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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Snap plans to lay off 10% of its global workforce, or ~529 employees, in part to “promote in-person collaboration”; the company cut 20% of staff in August 2022 — Social media company Snap said on Monday that it would lay off 10% of its global workforce, or around 529 employees.
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| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup Starship Technologies raised $90M co-led by Plural and Iconical, bringing its total raised to $230M — The delivery robots have travelled over 11 million miles and completed over six million autonomous deliveries worldwide.
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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.| 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.
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, Video Games Chronicle, Wccftech, Wall Street Journal, and T3
| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Japan plans to extend ~$1.64B in subsidies for Kioxia and Western Digital to expand memory chip production, after merger talks between the two stalled in 2023 — Japan's industry ministry said on Tuesday it would extend subsidies worth as much as 242.9 billion yen ($1.64 billion) …
More: Nikkei Asia and TechPowerUp
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
A US federal judge sets the trial for the DOJ's and multiple states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business to begin on September 9, 2024 — A U.S. federal judge on Monday set a Sept. 9, 2024, date for the start of a jury trial in a lawsuit the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition … | Amy Or / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Reddit had over $800M in revenue in 2023, up 20%+ YoY, and was not profitable for the full year; a source says Reddit was profitable in Q4 — - Social site posted over $800 million revenue last year — Reddit may reveal public IPO filing as soon as this month
More: PYMNTS.com and The Information
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK government plans to spend £100M+ to support AI innovation and regulation, including to launch nine research hubs and to help regulators address AI risks — The UK government is finally publishing its response to an AI regulation consultation it kicked off last March …
More: Cryptopolitan, GOV.UK, Reuters, Bloomberg, and UKTN
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