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Amazon announces changes to Alexa, including Routines created and recommended by developers, shopping via skills, coexisting with other assistants, and more — A helper that increasingly doesn't need your help — Amazon is making a bunch of changes to the Alexa user experience … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
An interview with Alexa smart home director Marja Koopmans on how embracing the Matter standard can help Amazon realize its vision of ambient intelligence — The director of Alexa smart home explains how Matter can help realize Amazon's vision of ambient intelligence
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OpenAI makes DALL-E 2 widely available in beta through a credit-based fee structure; users will get free credits every month and can buy more in $15 increments — Today, DALL-E 2, OpenAI's AI system that can generate images given a prompt or edit and refine existing images, is becoming more widely available.
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Google says it will pause hiring for two weeks, except for offers that have already been made, after saying last week it would slow hiring for the rest of 2022 — Google said it will pause hiring for two weeks, after saying last week it would slow its pace of hiring for the rest of the year.| The Verge: |
Microsoft tests Discord voice chat integration with select Xbox Insiders, as PlayStation users wait for the deep Discord integration that Sony promised in 2021 — Your cross-play dreams have come true — Discord and Microsoft are bringing Discord voice calls to the Xbox.
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Coinbase says it has no exposure to collapsed crypto firms Celsius, 3AC, and Voyager but made a “non-material” investment in Terraform Labs; stock up 12%+ — - Coinbase said in a blog post that it had “no financing exposure” to collapsed crypto firms Celsius, Three Arrows Capital and Voyager Digital.
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Singapore-based crypto exchange Zipmex suspends withdrawals, citing “volatile market conditions” — - Southeast Asian crypto exchange Zipmex announced it's halting withdrawals until further notice. — Zipmex joins Celsius, CoinFLEX, Vauld and Babel Finance in freezing client funds amid stresses in crypto markets.
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Crunchbase has raised a $50M Series D led by Alignment Growth and says it has 75M+ unique visitors annually and recently surpassed 60,000 paying customers — In both down times and boom times, businesses across industries are faced with the challenge of building sales pipelines and closing revenue.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
An interview with Matthew Ball on his new book about the metaverse, which he sees as the next phase of the internet, Meta's big pivot, AR/VR hardware, and more — Let's talk about the metaverse. — You probably can't stop hearing about it. It's in startup pitches, in earnings reports … | Scott Stein / CNET: |
Google plans to test AR prototypes in public, starting with a few dozen employees and trusted testers in August and ramping up to hundreds by the end of 2022 — The camera-enabled assistive glasses won't be able to take photos or video, though. — Scott Stein
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, PCMag, Road to VR, Search Engine Roundtable, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Engadget, CNBC, Digital Trends, Forbes, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @sadlyitsbradley. Thanks:@jetscott
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FaZe Clan, an esports collective of gamers and content creators, goes public via a $725M SPAC merger, less than the initial ~$1B proposed valuation — FaZe Clan, one of the largest global gaming companies, began trading publicly on the Nasdaq Wednesday, following its merger Tuesday … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix plans to launch its cheaper, ad-supported plan in “the early part of 2023”, starting in “a handful of markets where advertising spend is significant” — Netflix is angling to win over a new bloc of value-conscious consumers — and help turn around …
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A coalition representing Apple, Meta, and others asks India to amend its proposed IT rules, including allowing a self-regulatory grievance redressal mechanism — An industry group representing several tech giants has requested the Indian government to make a series of changes … | Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew: |
Research details Reddit's cautious approach to monetization, giving no_ads, some_ads, and all_ads labels to subreddits based on human review — New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities. — R/mileycyrus. r/mensrights. r/daftpunk. r/floridaman.| Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: |
Senate votes 64-34 to advance a bill to provide ~$52B in US chip production subsidies, paving way for a larger package that would include additional R&D funding — Significant bipartisan support in first procedural vote signals likely passage of larger package to address chip shortages
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