Amazon Prime Video subscribers will see new types of advertisements this broadcast year. Amazon announced today that it’s adding new ad formats to its video streaming service, hoping to encourage people to interact with the ads and shop on Amazon. From a report: In January, Prime Video streams included commercials unless subscribers paid $3 extra
Read MoreOpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.
Read MoreWho watches the watcher watching The Watcher watching them? | Image: Marvel / Disney The Vision Pro is about to get what sounds like an honest-to-goodness mixed reality video experience from Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive, something the platform sorely needs. The companies announced What If…? – An Immersive Story, which they say is Disney
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the CSA unveiled its latest update to the Matter home automation spec, introducing several new device categories to the burgeoning standard. The Apple Home app on iPhone supports Matter Matter, overseen by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, has officially reached version 1.3, six months after its last major update. Now that the spec is
Read MoreImage: Cath Virginia / The Verge Epic Games and Apple are in court for evidentiary hearings for the next couple of weeks over whether Apple violated the anti-steering injunction set down by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in 2021 after their landmark trial. These hearings are going to be a lot of nitty-gritty details about App
Read MoreMacworld Apple has released yet another Apple Pencil during its Let Loose event, but it’s only compatible with the new iPad Pros and Airs. So if you have an older iPad, you’ll need one of the older Pencils. And today, you can one for cheaper than ever: Amazon is selling the 2nd-gen Apple Pencil for
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google appears to be working on a new gallery picker for the Messages app. The latest beta adds a camera icon that opens up access to your gallery when starting a new message to a group. After picking an image, you can then select the recipients. Google has been
Read MoreMacworld The iPad is a capable device for both art and productivity, but it becomes a stronger proposition in both areas if you have a good stylus to hand. Whether you’re sketching a new building design, taking notes during a work meeting or designing graphics, a stylus is a game-changer. But with so many to
Read MoreRed Hat has unveiled Podman AI Lab, an extension to the Podman Desktop graphical interface that lets developers build generative AI-powered applications in containers. Announced May 7, Podman AI Lab is intended to make it easier to develop with AI in a local environment. The Podman AI Lab extension supports the adoption of generative AI
Read MoreThe LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG With eBay’s spring sale going on right now and running through May 12th, you can save an extra 15 percent on purchases when you use code SPRING15OFF. There’s no minimum purchase amount required, but you can
Read MoreAndroid 15 adds support for a new Eyes Free videography extension that locks and stabilizes a given region or object of interest. This will be made available to third-party camera apps through a new Camera2 extension on supported devices. Android 15 could also add a software implementation of this extension so that it’ll be available
Read MoreResearchers should not be using tools like ChatGPT to automatically peer review papers, warned organizers of top AI conferences and academic publishers worried about maintaining intellectual integrity. From a report: With recent advances in large language models, researchers have been increasingly using them to write peer reviews — a time-honored academic tradition that examines new
Read MoreNewer shows like Abbott Elementary have proven that there’s still interest in mockumentary-style TV more than a decade after The Office came to an end, and NBC has plans to capitalize on the moment with a new series set in the same — apologies — universe Dunder Mifflin exists in. Greg Daniels was responsible for
Read MoreSay Aloe to my little friend. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple and Sonos aren’t the only companies dominating the headlines with new devices this week. Google also officially announced the Pixel 8A following weeks of rumors, introducing the forthcoming handset a full week ahead of Google I/O 2024. The phone launches on
Read MoreSome coffee snobs might call this sacrilege. Cold brew is supposed to take a long time — that’s part of how it gets its characteristic smoothness. But a group of engineers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) have figured out a way to cut the time down from several hours to a
Read MoreSeveral large-scale, human-driven changes to the planet — including climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the spread of invasive species — are making infectious diseases more dangerous to people, animals and plants, according to a new study. From a report: Scientists have documented these effects before in more targeted studies that have focused on
Read MoreA Kremlin-aligned network called Doppelganger has used faked versions of real news sites to push both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel disinformation.
Read MoreStack Overflow’s new deal giving OpenAI access to its API as a source of data has users who’ve posted their questions and answers about coding problems in conversations with other humans rankled. From a report: Users say that when they attempt to alter their posts in protest, the site is retaliating by reversing the alterations
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google DeepMind is introducing an improved version of its AI model that predicts not just the structure of proteins, but also the structure of “all life’s molecules.” The work from the new model, AlphaFold 3, will help researchers in medicine, agriculture, materials science, and drug development test potential discoveries. Previous versions of
Read MoreDuncan Kerr, a designer who has been a part of Apple’s journey since the late 1990s is now departing, marking another loss for the design team in a relatively short span of time. Jony Ive In February, Apple lost designer Bart Andre, who had been with the company since 1992. He was Apple’s longest-serving industrial
Read MoreAn internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program’s database that investigators have repeatedly misused.
Read MoreDisney is bringing even more immersive content to the Apple Vision Pro. This time it’s the turn of Marvel’s “What If…?” franchise. A screenshot from Marvel’s ‘What If…?” experience for Apple Vision Pro Disney is working closely with Apple to provide Apple Vision Pro users more exclusive experiences. On Wednesday, the Disney-owned Marvel Studios and
Read MoreIn the latest episode of For Tech’s Sake, we speak to Liz Carolan about what could be seen as a ‘make or break year’ for tech and democracy. Read more: How tech will impact the biggest election year in history
Read MoreDoes Mom need a KitchenAid or new headphones? Some of our favorite gear is on sale from Amazon and Target.
Read MorePhoto: LinkedIn I almost didn’t get Pinpoint this morning. Here’s what it taught me about B2B sales. I’m kidding! But I have to admit something: I’ve been going on LinkedIn every day recently, and I’m having a great time. Last week, the company announced it was adding three games to its app, both on desktop
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