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YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap” but doesn't offer a timeframe; YouTube videos in 360 and VR playback modes are not viewable in visionOS Safari — Here's a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple tells Vision Pro users who forget their passcode to bring the device to a store or mail the device to AppleCare customer support to reset the device — Buyers of Apple Inc.'s new Vision Pro headset are finding it can be a major hassle if they lose their passcode.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announces an event next week to share “our vision for the future of Xbox”, amid rumors that Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5 — Details of Microsoft's multi-platform plans have been gradually leaking, with The Verge revealing over the weekend …
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent plans to adapt acclaimed role-playing console game Elden Ring into a mobile version, after acquiring licensing rights from FromSoftware in 2022 — China's Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) has been working to adapt acclaimed action role-playing console game “Elden Ring” …
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| Bloomberg: |
How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history — A few years ago, during one of California's steadily worsening wildfire seasons, Nat Friedman's family home burned down.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q3 net sales down 6% YoY to ~$4B, net profit up 18% YoY to ~$919M, and forecasts 15.5M Switch sales in the current fiscal year, up from 15M YoY — - Nintendo said it now expects to sell 15.5 million of its flagship Switch consoles in its current fiscal year, upping a previous forecast.
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| Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide: |
Roblox rolls out real-time AI chat translations, with support for 16 languages, built on an LLM trained on open-source and internal Roblox data — Works in 16 languages — Metaverse platform Roblox is bringing a new AI translation tool online for its millions of users around the world …
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at OnlyFake, an underground website that claims to use “neural networks” to generate highly convincing fake IDs for $15; one ID passed OKX's verification — This piece was produced with support from The Capitol Forum. — An underground website called OnlyFake is claiming to use …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Unit 42: the number of victims reported by ransomware leak sites grew 49% YoY in 2023, with ~50% in the US, despite authorities taking down some services — 2023 was a big year for ransomware groups, even as law enforcement around the world continued to crack down on attackers.
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The US State Department announces a new policy allowing “the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware” — - The visa restrictions would prevent those who have profited from or facilitated the misuse of commercial spyware from traveling to the U.S., the official added.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ambience Healthcare, which offers an OS to help health care organizations with admin, raised a $70M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI's Startup Fund — Artificial intelligence has an increasing role in the world of healthcare, and startups that bring the two worlds closer … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC plans to stop accepting new enrollments for a US government broadband subsidy, used by 23M households, which is set to run out of funding in months — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday will stop accepting new enrollments for a government broadband internet subsidy program …
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