Virtual Reality always seemed like a technology just out of reach, much like nuclear fusion, the flying car, or Linux on the desktop. It seems to be gaining steam in the last five years or so, though, with successful video games from a number of companies as well as plenty of other virtual reality adjacent
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google raises Workspace monthly pricing by 20% to $7.20 for Starter, $14.40 for Standard, and $21.60 for Plus business plans for new users — Announced last month, changes to Google Workspace pricing, including a price increase, are coming into effect from tomorrow onwards.
Read MoreTiffany Kary / Bloomberg: CIA Deputy Director David Cohen calls for the private sector to “supercharge” the agency’s work in quantum computing, biotech, wireless, chips, and battery tech — The Central Intelligence Agency called for more partnerships with the private sector, saying at a music and tech festival …
Read MoreThe Verge: Sources: Spotify HiFi as a premium tier was ready to launch over a year ago, but Apple’s decision to offer lossless audio at no extra charge spoiled its plans — Even though Spotify HiFi still hasn’t launched after being announced more than two years ago, some kind of lossless experience …
Read MoreSilicon Canals: Just Eat Takeaway plans to file for deregistration of its securities from the US SEC due to low trading volume and high costs, as the CEO of Grubhub exits — Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com, a global online food delivery marketplace, announced on Tuesday that it will file for deregistration …
Read MoreKate Park / TechCrunch: Tilia, a payment platform for game publishers and metaverse projects, has raised $22M since spinning off from Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, in 2022 — “Today, the way people transact has evolved,” newly appointed chief business officer (CBO) of Tilia Catherine Porter told me in an interview.
Read MoreA new version of the AI system that powers the popular chatbot has better language skills, but is still biased, prone to fabrication, and can be abused.
Read MoreWhen thinking about a perfect keyboard, some of us have a veritable laundry list: split, hot-swapping, wireless, 3d printed, encoders, and a custom layout. The Aloidia keyboard by [Nguyen Vincent] has all that and more. One of the first things to notice is a row of solar panels on the top, which trickle charge the
Read MoreGeorgia Gee / Slate: A list of over a dozen US stadiums using facial recognition for testing, security, entry, analyzing fans’ feelings, ticketing, concessions, or other use cases — “Your face is your ticket,” goes the motto of A.I. startup Wicket. “Your face is your credential,” says Alcatraz AI, another vendor.
Read MoreTypeScript 5.0, due from Microsoft as a production release on March 16, has been restructured around the use of ECMAScript modules, a major infrastructure change for the strongly typed JavaScript variant. Users of TypeScript 5.0, which currently is in a release candidate stage, will need to run Node.js 12 at a minimum. In return, npm
Read MoreNew previews include automated email, AI modeling and developer tools.
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Duolingo debuts a Max subscription for $30 per month or $168 per year, offering GPT-4 features for English speakers taking Spanish and French courses on iOS — Duolingo is introducing a new subscription tier with features powered by OpenAI’s new GPT-4 technology, the company announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: TikTok’s leadership is considering the option of divesting itself from ByteDance as a last resort if its existing proposal with CFIUS is rejected — TikTok’s leadership is discussing the possibility of separating from ByteDance Ltd., its Chinese parent company, to help address concerns about national security risks.
Read MoreImage: Epic Games Remember when I told you how Epic Games accidentally revealed a new version of 2007’s Unreal Tournament 3 that would be completely free on Steam, EGS and GOG with “no microtransactions and no strings attached?” That was three months ago. Unreal Tournament 3 X still hasn’t been announced, and the company still
Read MoreImage: Wizards of the Coast I’m usually immune to the charms of Magic: The Gathering’s special crossover sets (although the Bob Ross lands collection almost got me). But this Lord of the Rings-themed collection has pretty much obliterated all of my willpower because these cards are. so. frigging. cool! I love seeing Frodo and Sam
Read MoreEdward Graham / Nextgov: CISA launches a pilot program to warn critical infrastructure owners with “internet-accessible vulnerabilities commonly associated with known ransomware actors” — The new pilot program will enable “timely risk reduction” by alerting critical infrastructure owners and operators …
Read MoreComputing giant Google announced today that it will release previews of three new AI features, including AI composition for Google Workspace, developer prototyping and coding via PaLM and MakerSuite, and validated models for its Vertex AI service. The Workspace features, currently, are focused on Docs and Gmail. Users can use Google’s AI to rewrite emails
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company founded by ex-OpenAI employees, has launched its AI chatbot, Claude. While the tool does much of what OpenAI’s ChatGPT can, Anthropic says its early clients report the tool’s “less likely to produce harmful outputs” and is “easier to converse with.” Like OpenAI, Anthropic
Read MoreBusiness leaders and marketers across all industries want nothing more than to connect with their readers and grow their brands. However, they face many challenges along the way. One of the biggest hurdles is convincing users to invest in a product or service. The simplified solution is to build engaging product landing pages. The thing
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI open sources Evals, its framework for automatically evaluating the performance of its AI models, letting users report shortcomings and guide improvements — Alongside GPT-4, OpenAI has open-sourced a framework to evaluate the performance of the company’s AI models.
Read MoreImage: Waze Electric vehicle owners who prefer Waze to other navigation tools, rejoice: the Google-owned company is adding EV charging stations to its route planning tools in an effort to improve the experience for plug seekers. Starting today, Waze users can input their vehicle information into the app, as well as their preferred plug type,
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23 Ultra’s camera system is at the center of the recent Moon-gate controversy. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung’s faked Moon photos are a small step for smartphone photography — not a giant leap. Continue reading…
Read MoreJust as the gold standard for multimeters and other instrumentation likely comes in a yellow package of some sort, there is a similar household name for thermal imaging. But, if they’re known for anything other than the highest quality thermal cameras, it’s excessively high price. There are other options around but if you want to
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Reddit says its site and mobile apps are “currently offline” due to “an internal systems issue” and has identified a fix that “may take some time to implement” — I’m consistently seeing an error message when trying to load Reddit on my Chrome browser.
Read MoreForbes: Adept, which is building an AI model that can turn text commands into computer actions, raised $350M in a Series B, sources say at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Chatbots rule the day in AI for now, but soon, Adept cofounder David Luan predicts, AI won’t just display unsettlingly human responses to typed queries,
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