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Source: Venture Beat CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: The landscape of school funding has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, with technology emerging as the pivotal force in its evolution. Educational institutions across the nation are grappling with a perfect storm of financial challenges: budget cuts that strain resources, staff shortages that stretch existing… Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24774110/STK156_Instagram_threads_1.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Mosseri acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in Threads and Instagram’s broken moderation")
Source: The Verge Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri is acknowledging recent mistakes in Meta’s moderation processes on Threads and Instagram. For example, Meta unexpectedly deleted my account this week because it thought I was underage, the company locked my colleague’s account because she joked about dying in a heatwave, and others have seen their posts…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24600314/3_Homepage.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Imgur is going to be less strict about memes with adult humor")
Source: The Verge Memes on the image-hosting service Imgur “containing references to adult humor” will no longer be considered mature, the company announced in a post addressing changes to its content moderation policies. The changes announced this week could mean that you see spicier memes on the platform more easily. Under the previous rules, memes…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25671963/thrustmaster2.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Thrustmaster brings direct drive steering wheels to console racing sims")
Source: The Verge Thrustmaster has announced a new steering wheel base that makes the company’s direct drive technology available on consoles for the first time. It also introduces a new electric motor design — already in use on high-end hybrid sports cars like the Ferrari SF90 — to the world of sim racing, improving realism…
Source: Venture Beat I am proud of the collection of voices, personalities and perspectives that we have gathered for GamesBeat Next 2024. You can see them below in the tentative agenda I’m revealing today for our conference coming October 28-29 in San Francisco. We’re holding the event at the beautiful Convene event space near Union…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25535560/STK160_X_TWITTER_2__B.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "X drops Unilever from its ‘advertiser boycott’ lawsuit")
Source: The Verge X is dropping claims against Unilever in its lawsuit that accuses advertisers and brands of participating in an “illegal boycott” of the company. The claims against Unilever, which owns household names like Dove and Hellmann’s, were dismissed today. This is just one of the lawsuits Musk has filed against critics and former…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25672080/MD564.jpeg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Apple’s USB SuperDrive might be gone for good")
Source: The Verge Apple’s USB SuperDrive is showing up in Apple’s online stores as “sold out or unavailable in all countries,” MacRumors reports, which could indicate that Apple has discontinued the CD / DVD player. It’s not a huge surprise that Apple might be done with the SuperDrive. The product first launched with the original…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25504388/DSCF7829.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Beats Pill speaker is even cheaper than it was during Prime Day")
Source: The Verge We’re well past the Prime Day Redux now, but several standout deals from the sale are still hanging on. In fact, some are even better than they were during the two-day sale — even if only a smidge. The Beats Pill portable Bluetooth speaker in red is down to $97.99 ($52 off)…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25670862/Robotaxi_89.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Tesla Cybercab is a cool-looking prototype that needed to be much more than that")
Source: The Verge Tesla CEO Elon Musk could have taken the stage at last night’s “We, Robot” event and put a lot of fears to rest. He could have released comprehensive safety data for the company’s Full Self-Driving feature that showed real progress for the driver-assist feature, contradicting all the crowdsourced data that’s out there…
Source: Venture Beat The event was criticized by some prominent observers as being more style than substance, lacking precise details on timelines, costs, and… Read Full Article
