Annie Palmer / CNBC: The US FTC files a lawsuit against Amazon over allegedly using “dark patterns” to enroll customers in Prime without consent and “sabotaged” attempts to cancel — – The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program …
Read MoreImage: Google I woke up at 7AM yesterday and discovered that two of my Nest cameras were showing as offline. After hours of troubleshooting and hard resetting the cameras to get them working again, I realized the problem was a peculiar issue on Google’s end. Hundreds of Nest Cam owners have reported their cameras showing
Read MoreK.J. Yossman / Variety: Filing: Embracer paid ~$395M for the rights to Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in 2022, far below ~$2B estimates; Amazon reportedly paid $250M for TV rights — Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming conglomerate that snapped up the rights to “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” …
Read MoreBrad Stone / Bloomberg: In his new book The Coming Wave, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman proposes a “modern Turing test” for AI, seeking to find “artificial capable intelligence” — A new book floats a provocative idea for testing whether machines are capable of human-like intelligence.
Read MoreJosh Dzieza / The Verge: A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training — As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo is holding its second Direct showcase event of the year, and it sounds like it’ll be a big one. Back in February, the company showed off Tears of the Kingdom, released a remastered Metroid Prime, added Game Boy games to Switch Online, and gave us a release
Read MoreModern Barrel’s Wi-Fi-enabled urn ingests a bottle of booze and spits out a barrel-aged version after a week.
Read MoreRick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix tweaks its weekly top 10 rankings to include “views”, calculated by dividing the total time spent watching a film or a show in a week by running time — The streamer’s weekly rankings will now show the most popular titles by number of accounts watching as well as
Read MoreJody Godoy / Reuters: Months before the SEC lawsuit, Coinbase filed amicus briefs in two crypto-related federal cases, an unusual strategy in federal court, aiming to aid its defense — Months before cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN.O) became the biggest target of the U.S. crackdown on digital assets …
Read MoreImage: Nintendo It’ll be 40 minutes of announcements — almost definitely including some surprises. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe Lunar System’s main home battery unit contains cells and an inverter, with add-on battery modules stacked underneath. | Image: Lunar Energy Lunar System — from Tesla’s former head of energy — is a solar energy backup system with modular battery units that can power your whole home. It might even make you some money…
Read MoreOtter Chat AI can generate copy based on what has been discussed, such as drafting an email with action points from the meeting. | Image: Otter.ai Automated transcription service Otter.ai is launching a new chatbot feature that can “attend” online meetings to help users summarize information and recall details they may have missed, like dates
Read MoreWith Dash, you can search all your files everywhere, all at once. | Image: Dropbox Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. The first is simple and obvious: a tool for summarizing and querying documents. This is neat and useful and the sort of feature you’ll see in most tools
Read MoreAssociated Press: Bernie Sanders opens a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices and writes to Andy Jassy over “egregious health and safety violations” — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices …
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a new iPhone, then Prime Day might be your best opportunity to bag a bargain.
Read MoreEnvironmentalist Jamie Beard has been pushing her vision to tap into geothermal energy—by working with Big Oil. Can it ever work?
Read MoreEveryone’s talking about “Joan Is Awful,” but is it better than “San Junipero”? Read WIRED’s definitive ranking to find out.
Read MoreAs companies like Target face conservative backlash for their Pride merchandise, the LGBTQ+ TikTokkers who review it aren’t holding back.
Read MoreVehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and more can collect huge volumes of data. Here’s what the companies can access.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A leaker claims that Samsung will change the aspect ratio of the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s phone display. They also assert that the foldable will retain the same main camera as the Z Fold 5. Samsung is preparing to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 5 in late July, and
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority After OPPO, OnePlus, and vivo, realme is now putting its smartphone business on hold in Germany. This move is likely due to the Nokia patent dispute, which was awarded in favor of Nokia. Finnish equipment supplier Nokia won a significant patent dispute in Germany against OPPO, which forced OPPO
Read MoreKate O’Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: Sources: during the Trump administration, the US tracked Huawei and ZTE workers in Cuba, suspecting the companies might be expanding China’s spying abilities — Intelligence bolstered suspicions telecom giants might be playing role in expansion of China’s capabilities on island
Read MoreBloomberg: The US, the EU, Japan, and India have committed over $100B combined for chip subsidies, as chipmakers argue costs have risen due to inflation and tech advances — The global race to build domestic factories and sever dependency on overseas suppliers for these critical components is spurring a spending boom …
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has brought its Galaxy Enhance-X photo editor app to more phones. The company confirmed that the app will come to tablets and mid-range devices at a later date. Samsung first launched the Galaxy Enhance-X app last year, but it was apparently pulled thereafter due to a lack of
Read MoreThe Game Boy and Game Boy Color were the handheld consoles that started it all. Their release showed that you could have well-made games that fit in your pocket. Handheld game consoles have evolved a lot since then, but there are many who still enjoy the classics. Let’s take a look at the best Game
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