches using the PaLM API. The PaLM API makes Google’s PaLM 2 large language model available to developers through the Google Cloud Vertex AI

Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro (Qianer Liu/Financial Times)

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro — Chinese contract manufacturer is sole assembler of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset

Sony’s latest PS5 beta supports Dolby Atmos and up to 8TB of M.2 SSD storage

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has started testing a new PlayStation 5 software beta that includes Dolby Atmos support, up to 8TB of M.2 SSD storage support, and a variety UI improvements. The beta is rolling out in select countries today and Sony typically makes beta features available to all PS5 consoles

The open source licensing war is over

The open source war is over, however much some want to continue soldiering on. Recently Meta (Facebook) released Llama 2, a powerful large language model (LLM) with more than 70 billion parameters. In the past, Meta had restricted use of its LLMs to research purposes, but with Llama 2, Meta opened it up; the only restriction

A New Educational Robotics Platform

When looking for electronics projects to use in educational settings, there is no shortage of simple, lightweight, and easily-accessible systems to choose from. From robotic arms, drones, walking robots, and wheeled robots, there is a vast array of options. But as technology marches on, the robotics platforms need to keep up as well. This turtle-style

The iPhone 15 series could gain an overdue ergonomic change

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The iPhone 15 series could have edges that are less sharp than before. This would make for a more ergonomic and overdue change. It’s also believed Apple is sticking with physical buttons due to “engineering problems.” Apple’s iPhones have stainless steel edges, but one common complaint is that they

TinyBasicLike: a Target-Independent BASIC Interpreter

In the long and winding history of BASIC, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of all the different variants and dialect. Some may still remember TinyBASIC, which was published in 1976 as Palo Alto Tiny BASIC by [Gordon Brandly]. Later, TinyBASIC was modified by a number of people including [Scott Lawrence] who created TinyBASIC Plus

Worldcoin presents a solution in search of its problem, has a shaky ethical foundation, and lacks decentralization or a robust approach to privacy (Molly White)

Molly White: Worldcoin presents a solution in search of its problem, has a shaky ethical foundation, and lacks decentralization or a robust approach to privacy — Worldcoin doesn’t seem to know what problem it’s trying to solve, but they want to scan your eyeballs anyway.

A future Android phone will finally have a rival to Apple’s Cinematic Mode

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Chinese brand Vivo has announced a 4K portrait video mode. This mode will offer automatic subject focus switching like the iPhone’s Cinematic Mode. Vivo claims that you can even change the focus area after shooting a clip. Apple launched its Cinematic Mode for videos with the iPhone 13 series,

Curve, a stablecoin exchange on Ethereum, says bugs in Vyper, a programming language used by parts of Curve, are being exploited; ~$100M of crypto is at risk (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk: Curve, a stablecoin exchange on Ethereum, says bugs in Vyper, a programming language used by parts of Curve, are being exploited; ~$100M of crypto is at risk — More than $100M-worth of cryptocurrency could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem.

Sources: Tiger Global has completed its exit from Flipkart, in a years-long selloff that led to gains totaling $3.5B (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times: Sources: Tiger Global has completed its exit from Flipkart, in a years-long selloff that led to gains totaling $3.5B — The US fund exits online retailer with a 4% stake sale to Walmart in final deal of phased selloff. — New York-headquartered investment firm Tiger Global informed its limited partners …

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