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Source: The Verge iOS 18 has a new feature that lets you wirelessly restore an iPhone 16 using another iPhone or an iPad, 9to5Mac reports. 9to5Mac says it was able to simulate the new recovery method. “Essentially, when the iPhone 16 enters Recovery Mode for some reason, users can simply place it next to another…
Source: Venture Beat Amidst discussion of EA’s other franchises, Skate. got a shout-out as its developers reveal it’s planned for an early access launch in 2025. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat The underlying intelligence powering Maggi is OpenAI’s GPT-4, according to Magnit’s Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Vidhya Srinivasan. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23905441/DSCF8463.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Pixel Buds Pro no longer let you ‘touch and hold’ to hear notifications")
Source: The Verge Google is taking away a Pixel Buds Pro feature that lets users touch and hold an earbud to hear unread notifications. In an update on Tuesday, Google confirmed that Assistant “will no longer read unread notifications when using the press Assistant feature.” Additionally, Google says Assistant will stop automatically alerting you to unread notifications on…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25626916/2171251438.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "California governor signs rules limiting AI actor clones")
Source: The Verge California governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills that will protect performers from having their likeness simulated by AI digital replicas. The two SAG-AFTRA supported bills, AB 2602 and AB 1836, were passed by the California legislature in August and are part of a slate of state-level AI regulations. AB 2602 bars…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24859242/236751_Instant_Camera_Buying_Guide.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Best instant cameras for 2024")
Source: The Verge Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25626188/cig_cozy_gallery_13672LJJ_img_7567_49615440941_o_hd.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The lone US manufacturer of boutique keycaps may have just been saved")
Source: The Verge Signature Plastics, the Custer, WA-based company known for specialized mechanical keyboard keycaps, has announced it’s being acquired by a Portland-based investment group that intends to keep the company operating with all employees maintained. This comes after majority owner Bob Guenser announced his plans to retire and find new ownership back in January….
Source: Venture Beat Pulse, therefore, is designed to streamline the process of sorting the most valuable and close-to-closing deals. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Electronic Arts plans several expansions to The Sims franchise, including a movie and a shared social network across many experiences. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25362057/STK_414_AI_CHATBOT_R2_CVirginia_B.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "OpenAI’s new model is better at reasoning and, occasionally, deceiving")
Source: The Verge In the weeks leading up to the release of OpenAI’s newest “reasoning” model, o1, independent AI safety research firm Apollo found a notable issue. Apollo realized the model produced incorrect outputs in a new way. Or, to put things more colloquially, it lied. Sometimes the deceptions seemed innocuous. In one example, OpenAI…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24937837/Fire_TV_Stick_4K_Max_Image_1.png?w=400&resize=400,250&ssl=1 "Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max has plunged to a record-low for Black Friday")