Arc’s mobile app doesn’t do too much yet, but it’s already fast and simple and useful. | Image: Arc/David Pierce When the team at The Browser Company set out at the beginning of this year to build a mobile web browser, CEO Josh Miller made a rule: we are not allowed to build a default
Read MoreTechnologists want to recreate the sensitivity of certain animals to the subtle signals of impending danger in order to save human lives.
Read MoreI love getting and trying out new headphones. What I don’t love is the number of apps you need to install if you have any more than one pair.
Read MoreSteve Wozniak and Elon Musk are among a group who have called for a pause in AI development, citing concerns about its impact on society.
Read MoreA new leak appears to show ribbon cables that will be used in Apple’s rumored Reality Pro headset.
Read MoreGrail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.
Read MoreWith billions locked up in collapsed exchanges and funds, investors are selling their assets for cents on the dollar.
Read MoreClockwork devices were popular right up until motors and electronics proved far more capable in just about every way. However, there’s something charming about a device you can wind up to make it do its thing. To recreate this feeling on modern technology, [Kousuke Saito] created a clockwork winder that you can fit to a
Read MoreSoftware developer pay spans a notoriously wide range, but few would argue that U.S.-based development costs are “cheap.” According to a U.S. News & World Report analysis, the median U.S. software developer earned $120,730 in 2021. Experienced devs can easily command $200,000 per year in cash compensation alone, with incentive pay and company benefits adding significantly to that
Read MoreOpinion: Every time WWDC is announced, many think that its banner hints towards something – so is it true for this year?
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Report: Google AI engineer Jacob Devlin quit to join OpenAI in January after complaining that Bard was being trained with ChatGPT data; Google denies the charge — Google’s Bard hasn’t exactly had an impressive debut — and The Information is reporting that the company is so interested …
Read MoreA new report claims Apple has delayed its Apple VR headset by another 1-2 months, casting doubt on a WWDC debut.
Read MoreLivemint: Report: PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintech services, has called off plans to acquire BNPL service ZestMoney for $200M to $300M, over due diligence concerns — PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintech platforms, has put on hold its plans to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL (buy now pay later) platform ZestMoney.
Read MoreStartups are buying properties and wooing first-time real estate investors to buy shares. The model could have real repercussions for renters.
Read MoreThis week, we trace how Amazon was able to build a massive public wireless network, and how it will change the future of connected devices.
Read MoreHartley Charlton / MacRumors: Kuo: Apple’s mixed reality headset may not appear at WWDC as mass production is pushed back to Q3, amid doubts about the device creating an “iPhone moment” — Apple has again pushed back mass production of its mixed-reality headset and the device may not appear …
Read MoreMariaDB is adding features such as serverless analytics and cost management to the new release of its managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) SkySQL, it said Thursday. SkySQL, which is a managed instance of the MariaDB platform, offers OLAP (online analytical processing) and OLTP (online transaction processing) along with enterprise features like sharding, load balancing, and auto-failover via a combination of
Read MoreNetflix’s cheapest ad-supported tier is now available on your Apple TV.
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Helped by his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk surpasses President Obama as the most followed person on the service with 133,068,709 followers — Elon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter. As of right now, the billionaire …
Read MoreReed Albergotti / Semafor: An interview with Vinod Khosla on how AI will “free humanity from the need to work”, seeing the AI future early, OpenAI investment, AI and geopolitics, and more — At nearly 70, Vinod Khosla is an elder statesman in Silicon Valley but he’s been on top of the most cutting-edge trends,
Read MoreJavaScript has seen some breathtaking evolutionary leaps in its time. Among these were the introduction of server-side JavaScript with Node.js, and of strong typing with TypeScript. The tRPC project combines these two innovations to let developers define and interweave the client and server in a united syntax. Developers get type inference benefits for the entire stack
Read MoreHello there! I recently started playing Chorus, a single-player space combat title that’s available on PlayStation Plus Extra. Fans of Colony Wars and Freelancer might like this one. Anyway, on with the newsletter! Windows 12’s major overhaul
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures — It’s estimated that over $400 billion are spent annually to run customer contact centers around the world. To cut costs, in recent years …
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Read MorePranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: FreedomGPT, a chatbot from Austin VC firm Age of AI, is free of ChatGPT’s safety filters and ethical guardrails, and praises Hitler, uses the N-word, and more — FreedomGPT spews out responses sure to offend both the left and the right. Its makers say that is the point.
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