Reuters: A Chinese government report says Chinese organizations launched 79 LLMs in the country over the past three years, vs. US organizations launching 96 in the US — Chinese organisations launched 79 large-language models (LLMs) in the country over the past three years as they doubled down on efforts …
Read MorePhoto by Liu YiCun / Riot Games Riot Games announced Tuesday that it’s delaying the start of the summer season for competitive North American League of Legends after players recently voted “overwhelmingly” for a walkout. The League Championship Series (LCS) summer split was set to kick off on Thursday, but the start of the season
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Block Party says its anti-harassment tool for Twitter is going on an indefinite hiatus starting May 31 due to Twitter API changes, and announces Privacy Party — Now that Twitter’s API access is locked behind a tall paywall, long beloved third-party apps are shutting down.
Read MoreCredit: Google Play Store Our digital presence in 2023 necessitates the holding of dozens of passwords. We’re told to make them long and complex, all different from each other, and to change them regularly. But we’re also advised not to write them down for security reasons. If you don’t have a photographic memory, the only
Read MoreAidan Ryan / The Information: Source: MoonPay company insiders, including its CEO, cashed out shares worth $150M as part of the crypto payment company’s 2021 $555M Series A — In November 2021, just as crypto prices were hitting all-time highs, MoonPay—a crypto payments startup that celebrities including Jimmy Fallon …
Read MoreThe next Pixel Watch might be saying goodbye to Samsung chips. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge All the first Pixel Watch had to do was not suck. That won’t be good enough for its successor, which is rumored to debut later this fall and be called the Pixel Watch 2. Its
Read MoreImage: Twitter Twitter is expanding its crowdsourced fact-checking program to include images, shortly after a fake image went viral claiming to show an “explosion” near the Pentagon. Community Notes, which are user-generated and appear below tweets, were introduced to add context to potentially misleading content on Twitter. Now contributors will be able to add information
Read MoreImage: Konami Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the recently announced remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, will reuse the voice lines from the original game with no changes, according to Tommy Williams, Konami’s head of communications for the Americas. Konami revealed the game last week, and its language about how the original
Read MoreJon Swartz / MarketWatch: HPE reports Q2 revenue up 4% YoY to $7B, vs. $7.3B est., HPC & AI revenue up 18% YoY to $840M, and Intelligent Edge revenue up 50% YoY to $1.3B — HP CEO expects PC sales to rebound in the second half of the year and notes that AI will ‘redefine
Read MoreReuters: HP reports Q2 revenue down 21.7% YoY to $12.91B, vs. $13.07B est., Personal Systems revenue down 29% YoY to $8.18B, and Printing revenue down 5% YoY to $4.74B — HP Inc (HPQ.N) on Tuesday missed Wall Street targets for second-quarter revenue, hurt by a slowdown in the personal computer market …
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: While OpenAI has become more upfront about ChatGPT’s limitations, the company should do more to make clear the bot can’t reliably distinguish fact from fiction — “May occasionally generate incorrect information.” — This is the warning OpenAI pins to the homepage of its AI chatbot ChatGPT …
Read MoreImage: Nvidia Nvidia is updating its Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB) technology, which could make gaming even smoother on high-end monitors. In an announcement on Sunday, Nvidia says its upgraded ULMB 2 feature is capable of providing over 1,000Hz of effective motion clarity with “practically zero” crosstalk — but only on 1440p 360Hz G-Sync monitors
Read MoreUpdate, May 30, 2023 (05:03 PM ET): We’ve updated this Nintendo Switch 2 rumor hub with possible information about the display. Original article: Even if you love it and still use it daily, there’s no denying that the Nintendo Switch is getting old. Launched in 2017, the hybrid console celebrated its sixth birthday in March
Read MoreLevel offers a single doorbell camera for entire apartment buildings. | Image: Level Level has announced it’s releasing a single doorbell camera that can be used for entire apartment buildings as part of an overall smart home platform for multiunit dwellings. The video doorbell wouldn’t be available generally but instead comes to a smart home
Read MoreFor those with strokes or other debilitating conditions, control over one’s eyelid can be one of the last remaining motor functions. Inspired by [Jeremiah Denton] blinking in Morse code on a televised interview, [MBW] designed an ESP32-based device to decode blinks into words. While an ESP32 offers Bluetooth for simulating a keyboard and has a
Read MoreApple is killing off My Photo Stream but it should have been buried a long time ago.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A leak suggests that the Pixel Watch 2 may come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. The Pixel Watch 2 is said to be capable of lasting over a day with the always-on display setting enabled. The wearable could also get similar health sensors to the Fitbit Sense 2.
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Read MoreThe multiplayer gaming industry has experienced a significant evolution in recent years. The emergence of hacks and cheats plays an important role. Hacks have become commonplace as gamers seek to gain an edge over their opponents. So, developers are increasingly turning to anti-cheat software solutions in order to combat these malicious users. This article will
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset might have extremely pixel-dense and bright displays, according to a tweet from Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, who has shared accurate information about Apple products in the past. Young says that the AR / VR headset will be equipped with two 1.41-inch Micro OLED
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority If you send someone a shortened URL, it will cause a WhatsApp crash loop on Android. The URL is “wa.me/settings,” which would normally take you to the WhatsApp settings page. The crash loop will happen every time you open up the affected chat. Deleting that message is the only
Read MoreBrandy Betz / CoinDesk: Miami-based Transak, which sells payment and onboarding infrastructure for Web3 games and financial apps, raised a $20M Series A led by CE Innovation Capital — The startup offers on- and off-ramps that could make it easier for new users to interact with Web3 projects.
Read MoreImage: Good Tape / Dane Cardiel This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hope everyone is well rested after the holiday weekend. Today, I have a Q&A with two of the founders behind Good Tape, a new biannual print magazine that is aiming to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s appeal of the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to block its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition will head to a hearing the week of July 24th. The appeal sets Microsoft up for two summertime battles with regulators: one against the CMA and the other against the
Read MoreCompetition among ecommerce businesses continues to grow even as the worldwide economy enters a recessionary period. As a result, ecommerce companies are constantly looking for marketing insights to attract more customers and increase sales. Alternative data can give ecommerce businesses of all sizes a competitive edge. To gain critical insights, Oxylabs surveyed 1000+ data professionals
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