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npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a stylus for Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3, plus "future headsets", the Quest's first third-party input device, shipping in September (Scott Hayden/Road to VR)
Road to VR
Quest Gets Its First Third-party Input Device Thanks to Logitech
Logitech today unveiled an XR stylus that comes as Meta Quest’s first third-party motion peripheral, targeting creatives working in both 2D a...
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Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a stylus for the Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and “future headsets”, the Quest
By Scott Hayden / Road to VR. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Google begins rolling out a "Listen to this page" feature on Chrome for Android, letting the browser read text-heavy web pages (Abner Li/9to5Google)
9to5Google
Chrome rolling out 'Listen to this page' TTS on Android
Chrome for Android has been working on text-to-speech (TTS) for a few months now, and Google is now rolling out "Listen to this page."
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Google begins rolling out “Listen to this page” in Chrome for Android, letting the browser read text-heavy web pages in US, UK, Indian, and Australian English
By Abner Li / 9to5Google. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
McDonald's ends its two-year IBM partnership to test automated Drive Thru order taking and plans to remove the tech from 100+ restaurants by July 26 (Jonathan Maze/Restaurant Business)
Restaurant Business
McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test
The Chicago-based fast-food giant is ending its partnership with IBM on automated order-taking without an expansion. But McDonald’s still
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McDonald
By Jonathan Maze / Restaurant Business. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Copywriters detail how AI is changing their jobs, with some seeing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less (Thomas Germain/BBC)
AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it sound human
If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future.
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Copywriters detail how AI is affecting their jobs, with some noticing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less
By Thomas Germain / BBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
How Black founders are creating AI models like ChatBlackGPT and Latimer.ai that cater to Black and brown communities, as current AI models lack cultural nuance (TechCrunch)
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Black founders are creating tailored ChatGPTs for a more personalized experience | TechCrunch
ChatGPT, one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence tools, struggles with cultural nuance.
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How Black founders are creating AI models like ChatBlackGPT and Latimer.ai that cater to Black and brown communities, as current AI models lack cultural nuance
From TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Sources: activist fund Starboard Value has taken a ~$500M stake in Autodesk and spoken to its board over concerns regarding a probe that led to its CFO's ouster (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)
CNBC
Activist Starboard amasses Autodesk stake, weighs suit over delayed probe disclosure
Autodesk has been under deep scrutiny over an accounting scandal that led to the resignation of its CFO over potentially inflated financial metrics.
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Sources: activist fund Starboard Value has taken a ~$500M stake in Autodesk and spoken to its board over concerns regarding a probe that led to its CFO
By Rohan Goswami / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
With new logos for Siri and Apple Intelligence, Apple joins OpenAI and others in AI branding that is non-threatening, simple, and non-anthropomorphic (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
TechCrunch
Apple joins the race to find an AI icon that makes sense | TechCrunch
No one knows what AI looks like, or even is supposed to look like. It does everything, but looks like nothing.
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With its new Siri and Apple Intelligence logos, Apple joins OpenAI and others in AI branding that is simple, abstract, non-threatening, and non-anthropomorphic
By Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY (Sheila Dang/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/global-audiences-suspicious-ai-powered-newsrooms-report-finds-2024-06-16/
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Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY
By Sheila Dang / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators (Ari Saperstein/The Guardian)
the Guardian
Accessible and ‘a pleasure to read’: how Apple’s podcast transcriptions came to be
Apple rolled out a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators. Why did it take so long?
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How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators
By Ari Saperstein / The Guardian. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving as testers for a new generation of tech, making them the ones to experience some of its worst effects (Caroline Mimbs Nyce/The Atlantic)
The Atlantic
A Generation of AI Guinea Pigs
AI is quickly becoming a regular part of children’s lives. What happens next?
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Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving as testers for a new generation of tech, making them the ones to experience some of its worst effects
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting (Blake Brittain/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-hit-with-122-mln-us-verdict-internet-advertising-patent-case-2024-06-14/
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A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting
By Blake Brittain / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
A look at Apple's slow rollout of AI features, impressive visionOS 2 beta, plans for thinnest, lightest devices in tech, including a phone in the iPhone 17 line (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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Apple’s Slow Rollout of Intelligence Features Will Stretch Into 2025
Apple will gradually roll out its new Intelligence features over several months, seeking to avoid the pitfalls that have plagued other AI systems. ...
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A look at Apple
By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Report: alleged ringleader of the Scattered Spider hacking group was arrested in Spain; sources: the accused is a 22-year-old Scottish man named Tyler Buchanan (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested – Krebs on Security
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Report: the alleged ringleader of the Scattered Spider hacking group was arrested in Spain; sources say the accused is 22-year-old Scottish man Tyler Buchanan
By Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Despite disinformation concerns during India's elections, political parties largely used AI, including deepfakes, constructively, primarily for voter outreach (The Conversation)
The Conversation
Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy
Campaigns used deepfakes to connect with voters rather than deception, and AI also helped them break through language barriers.
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Despite disinformation concerns during India
From The Conversation. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan about scrutinizing Big Tech's "innovations in potential lawbreaking" with AI deals, use of AI at FTC, startups, acquisitions, more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
TechCrunch
FTC Chair Lina Khan on startups, scaling, and 'innovations in potential lawbreaking' | TechCrunch
FTC Chair Lina Khan was the youngest person appointed to her position when she assumed the job in 2021. But once her term ends in September — after
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Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan on scrutinizing Big Tech
By Connie Loizos / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; The Block Research: Coinbase Ventures has made 443 investments or ~4% of all deals since 2017 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg.com
Crypto Startup Funding Overcomes Blow-Ups to Hit $100 Billion
Crypto startups have drawn in roughly $100 billion of venture funding since the industry’s inception, after a recent pick-up in investment that c...
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DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; Block Research says Coinbase Ventures has made 443 investments, or ~4% of all deals since 2017
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
npub1t0qu...ayut 1 year ago
A look at tech companies' investments in AI startups: Nvidia and NVentures completed a total of 32 deals in 2023, while Microsoft and M12 made 21 investments (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)
Crunchbase News
Microsoft, Nvidia Lead In Investing In AI Startups, But Others Close Behind
So far this year, out of the handful of tech titans putting big money in the AI space, Microsoft and Nvidia — along with their respective venture...
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A look at tech companies
By Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News. View the full context on Techmeme.
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