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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, 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.
More: The Verge, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Decrypt, The Information, Humane Inc., Axios, On my Om, Daring Fireball, ZDNet, AppleInsider, BGR, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Mashable, TechEBlog, Tom's Guide, Wired, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, The Messenger, New York Times, Android Authority, Android Headlines, PetaPixel, Gadgets & Wearables, SamMobile, The Overspill, and Engadget
Threads: @benedictevans, @danseifert, @rstephens, @jkantro, @sandofsky, @ethank, @gruber, @mierau_, @benedictevans, @ethank, and @heyimjoew
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X: @joannastern, @humane, @jgebbia, @neilcybart, @steventey, @scobleizer, @tailosivetech, @scottbelsky, @counternotions, @alexisohanian, @stevemoser, @kocienda, @rauchg, @neilcybart, @pfau, @sophgoldb, @naxum, @gartenberg, @thealexker, @rrhoover, @thisistechtoday, @alexkaplan0, @gartenberg, @kylebrussell, @kylebrussell, @panzer, @stephenjhall, @dylanmcd8, @benhylak, @greengart, @kylebrussell, @tcarmody, @drjimfan, @panzer, @diegojimenez, @tomaxwell, @localghost, and @dcurtis. LinkedIn: Paresh Dave
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/singularity, r/hardware, r/technology, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| 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.
More: Gizmodo, The Seattle Times, Reuters, The Verge, On my Om, Insider, ZDNet, TIME, and The Verge
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
A review of Valve's $549 Steam Deck OLED: a great screen, a longer battery life, and better ergonomics, but refresh rate issues and the platform is not stable — A new screen, a pile of improvements, and better pricing make this everything the original should have been.
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Forums: r/WindowsOnDeck, r/IndianGaming, and r/SteamDeck
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Omegle, a service founded in 2009 for chatting with strangers, shuts 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 …
More: Omegle, BBC, 404 Media, NPR, PCMag, Washington Post, Insider, The Verge, Windows Central, PC Gamer, MobileSyrup, Engadget, IGN, TechSpot, The Messenger, Mashable, and NBC News
Threads: @kaceymon_, @jayshams, and @nickcho
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| Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: |
Sources: Amazon is working on Vega, a new OS to replace Android on Fire TVs, smart displays, and other devices and could ship Fire TV devices with Vega in 2024 — Vega, baby! … Amazon has been working on a new operating system to replace Android on Fire TVs, smart displays and other connected devices …
More: OSnews, Android Authority, SlashGear, Engadget, Neowin, AFTVnews, and The Streamable
| 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.
More: Android Authority, TechCentral, Thurrott, Gizmodo, BGR, Google Help Center, Android Police, The Verge, and Digital Trends
X: @teja2495 and @killedbygoogle
Forums: r/technology, r/fitbit, and r/gadgets
| Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki says the company now plans to release six live service games by FY 2025, delaying the remaining six from the original 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.
More: Press Start, Destructoid, Dexerto, Kotaku, Polygon, GameSpot, Game Developer, and KitGuru
| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
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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.
More: The Verge, PCMag, KnowTechie, ExtremeTech, WinBuzzer, and PCWorld
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Forums: Hacker News and r/pcmasterrace
| Soma Biswas / Wall Street Journal: |
A bankruptcy court lets Celsius Network end its bankruptcy case, return most of its deposits back to users, and form a new company focused on mining and staking — A bankruptcy judge allowed the onetime crypto lender to return some of its customers' deposits while forming a new company focused on mining and staking| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces Data Partnerships to collaborate with organizations to build public and private datasets that “reflect human society” for AI model training — It's an open secret that the data sets used to train AI models are deeply flawed. — Image corpora tends to be U.S …
More: OpenAI, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Reuters, MSPoweruser, and Bloomberg
X: @natolambert, @omarsar0, @gdb, and @openai
| 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.
More: Spotify, 9to5Google, Android Central, Engadget, TechRadar, SlashGear, Thurrott, and Neowin
| Financial Times: |
Sources: a ransomware attack stopped the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest bank, from settling US Treasury and some equity trades — Chinese bank ‘restoring services’ after hack affected some fixed income and equities transactions
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Dark Reading, The Record, SiliconANGLE, and BleepingComputer
X: @lisaabramowicz1 and @joemosch
LinkedIn: Andy Watkin-Child CSyP …, David Davies, Tyrus Kamau, Alexander Rudolph, and John F. Keese
| 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 new US rules — - US is further limiting China's access to advanced silicon — Nvidia's gaming graphic card is also affected by new US rules| 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.
More: Mandiant, BleepingComputer, SiliconANGLE, NBC News, ComputerWeekly.com, and Security Affairs
Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange. X: @big_bad_w0lf_, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @danwblack, and @ravirockks
LinkedIn: Travis Moran, Rik Ferguson, Chris B., and Paul Tumelty
| Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: |
Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle the US DOJ claims that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over US citizens and green card holders for some jobs — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will pay $25 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company illegally favored immigrant workers …
More: US Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Engadget, The Verge, Associated Press, NBC 7 San Diego, and CNBC
Mastodon: @mspsadmin@msps.io and @Mikal@sfba.social
X: @civilrights and @ashleygjovik
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon and Meta are testing a feature that shows US shoppers real-time prices and lets them buy products on Amazon directly from ads on Instagram and Facebook — - Consumers can link Amazon accounts to social-media profiles — Instagram ads urge users to use Amazon purchase button
More: PYMNTS.com, CNBC, TechCrunch, and Marketplace Pulse
Threads: @rodolfodelgado. X: @_georgereid_, @juokaz, @loganchierotti, @blacklabeladvsr, @guyfosel, @sarahfrier, and @dholmes94
LinkedIn: Maurice Rahmey, Spencer Soper, and Adrian Tilley
| 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| 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 …
More: Ars Technica, Cointelegraph, and crypto.news
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Unity reports Q3 revenue up 69% YoY to $544.2M, missing estimates of $553.7M partly because of the fallout from new rules on video games in China; U drops 15%+ — - Unity's revenue growth fell short of estimates, partly because of fallout from new rules on video games in China.
More: Unity, The Verge, Mobilegamer.biz, Pocket Gamer.biz, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch, and Benzinga
X: @jaguaranalytics and @tomwarren
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Arm CEO Rene Haas says Arm is working on a “complex deal” that, if closed by year-end, would boost Q3 revenue, expresses optimism about US-China ties, and more — Arm CEO Rene Haas knows that the first rule of post-IPO earnings is to meet or beat Wall Street expectations.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Helsinki-based Noice, a game livestreaming service that lets viewers participate in the gameplay experience, raised a $21M Series A — Noice has raised $21 million to revolutionize social gaming with a combination of livestreaming and multiplayer gaming in one platform.
More: Pocket Gamer.biz. X: @deantak, @jussil, @fgcphantommiria, @noicehq, @jussil, @teroterotero, @jussil, and @miikahuttunen
| 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
More: Ofcom, Light Blue Touchpaper, Ofcom, TechCrunch, Molly Rose Foundation, Politico, The Verge, BBC, Reuters, Wired, and CNBC
Mastodon: @Edent@mastodon.social and @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
X: @ofcom, @cyberleagle, @mathver, @scitechgovuk, @_andyburrows, @webdevlaw, @mollyroseorg, @rossjanderson, @ofcom, @policechiefs, @mathver, and @techukdepceo. LinkedIn: Ian Stevenson
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Apple, Google, and Samsung partner with Schlage, Yale, Qualcomm, and NXP to build Aliro, an open standard for smart locks and digital keys, targeting early 2025 — Launching Thursday, the effort is called Aliro, and if you've ever enjoyed using Apple's Home Key technology on your watch … Sponsor Posts
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