Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge After nearly a year of testing, Twitch’s new TikTok-style discovery feed will finally roll out to all users later this month. During a Patch Notes livestream on Wednesday, Twitch announced the new feed that will let you scroll through separate feeds dedicated to clips and current livestreams. The
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US AI Safety Institute — part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—has finally announced its leadership team after much speculation. Appointed as head of AI safety is Paul Christiano, a former OpenAI researcher who pioneered a foundational AI safety technique called reinforcement
Read MoreOpenAI, the artificial intelligence research company, has updated its Assistants API with a faster, more accurate file search tool, vector stores, and a tool choice parameter. OpenAI announced the Assistants API update on April 17. The new file_search tool can retrieve as many as 10,000 files per assistant. It connects models with developers’ data to assist
Read MoreJess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: It’s alive! A day after announcing it was retiring Atlas, its hydraulic robot, Boston Dynamics has introduced a new, all-electric version of its humanoid machine. The next-generation Atlas robot is designed to offer a far greater range of movement than its predecessor. Boston Dynamics wanted the new version to
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch sit down with Andy Stewart to talk about Andy’s Ham Radio Linux (AHRL)! It’s the Linux distro designed to give hams the tools they need to work with their radios. What’s it like to run a niche Linux distro? How has Andy managed to keep up with this
Read MoreTikTok has started testing its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, in Canada and Australia. TechCrunch reports: The company said on X that it is in the “early stage” of the app’s rollout and that the app is “a dedicated space for photo and text content.” “We hope that the TikTok community will use TikTok Notes to
Read MoreBleeeeeaaaagggghhhhh. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Golden Axe, an animated show based on the fantasy beat ’em up sidescroller games. Deadline writes that it will be both “hilarious and loving” in its adaptation of the game. If I remember my Sega Genesis days well, I think
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok will make entire accounts temporarily ineligible for its For You feed if users have a pattern of posting about extreme fitness, conspiracy theories, sexually suggestive material, and a wide range of other topics that the platform won’t promote on the feed. The change was included in an
Read MoreCredit: Harley Maranan / Android Authority Some older Samsung phones, especially from the Galaxy S21 series, are developing a thin green line on their displays. The exact cause is unclear, but it might be a hardware defect potentially worsened by heat from software updates. Multiple reports are surfacing online about a display issue plaguing some
Read MoreAltStore PAL has become one of the first alternative app marketplaces to launch in the European Union. Developed by Riley Testut, AltStore PAL is marketed as an open-source project designed to distribute apps from independent developers. MacRumors reports: At launch, it features two apps, including Testut’s Delta game emulator and clipboard manager app Clip. Delta
Read MoreMany beginner woodworkers, looking to offset the introductory costs of starting a hobby, will source their wood from pallets. Generally they’re easily found and can be low or no cost, but typically require a bit of work before they’re usable in a project. [Garage Avenger] is looking to do something a little outside of the
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Futurism: In a new blog post from LastPass, the password management firm used by countless personal and corporate clients to help protect their login information, the company explains that someone used AI voice-cloning tech to spoof the voice of its CEO in an attempt to trick one of
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok has started rolling out its Instagram rival, TikTok Notes, to select Android and iOS users “for download and limited testing in Australia and Canada.” A tweet announcing the launch, as well as the App Store and Google Play listings, showed off some official images of the app
Read MoreA new app called Delta that lets iPhone owners play old Nintendo games is available on the App Store. Apple removed a similar emulator Monday.
Read MoreTrump Media & Technology Group Corp., which has been called the “mother of all meme stocks” after it made its stock market debut in late March, announced that its Truth Social platform is moving to launch a live TV streaming platform. Following the news, shares of DJT closed more than 14% lower Tuesday. They ended
Read MoreOnePlus could be a strong alternative to Google or Samsung for Wear OS smartwatches. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images We might really do it this time. That was the takeaway that House lawmakers were eager to impart at a hearing in the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on innovation, data, and commerce (IDC). Comprehensive data privacy legislation is on the table yet again — but
Read MorePhoto by Brian Sevald / NBAE via Getty Images The NBA has permanently banned Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter from the league for violating its gambling rules, the league said in a statement on Wednesday. According to an internal investigation conducted by the NBA, Porter bet on NBA games, disclosed confidential information to other gamblers,
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google appears to be working on a redesign of the Library tab. An APK teardown has revealed that the Library tab could renamed to “Collections.” The redesign could remove the carousel and add square cards for People, Albums, Documents, and more. The Library tab in the Google Photos app
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. […] In the UAE, a record 254 millimetres (10 inches) of rainfall was recorded in Al Ain, a city bordering Oman. It
Read MoreImage: Boston Dynamics Now, there’s a new all-electric version of the Atlas humanoid robot. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Bay 12 Games Though you could always go on adventures in Dwarf Fortress, with the game’s Adventure Mode expansion entering public beta today, you can now sally forth with a full complement of updated graphics. In Adventure Mode, there are all sorts of shenanigans to get up to in the ridiculously large and detailed
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The iPhone 17 Plus might feature a smaller display size compared to its predecessors. The iPhone 16 series is also likely to bring display size changes for the Pro models. The iPhone 16 series is still a few months away, but we might already be getting our first hints about
Read MoreBefore the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.
Read MoreOne of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration-backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
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