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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24 per month for calling, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024 — If you're willing to clip the Ai Pin to your chest, you can talk, gesture, and tap to take photos or summon a powerful virtual assistant.
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Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @counternotions@mastodon …
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| New York Times: |
A look at Humane's $699 clip-on Ai Pin, the culmination of five years of work, $240M in funding, and 25 patents; Humane expects to sell ~100K in the first year — Humane, a company started by two former Apple employees, says its new artificial intelligence pin can stop all the scrolling.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Omegle, a popular online chat service founded in 2009, plans to shut down; founder Leif K-Brooks blames rising misuse, including in committing “heinous crimes” — Omegle, an online service that allowed individuals to connect and chat with strangers, has shut …
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| Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony COO Hiroki Totoki says the company now plans to release six live service games by FY 2025, down from the originally planned 12 titles — Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has halved the number of live service games it plans to release over the next few years, it's confirmed.
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google stops selling Fitbit products in 29 countries, including those where the company doesn't offer Pixel alternatives, to “align” its hardware portfolio — In a move that went a bit under the radar, Fitbit under Google has stopped selling its products in nearly 20 countries around the globe.| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state-affiliated outlet Chinastarmarket says Nvidia plans to release three new H100-based AI chips in the country in the coming days, after US sanctions — - US is further limiting China's access to advanced silicon — Nvidia's gaming graphic card is also affected by new US rules| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
A US judge rules that automakers' use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners' texts and call logs doesn't violate Washington state law — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington …
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| Taras Buria / Neowin: |
Microsoft now requires that Windows users choose a listed reason for closing the OneDrive app, like “I do not use OneDrive” or “I don't know what OneDrive is” — A few weeks ago, we reported an odd discovery in Microsoft Edge: a poll asking users to explain their decision to download Chrome.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Mandiant: Russia-tied Sandworm carried out a third successful attack on Ukraine's electric utility in October 2022, coinciding with a series of missile strikes — Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year.
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| Joe Brennan / The Irish Times: |
A key CJEU advisor recommends that the court set aside a 2020 EU ruling that said Apple did not owe Ireland €13B+ in back taxes, a setback for Apple and Ireland — Opinion of key advisor to European Court of Justice (ECJ) comes months ahead of final ruling on world's biggest antitrust case
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Signal begins testing usernames in a new beta build, letting users set the phone number linked to their account as private to hide the number from their profile — Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect with others on the messaging app.
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Yuga Labs says UV lights were the likely cause of eye and skin issues experienced by some of the attendees of ApeFest, hosted in Hong Kong from November 3 to 5 — The probe was undertaken in collaboration with Jack Morton Worldwide, the company that produced the event …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says its APIs and ChatGPT are dealing with “periodic outages due to an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack” and is mitigating the issue — - OpenAI says on its site it's grappling with “abnormal traffic” — The US startup introduced a preview version of GPT-4 Turbo
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Spotify rolls out a redesigned TV app, offering a new homepage similar to the one in its desktop and mobile apps, a new playback queue, a dark mode, and more — Spotify is rolling out a redesigned TV app that should make it a little easier to find what you want to listen to.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy AI, a “comprehensive mobile AI experience” that includes a translation feature called AI Live Translate Call, coming “early next year” — Samsung wants to make sure you know it cares about AI, too. In a new blog post, the company previewed what it calls … | Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Inside Bryce Adams and Brian Adam's OnlyFans empire run from a $2.5M Florida compound: ~$10M in annual revenue and a $1M+ payroll; Adams' OF has $16.5M in sales — SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA — In the mornings, the workers of Bryce Adams's OnlyFans empire buzz in through a camera-wired security gate … | Melanie Dawes / Financial Times: |
Ofcom's CEO on the regulator's new powers to police tech: kids are the first priority, companies must detect and remove CSAM, and working in harmony with the EU — Where the laws have different scope, it's important that implementing them does not create conflicts for companies
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Apple, Google, and Samsung are working with Schlage, Yale, Qualcomm, and others, to build Aliro, an open standard for smart locks and digital keys — Launching Thursday, the effort is called Aliro, and if you've ever enjoyed using Apple's Home Key technology on your watch or phone to unlock your door …
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| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Activision Blizzard plans to shut down the Overwatch League and work on “evolving competitive Overwatch in a new direction”; teams may get a $6M termination fee — Competitive Overwatch may return, but not in its current form. — Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt …
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X: @adashtra, @jakesucky, @teadvocated, and @jacobwolf
Forums: r/gaming, r/Games, r/PS5, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gaming, r/esports, and r/Competitiveoverwatch
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Since becoming Twitch's CEO in March 2023, Dan Clancy has been traveling the US in a van, meeting prominent streamers and listening to their ideas and concerns — Dan Clancy aims to boost Amazon's $45 billion livestreaming site by improving customer service for top performers| Brian Fung / CNN: |
Unsealed court documents allegedly show how Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram …
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LinkedIn: Bart Daszkiewicz, Daniel Tunkelang, Declan C., and Jonathan Goldfinger
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google tightens Play Store rules for developers, requiring them to test apps with 20+ users for over two weeks before release, and plans to invest in app review — Google today is announcing strengthened protections for Android developers publishing apps to its Google Play store.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Bob Iger says Disney plans to launch a “unified one-app experience” that combines Disney+ and Hulu in beta in December 2023, ahead of a late March 2024 launch — Disney, which is in the home stretch of swinging the deal to become the full owner of Hulu, will launch a beta test …
More: The Verge, Engadget, The Streamable, GameSpot, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, The Hollywood Reporter, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, TechRadar, Tech Xplore, The Wrap, CNET, and Consequence
X: @drewsclues, @sarafischer, @houseofphoton, @johntheefame, @economyapp, @thetranscript_, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, and @economyapp
LinkedIn: Todd Spangler and Brandon “Boxer” Nasby
Forums: r/technology, r/DisneyPlus, r/Hulu, r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers, r/cordcutters, and r/entertainment
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