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YouTube launches early multiview access for YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected streams simultaneously, initially for sports content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube launches early multiview access for YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected streams simultaneously, initially for sports content — YouTube TV is today announcing a new feature that may help the live TV service attract more subscribers — and particularly those who like to watch live sports.

Alleged renders of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a flat ~6.52″ display and a new sensor on the camera bar, after a Pixel Fold and 7a retail listing leak (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Alleged renders of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a flat ~6.52″ display and a new sensor on the camera bar, after a Pixel Fold and 7a retail listing leak — Leak season is starting. Following a retail leak of Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a just today, the first renders

YouTube launches early multiview access for YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected streams simultaneously, initially for sports content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s data analysis suggests that engineers who joined the company in-person performed better on average than those who joined remotely (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s data analysis suggests that engineers who joined the company in-person performed better on average than those who joined remotely — Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook parent Meta, has pointed to internal data analysis that suggests engineers …

Cheap Camera Gives Clay-Pigeon’s-Eye View of Trap Shooting

Speaking from experience, it’s always fun to build something with the specific intention of destroying it. Childhood sessions spending hours building boats from scrap wood only to take them to a nearby creek to bombard them with rocks — we disrespectfully called this game “Pearl Harbor” — confirms this. As does the slightly more grown-up

A look at the rapid surge of investor interest in AI startups, like Mobius, Dust, and Perplexity AI, drawing in VC firms like Sequoia, a16z, and Index Ventures (New York Times)

New York Times: A look at the rapid surge of investor interest in AI startups, like Mobius, Dust, and Perplexity AI, drawing in VC firms like Sequoia, a16z, and Index Ventures — In just weeks, a gold rush into artificial intelligence start-ups has become a full-blown mania.

How the Launch of Two Story’s Performance Analytics Tool Will Change How You Hire

If your business is just getting big enough to bring on full-time employees, hiring might be an exciting prospect. You get to search for the best people to build your vision and take things to the next level. After a while, though, hiring can be a bit of a slog. You have to painstakingly craft

Fitbit is giving non-Premium users some Premium features

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Fitbit Health Metrics, previously locked behind a paywall, are moving to the free tier. This change will help supported Fitbit users better understand their holistic health status. Users will start seeing this change today, but it could be a few days or weeks before everyone gets them. If

TikTok adds a STEM content feed alongside the Following and For You feeds, rolling out to US users in the coming weeks, as part of an ongoing topic feeds test (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok adds a STEM content feed alongside the Following and For You feeds, rolling out to US users in the coming weeks, as part of an ongoing topic feeds test — TikTok is introducing a new feed dedicated to STEM content in honor of Pi Day, the company announced on Tuesday.

Q&A with Spotify co-president and CTO Gustav Söderström on the app’s redesign and improved discovery, layoffs, monetization, rivals, podcasting, HiFi, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Alex Heath / The Verge: Q&A with Spotify co-president and CTO Gustav Söderström on the app’s redesign and improved discovery, layoffs, monetization, rivals, podcasting, HiFi, and more — Gustav Söderström has worked at Spotify for a long time; his first big project was leading the launch of its mobile app back in 2009.

Mechanical Keyboard as Travel Saxophone

Those who play larger musical instruments, things like drums, piano, harp, tuba, upright bass, or Zeusaphone, know well the challenges of simply transporting their chosen instrument to band practice, a symphony hall, or local watering hole. Even those playing more manageably-sized instruments may have similar troubles at some point especially when traveling where luggage space

Amazon’s latest Echo Dot is discounted to its best price of the year

Both the base model and the LED-equipped upgrade are on sale for $15 off. | Image: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Reading this half-asleep? We feel you. The first week after the clock springs forward can feel like hell, but today’s lead deal might help you adjust a little easier. That’s because you can

Apple announces “Shop With a Specialist Over Video”, a live shopping experience on apple.com for US customers looking to buy an iPhone (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple announces “Shop With a Specialist Over Video”, a live shopping experience on apple.com for US customers looking to buy an iPhone — Apple today announced that customers in the U.S. can now connect with an Apple retail employee over a one-way video session while shopping for an iPhone on the

Google launches an API for its PaLM language model, a new app called MakerSuite to help developers train PaLM, expands support for AI in Vertex AI, and more (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge: Google launches an API for its PaLM language model, a new app called MakerSuite to help developers train PaLM, expands support for AI in Vertex AI, and more — Google is offering developers access to one of its most advanced AI language models: PaLM. The search giant is launching an

UK bank NatWest places a £1,000 daily and £5,000 monthly limit on transfers to crypto exchanges, citing scams, after similar moves by Lloyds and HSBC (William Shaw/Bloomberg)

William Shaw / Bloomberg: UK bank NatWest places a £1,000 daily and £5,000 monthly limit on transfers to crypto exchanges, citing scams, after similar moves by Lloyds and HSBC — NatWest Group Plc has restricted customers’ crypto activity, becoming the latest UK bank to put limits on the volatile asset class.

Neuromarketing and the Battle for Your Brain

You experience subtle and overt manipulation on the web every day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t think and act for yourself.

Company of Heroes 3 Gives Strategy Games a Much-Needed Reboot

An old favorite is back, and in surprisingly excellent form for a game that could otherwise feel out of place and time.

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Laptop Review: Almost a Surface

Dell’s latest hybrid takes on the Microsoft Surface with a new tablet and detachable keyboard design.

Can’t remove your pre-installed apps? One country is taking action

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The Indian government is planning new rules to fight pre-installed apps. The rules would force mobile brands to let users uninstall bloatware. Bloatware is one of the more annoying aspects about modern smartphones, as manufacturers pre-install a variety of apps that you might not use at all. In fact,

Jenny Odell Can Stretch Time and So Can You

A conversation with the writer and artist on her new book, collective burnout, and ways to live off the clock.

Filing and sources: TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou left the company’s board last week after a “whistleblower” reported him asking staff to join his new venture (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Filing and sources: TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou left the company’s board last week after a “whistleblower” reported him asking staff to join his new venture — TuSimple’s co-founder, Xiaodi Hou, resigned from the company’s board of directors last week amid an internal investigation …

A look at Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, and the challenges it faces, like a slowing economy and new rules (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Steve Lohr / New York Times: A look at Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, and the challenges it faces, like a slowing economy and new rules — Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of

Daily Authority: 👀 Pixel 7a hands-on photos leak

Hello, and welcome back to Tuesday’s Daily Authority! The sun’s shining, spring is on its way, and I’m headed off on a candlelit tour of a 17th-century haunted house later this week. Wish me luck! In today’s Daily we’ve got hands-on Pixel 7a photos, Nothing Ear 2 specs and renders, bacteria named after Keanu Reeves

Poll: Do you care if your moon mode shot is generated by AI?

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Many high-end phones today have a moon mode, allowing you to take clear, zoomed-in snaps of the moon. However, Samsung is in the spotlight after a Reddit user’s experiment showed that the company’s moon mode could be easily duped. The Redditor’s experiment showed that Samsung’s moon mode will recognize

Pixel phones and Pixel Watch get March 2023 security update

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google is now rolling out the March security update for Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch. The update also includes various bug fixes and stability improvements. The Pixel Watch on Verizon is also getting the month’s security patch. Google pushed out the March Pixel feature drop yesterday, and now

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