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Source: The Verge The Kindle Paperwhite is the most compelling of the two for anyone looking for solid reasons to upgrade. Compared to the previous model, Amazon stretched the E Ink’s screen size to seven inches, making it the largest Paperwhite yet. The display is also 25 percent brighter and has the highest contrast ratio…
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Source: The Verge The smart home has an interface problem. Searching for an app on your phone, fighting with a confused voice assistant, and fiddling with a “smart” display to turn off a light is enough to send anyone running back to the wall switch. But now, Apple is taking a crack at solving the…
Source: Venture Beat The Parallel tournament at the YGG Play Summit saw Colombian YGG Esports player Zeliaser win $20,000 grand prize. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge For two decades, Google Search has been unstoppable. Invincible. So thoroughly dominant that would-be competitors often couldn’t even get funding, because investors didn’t see the point in trying. But earlier this year, a judge declared that Google’s power, and the way the company wields it, was an illegal monopoly. And so now…
Source: Venture Beat Lightricks releases LTXV, a breakthrough open-source AI model that generates professional-quality videos in real-time on consumer hardware, challenging tech giants with faster processing speeds and free access for developers. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23982579/acastro_STK466_01.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Snap says New Mexico intentionally friended alleged child predators, then blamed the company")
Source: The Verge Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and…
Source: Venture Beat Salesforce announced Testing Center, a platform that lets enterprises test AI agents responses without touching sensitive information. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to finalize new spectrum rules that will push cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications technology forward. C-V2X will use existing cellular networks to send messages from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, vehicle to cyclists, or vehicle to pedestrians to warn of each other’s presence for safety…
Source: Venture Beat Blind Squirrel Gamesm, previously best known for its co-development work, has revealed its new Cosmorons, an original IP. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Apple is planning a major AI overhaul of Siri that will make the digital assistant more like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini Live, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The assistant, reportedly called “LLM Siri,” will be powered by Apple’s AI models and will let users have more conversational, natural-sounding…
