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A look at Apple's new home strategy and plans for a ~$2K headset in 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, and Ray-Ban Meta-like glasses and AirPods with cameras in 2027 — Apple is finally preparing to compete for the smart home market after falling behind Amazon and Google.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle says the service is now back in a “provisional, read-only manner”, after a DDoS attack and data breach on October 9 — The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week.
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Adobe launches its AI video model Firefly Video Model in public beta in Premiere Pro, including letting users extend footage and generate video from prompts — Adobe is making the jump into generative AI video. The company's Firefly Video Model, which has been teased since earlier this year … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
At its Adobe Max event, Adobe adds AI tools to Photoshop, like Distraction Removal, and makes Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and more generally available — Adobe is kicking off its annual Adobe Max conference today with the launch of new AI-powered features across its Creative Cloud apps.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tether talked to several commodities trading firms about lending to them, as it hopes to face fewer regulatory restrictions than traditional lenders — - Commodity traders rely on credit lines to finance shipments — Tether CEO says any commodities work ‘in early stages’| Financial Times: |
The UK appoints Microsoft UK CEO Clare Barclay to lead its new Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, which will focus on growing eight sectors, including tech — Clare Barclay will lead new statutory body tasked with helping Britain win investment away from rival nations
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Sources: OpenAI's research organization is in upheaval after the promotion of Liam Fedus to lead post-training, with several researchers asking to switch teams — When it comes to recruiting and retaining artificial intelligence researchers, OpenAI has faced tougher competition this year from old and new rivals.| Asif Iqbal Shaik / SamMobile: |
Samsung rolls out One UI, based on Tizen 8.0, to its smart TVs that were released in 2023, after announcing plans to update the TVs at its developer conference — A few days ago, during the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024, Samsung announced it would bring One UI to its TVs.| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
A profile of Alex Gerko, who used an Icelandic supercomputer and 25K AI chips to build XTX, an algorithmic trading firm that handles $250B of daily trades — XTX Markets conquered foreign exchange trading and made its Russian-born founder a multibillion-pound fortune
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National Public Data, the FL-based data broker that was hacked and lost hundreds of millions of SSNs and more earlier this year, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy — A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information … | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Meta Quest 3S review: fast performance, comfortable, excellent controllers, and large app library, but Fresnel lenses lead to artifacts and average MR cameras — It's not Meta's first $300 VR headset, but it's still a tremendous accomplishment. — You can think of the $300 Meta Quest 3S as a basic Honda Accord of VR headsets.| Wired: |
How scammers in Southeast Asia are using generative AI, crypto drainers, Starlink terminals, and other tools to expand their pig butchering operations — Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.
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