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Source: Venture Beat Google’s Gemini AI achieves a groundbreaking milestone with simultaneous video and image processing, unlocking new possibilities for AI applications through the experimental AnyChat platform. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25831693/2192157770.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House")
Source: The Verge For over a decade, you couldn’t easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States. DJI’s software would automatically stop you from flying over runways, power plants, public emergencies like wildfires, and the White House. But confusingly, amidst the greatest US outpouring of drone distrust in years, and an…
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Generative AI has become a key piece of infrastructure in many industries, and healthcare is no exception. Yet, as organizations like GSK push the boundaries of what generative AI can achieve, they face…
Source: Venture Beat The LLM, MiniMax-Text-o1, is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25821044/STKB307_STKB308_HONEY_PAYPAL_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app")
Source: The Verge The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they paid to…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25831586/STKB310_REDNOTE_XIAOHONGSHU_B.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "RedNote: what it’s like using the Chinese app TikTokers are flocking to")
Source: The Verge Instead of wallowing in misery about potentially losing access to their favorite short-form video app, many TikTokers are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media platform also called Xiaohongshu. I’ve decided to spend some time on the platform myself, and it looks like so-called “TikTok refugees” are excited about interacting with a…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21694346/acastro_200803_1777_tikTok_0001.0.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "TikTok says it’s planning for “various scenarios” ahead of possible US ban")
Source: The Verge On behalf of our HR teams, | want to acknowledge the resilience and dedication you have continued to demonstrate, especially over the past few months as we have pursued our legal challenge of the TikTok ban in the US. As we await the decision by the US Supreme Court ahead of January…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951350/STK043_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_6_Meta.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Inside Meta’s race to beat OpenAI: “We need to learn how to build frontier and win this race”")
Source: The Verge A major copyright lawsuit against Meta has revealed a trove of internal communications about the company’s plans to develop its open-source AI models, Llama, which include discussions about avoiding “media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated.” The messages, which were part of a series of exhibits…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25651499/_STK084_SONOS_D.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Sonos’ chief product officer is leaving the company")
Source: The Verge Team, Earlier this morning, I committed to you to share the truth. In that spirit, I want to share some changes I am making to simplify our leadership structure and flatten our Product organization. With my stepping in as CEO, the Board, Max, and I have agreed that my background makes the…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25718363/247372_MacBook_Pro_M4_ADiBenedetto_0002.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Parallels is testing x86 emulation on Apple silicon Macs")
Source: The Verge Parallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last week. The “early technology preview” will let you emulate Intel-based hardware on an M1-or-greater Mac, a first for Parallels since Apple’s Arm transition in 2020 — but don’t expect stellar performance….
