An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from many local and global entrepreneurs and investors. The Ministry of Electronics and IT shared an updated AI advisory with industry stakeholders on Friday that no longer asked them to take the government approval before
Read MoreWalmart is teaming up with Apple to sell the Mac for the first time. From a report: In a press release today, the company said that it is now selling the base model M1 MacBook Air online and in select stores for $699. The move comes a week after Apple introduced the new M3 MacBook
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony is reportedly working on a PlayStation 5 Pro model that may well include a far more powerful GPU that’s up to three times faster than the existing PS5 models. YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead claims to have gotten access to a technical overview document for the PS5
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is working on adding a new file organization feature called “Categories.” Categories will reportedly have broader usability than the existing “labels” feature. The feature will have 12 predefined categories that can be applied to files. Google Drive offers a few options, like creating folders, for keeping all your
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge This week, Spotify announced a new feature to let audiobook authors and publishers tease their new releases. Countdown Pages, which debuted for music artists last year and has been used by the likes of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift, let fans pre-save an upcoming title and have it
Read MoreIf you hang out on certain kinds of sites, you can find huge-capacity USB drives and high-power yet tiny solar panels, all at shockingly low prices. Of course, the USB drives just think they are huge, and the solar panels don’t deliver the kind of power they claim. That seems to be the case with
Read MoreSam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said on Friday. From a report: “His life in recent years has been one of unmatched greed and hubris; of ambition and rationalization; and courting risk and gambling
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A leaked render of Meta’s budget-friendly VR headset has surfaced online. The render lacks the front passthrough camera array from the Quest 3. The headset is rumored to be called Quest 3 Lite. This year might be the year AR/VR headsets finally break into the mainstream. While Apple’s
Read MoreImage: Google Google Meet is rolling out filters you can use to “lightly” touch up your complexion before you head into a meeting. The company first launched the feature on mobile last year, but now it’s coming to Google Meet’s web app. You can choose from two different filters: subtle and smoothing. While Google says
Read MoreFrom Spaceman to Leave the World Behind, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz is the latest automotive company to trial how humanoid robots could be used to automate “low skill, physically challenging, manual labor.” From a report: On Friday, robotics company Apptronik announced it had entered into a commercial agreement with Mercedes to pilot how “highly advanced robotics” like Apollo — Apptronik’s 160-pound bipedal robot — can
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images In an opinion signed by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court established a test to determine when a public official can be considered to be engaging in state action in blocking someone from their social media account. The official must have both “(1) possessed
Read MoreThe iPhone already offers the best camera you’ll always have in your pocket, but ShiftCam’s range of lenses makes the best even better in most cases. ShiftCam LensUltra Deluxe Kit review The ShiftCam LensUltra Deluxe Kit includes seven lenses, three filters, and the ProGrip holder. It also comes with a universal clip-on lens mount, but
Read MoreMicrosoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. The new ad once again encourages Chrome users (in bold lettering) to use Bing instead of Google search. From a report: “Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al,” the ad reads. If
Read MoreTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Until relatively recently, Rep. Jeff Jackson, a freshman Democratic congressman from North Carolina, had more than 2.5 million followers on TikTok. Jackson’s follower count dropped by over 100,000 virtually overnight — as did his esteem among some of TikTok’s young users — after he voted to ban the
Read MoreFrom AAA blockbusters to indie cult classics, there are tons of games up to 95 percent off. | Valve / Steam You’d think most gamers would have indulged enough over the long winter season that they wouldn’t want to spend the first moments of spring doing the same, but rainy days are still a thing,
Read MoreFacebook is the leading social networking site for a reason: it offers everything needed to keep users engaged. You can communicate with others, check out the photos shared by your loved ones, or watch endless sets of videos. Facebook also has a dedicated watch tab for videos. If you’ve been using Facebook to satisfy your
Read MoreApple reached a $490 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of investors who accused Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of misleading them in 2018 about the company’s sales prospects. From a report: Cook made false statements about the company’s business in China that caused Apple stock to trade at artificially inflated
Read MoreMacworld Few computer-related disasters can quickly drain the color from your face quicker than losing a document you’ve been busily working on. Whether your Mac crashed or froze, you forgot to save, or you accidentally clicked on delete, all might not be lost. We’ll show you how you can recover that vanished Word document. If
Read MoreAt this point, most readers will be familiar with fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printers, and how a plastic filament is pushed through a heater and deposited as liquid through a nozzle. Most of us also know that there are a huge variety of materials that can be FDM printed, but there’s one which perhaps
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A tipster on X has indicated that you may soon be able to backdate your Instagram posts. The feature appears when you try to share a new post. Instagram, one of the best apps on Android, could add a significant new feature in the near future. A recently shared screenshot
Read MoreScreenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft is once again injecting pop-ups into Google’s Chrome browser in a bid to get people to switch to Bing. The software giant first introduced malware-like pop-up ads last year with a prompt that appeared over the top of other apps and windows. After pausing that notification to
Read MoreThe Steam Deck has proven itself as a popular bit of kit, with Valve confirming late in 2023 that they had sold “multiple millions” of the handheld device. Developers have stepped up accordingly and “Steam Deck Verified” is a mark of honor many strive for. Valve, creators of the Steam Deck and games marketplace platform
Read MoreMacworld With 2024 set to be the year Apple breaks onto the AI scene in a big way, every move it makes is going to get attention. So naturally, the news that Apple has scooped up a Canada-based AI startup is a big story. Bloomberg reported this week that Apple acquired DarwinAI, a small startup
Read MoreThe Supreme Court clarified when public officials can block critical constituents from their personal profiles without violating their constitutional protections in a unanimous decision Friday. From a report: After hearing appeals of two conflicting rulings — one filed against school board members in Southern California and another filed against the city manager of Port Huron,
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