Credit: Smartprix Leaked renders of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra show the device in two colors. We get an early look at what the device could shape up to be, especially with its fairly prominent camera island. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra could launch in China on April 18, 2023, and then make its way to international
Read MoreJoseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to promote violence, sharing content before Twitter’s safety team can act — The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete — SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between …
Read MoreSharon Goldman / VentureBeat: Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Stanford and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI — The open-source technology movement has been having a moment over the past few weeks thanks to AI — following a wave …
Read MoreAndy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.
Read MoreRyan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: The Commerce Department’s NTIA begins exploring possible rules for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, requesting comment from the public over accountability — Fears grow over the potential use of artificial intelligence to commit crimes and spread falsehoods
Read MoreThe HUAWEI FreeBuds 5 comes with a unique “waterdrop” design and an oval case. The earbuds come with LDAC support, hybrid ANC, and triple adaptive EQ. You can buy them in Europe and UK from April 17, 2023, for €159/£140. Earbuds come in all shapes and sizes these days, to the point that most are
Read MoreWho says you can’t teach an old robot new tricks? Nobody, actually. That saying is about dogs. But it applies to robots too, at least judging by the way this late-90s industrial beast was put to use in a way it was never intended: as a giant CNC router. The machine in question is an
Read MoreMeryl Sebastian / BBC: How a startup event in India dubbed the “world’s biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises — In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India’s capital Delhi …
Read MoreApple’s 2023 MacBook Pro 16. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The PC market had a rough first quarter, with both IDC and Canalys reporting that worldwide shipments of desktops and laptops suffered a drop of around 30 percent in the first quarter of 2023 versus the same quarter in 2022. IDC
Read MoreSnapchat Lenses inside Microsoft Teams | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has teamed up with Snap to add Snapchat Lenses to Microsoft Teams. More than 20 Snapchat Lenses are now part of the Microsoft Teams app, including ones that will place a cat on your head, a sloth on your shoulder, or virtual sunglasses on your face
Read MoreBloomberg: In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before their release — China plans to require a security review of generative AI services before they’re allowed to operate, casting uncertainty over ChatGPT …
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority A new report from security firm Kaspersky highlights how hackers sell Google Play Store threats to criminals wanting to target Android phone users. Setting up and loading a malicious app on the Google Play Store is very easily doable and can cost up to $20,000. Hackers even go as
Read MoreWho says you can’t teach an old robot new tricks? Nobody, actually. That saying is about dogs. But it applies to robots too, at least judging by the way this late-90s industrial beast was put to use in a way it was never intended: as a giant CNC router. The machine in question is an
Read MoreJoaquin Phoenix as Beau Wassermann. | Image: A24 Director Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid amps up the comedic absurdity to tell a haunting story about coping with anxiety. Continue reading…
Read MoreSheila Chiang / CNBC: Alibaba Cloud unveils its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen and says it will roll out the AI chatbot into all products starting with DingTalk and Tmall Genie — – Chinese tech giant Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen at a Tuesday summit.
Read MoreHeejin Kim / Bloomberg: South Korea fines Google ~$32M for squeezing out a rival app store by allegedly asking Korean and Chinese firms to release games exclusively in the Play Store — South Korea fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for using its clout in the mobile app market to squeeze out
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20 — Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month. Now the company has confirmed that
Read MoreAustralian Financial Review: Internal email: Sydney-based MilkRun, which promised grocery delivery in 20 minutes or less and raised a A$75M Series A led by Tiger Global in 2022, is closing — Ultrafast delivery company MilkRun will close its doors and make all staff and riders redundant, marking an abrupt end for the company …
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: GoFundMe’s former chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, which will invest in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding — Three years after stepping down as GoFundMe’s chairman and CEO, Rob Solomon is returning to the industry he calls his “first love,” …
Read MoreMultimeters are indispensable tools when working on electronics. It’s almost impossible to build any but the most basic of circuits without one to test and troubleshoot potential issues, and they make possible a large array of measurement capabilities that are not easily performed otherwise. But when things start getting a little more complex it’s important
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority YouTube Premium is getting five new features. The most significant update is a new enhanced video quality option limited to Premium subscribers. Other new Premium features include the ability to queue content on mobile, auto download content for offline viewing, and more. YouTube has announced several new features for
Read MoreAfter 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.
Read MoreLooking for the best smartphone money can buy? Well, you’re spoilt for choice, with brands catering to specific features and sometimes even niche use cases that might matter most to you. HONOR’s latest Magic 5 Pro flagship boasts a hardware package that looks like it can do it all. But can it? Find out in
Read MoreLauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Tonal, which makes smart, at-home strength training equipment, raised $130M; sources: the company’s valuation fell to $550M-$600M, down from $1.6B in 2021 — At-home fitness company’s latest funding round was completed at fraction of prior valuation — The founder of Tonal Systems Inc …
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: Matt Taibbi’s account, including the Twitter Files, appears to have been shadowbanned after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from searching his tweets — The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. — Quick(ish) recap:
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