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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Meta announces AI-generated chat stickers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and unveils new AI-powered image editing tools for Instagram — New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta's Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts.
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Threads: @noise.in.vacuum and @ambich0o
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Raspberry Pi 5 launches with 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, up to 8GB of RAM, two 4K HDMI ports with HDR, available in October for $60 for 4GB model — Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
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Forums: r/selfhosted, r/technology, r/SBCGaming, r/LinusTechTips, r/homeassistant, and r/RetroPie
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers — - New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year
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| The Verge: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, Quest 3, his Elon Musk rivalry, decentralized social media, “open-source” AI tools, encryption, and more — In a rare interview, Meta's CEO dives into where AI is going next, the new Quest 3 headset, and his ongoing rivalry with Elon Musk.
More: Insider and The Verge on YouTube
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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X: @kentbye, @harrymccracken, @raywongy, @vr_oasis, @gwanatu, @terranauts93, @benz145, and @mikeandronico. Forums: r/OculusQuest
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Reddit removes the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on Reddit activity but says users will still have opt-out controls in “select countries” — Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive's LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence” — ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’| Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT can now browse the web, available first to Plus and Enterprise users, and the chatbot is “no longer limited to data before September 2021” — ChatGPT users will now be able to surf the web, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI said on Wednesday …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US and Japan warn that the China-backed BlackTech hacking group is breaching network devices, including Cisco's, to install backdoors on corporate networks — US and Japanese law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of the Chinese ‘BlackTech’ hackers breaching network devices …
More: Ars Technica, Cybersecurity …, Cybersecurity …, The Register, SecurityWeek, TechRadar, The Record, Infosecurity, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and iTnews. Forums: r/technology
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Mistral AI makes its first LLM, Mistral 7B, that it claims outperforms open models with up to 13B parameters, free to use without restrictions — The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground.| RT Watson / The Block: |
Coinbase says it has gained approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to offer non-US retail users perpetual futures trading — - Coinbase has gained approval to offer non-U.S. retail users perpetual futures trading from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. — About 75% of global crypto …
More: Coinbase, Blockworks, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, CoinJournal, Cryptonews, and CCN.com
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: X is cutting ~50% of its global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud, less than a month after saying it would expand the team — Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud …
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X: @elonmusk, @verambergen, @verambergen, @erinkwoo, @stokel, and @karlbode
| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
Report: Bank for International Settlements and French, Swiss, and Singaporean central banks successfully tested cross-border wholesale CBDC trading using DeFi — The Bank for International Settlements alongside the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland tested out using wholesale CBDC to conduct cross border trading.
More: Banque de France, The Block, Metaverse Post, Bank for International …, CoinGape, CCN.com, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, and Cryptonews
LinkedIn: Matt Long, Sonja Davidovic, Keith Bear, and Prof. Alexander Lipton
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: a classic look, 12MP vs. 5MP makes a big difference, some audio leakage, and a promising tool for content creators — Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta's going with its second-gen smart glasses.
More: Engadget, Display Daily, Gizchina, nextpit, CNET on YouTube, The Hill, Engadget on YouTube, and Laptop Mag
Mastodon: @vicmsong@mastodon.social. X: @kentbye and @kentbye. LinkedIn: Honghong Peng. Forums: r/hardware
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
More: Meta, CryptoSlate, Music Ally, Analytics India Magazine, nextpit, Phandroid, Meta, TechRadar, TechCrunch, PCMag, TechEBlog, Mashable, PetaPixel, T3, Gizmodo, Liliputing, The Messenger, MIXED Reality News, Tech Advisor, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, SlashGear, and Forbes
Threads: @parkerortolani and @chrisd9083
X: @scottew, @mkbhd, @bengeskin, @verge, @lanceulanoff, @mikeisaac, @scobleizer, @grousark, @richlightshed, @munster_gene, @austen, @pavtalk, and @boztank. Forums: Slashdot
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan plans to retire in March 2024; Ryan joined Sony in 1994, just before the first PlayStation debuted — Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is stepping down after almost 30 years with the company.
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X: @charlieintel, @playstation, @wario64, @jasonschreier, @dmc_ryan, and @zhugeex
Forums: r/KotakuInAction, r/PS4, r/gaming, and r/PS5
| Wanqing Zhang / Rest of World: |
A look at the rise of online feminism in China, driven by content on apps like Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Douban, despite increased scrutiny from the platforms — Lying in bed one night in 2021, Zhang Zirui was swiping through Chinese social media app Weibo when she came across a post that gave her pause.
Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a Wallet feature in the UK using the country's Open Banking API, showing users their current account balances, deposits, and payment history — Apple is soft launching a new iPhone Wallet app integration today that is powered by the United Kingdom's Open Banking API.
More: MacRumors, AltFi, Engadget, MacRumors, and Finextra
X: @bzamayo, @whereswongo, @srivi20, and @chris_skinner
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
SpaceX gets its first US Space Force contract, valued at up to $70M, offering the military custom satellite communications via the company's Starshield service — - Contract extends billionaire's role as a defense contractor — Starshield provides customized satellite communications| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Canalys: Q2 smartphone sales in North America fell 22% YoY, with Apple down 20% and Samsung down 27%; Google's sales rose 59% YoY and market share doubled to 4% — North American sales are bad for everyone, except, miraculously, Google. — Canalys has some gruesome new numbers … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US DOJ sues eBay for allegedly breaking environmental laws by allowing sales of harmful products, like 343K+ devices that “defeat” vehicle emission controls — The U.S. government on Wednesday sued eBay (EBAY.O), accusing the online platform of violating the Clean Air Act …
More: US Department of Justice, eBay Newsroom, Engadget, Silicon Valley Business …, 24/7 Wall St., and The Verge. Forums: Slashdot
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Hands-on with ChatGPT's image recognition and voice features: image recognition isn't perfect and refuses to discuss faces, voice is fluid and natural, and more — The image-recognition feature could have many uses, and the voice feature is even more intriguing.
More: Coinmonks
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based market intelligence company AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation, after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023 — Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends, and more in order to use that data …
More: Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
How TikTok Shop's growth in Indonesia, meant to be a template for a global expansion, ended in a ban amid backlash from rivals and an “activist” minister — - Company ordered to split off TikTok Shop in its No. 1 market — Indonesia puts pressure on TikTok to protect local merchantsSponsor Posts
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