Illustration: The Verge Project Tailwind, the AI-backed note-taking tool that Google launched at this year’s I/O developer conference, is rebranding. It’s now known as NotebookLM, and it’s launching today to “a small group of users in the US,” according to a Google blog post. (The LM stands for Language Model because Google really wants to
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: InvGate, a SaaS startup offering IT service and asset management tools, raised $35M led by Riverwood, its first external funding since its founding in 2009 — InvGate, a SaaS platform offering information technology service management and IT asset management products, raised $35 million …
Read MoreAmazon’s new Echo Show 5 has never been cheaper than it is today. | Image: Amazon It’s that time of year again. Amazon Prime Day kicked off in earnest today and will last through tomorrow, July 12th. As an Amazon event, naturally, some of the first — and best — discounts are on Amazon’s own
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreAmazon’s summer sale really gets everyone in the mood to make a deal, including sex tech makers.
Read MoreChainalysis: A mid-2023 crypto crime update: inflows to illicit entities drop 65% YoY, scammers net ~$3.3B less than H1 2022, and ransomware took $175.8M more than H1 2022 — 2023 so far has been a year of recovery for cryptocurrency after a chaotic 2022, with prices of digital assets like Bitcoin up over 80% on
Read MoreReuters: Recursion, which uses AI models for drug discovery, raised $50M from Nvidia and plans to train its models on Nvidia’s platform using its own 23,000TB+ datasets — Nvidia (NVDA.O) invested $50 million to speed up training of biotech firm Recursion’s (RXRX.O) artificial intelligence models for drug discovery …
Read MoreDomino’s pizzas listed in Uber Eats. | Image: Domino’s Domino’s, the world’s largest pizza company in terms of sales and stores, has signed a deal with Uber to list its menus on its Uber Eats and Postmates delivery apps in the US, the company has announced. Although orders will continue to be delivered by uniformed
Read MoreReuters: The UK CMA says it will not accept new remedies from Microsoft over Activision but would consider a restructured deal, which may require a fresh investigation — Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday that a new restructured Microsoft-Activision deal could require a fresh merger investigation.
Read MoreShira Ovide / Washington Post: Travelers can say no to a TSA facial recognition scan, but some TSA agents tell travelers the scan is required or that refusing will cause a significant delay — Let’s ask two questions about airports’ use of facial recognition: Is it truly voluntary? And is it worth it?
Read MoreGül Dölen, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins, talks about how psychedelics affect the brain and how they can help people heal from traumatic experiences.
Read MoreOne of the Linux stories of the moment has come from Red Hat, with their ongoing efforts to make accessing the source of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux product a paid-for only process. This has caused consternation and annoyance alike, from the open source community angry at any liberties taken with the GPL, and from
Read MoreFrom blenders and robot vacuums to smart security cameras, these are the best deals on everything for your home and kitchen.
Read MoreFoo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EU approves Broadcom’s $61B VMware deal, provided Broadcom adheres to its access and interoperability commitments; UK and US approval is still pending — U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware …
Read MoreJack Schickler / CoinDesk: The European Securities and Markets Authority issues detailed proposals on crypto companies under the EU’s MiCA law; more are expected in October and early 2024 — Consultations cover authorization and conflict-of-interest rules for crypto companies under the landmark digital assets regulation
Read MorePrime Day means Amazon hardware is on sale. Save on Kindles, Fire TV Sticks, Echo smart displays, and more.
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Markup: A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated — The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
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Read MoreOxenfree II: Lost Signals. | Image: Netflix When the original Oxenfree debuted in 2016, it was hard not to make Stranger Things comparisons: from the synth-heavy soundtrack to its story of kids grappling with the supernatural, the vibes were very similar. So it made a lot of sense when, in 2021, Netflix acquired Oxenfree developer
Read MoreFrom phones and tablets to keyboards and robot vacuums, we have the freshest Prime Days tech deals for you right here.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Code within the official Reddit app suggests that the company is working on a Contributor program. Redditors in the US could earn real money for the gold and karma that their posts and comments receive. This will likely be subject to minimum withdrawal thresholds. Reddit has been in the
Read MoreWall Street Journal: India’s IT minister says the Foxconn-Vedanta venture ended due to “internalissues” and “doesn’t affect” the chip program; Foxconn plans to seek new partners — Minister says both companies will still pursue chip projects in India — India’s minister for technology …
Read MorePeople are still using short-term rentals to throw unruly parties—some of them deadly. Local communities are trying to fight back.
Read MoreThe Google Pixel Buds Pro feature among our list of the best earbuds of 2023, with our team labeling them as the best earbuds for Google fans. Discounts on the buds have been fairly modest since they hit the shelves in mid-2022, but that’s changed thanks to the Prime Day sale. You can now pick
Read MoreFrom travel adapter sets to screen protectors, Prime Day is a great time to score some affordable upgrades.
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