Sources: for 2024, Apple is planning the iPad Pro's first major upgrade since 2018, featuring an M3, an OLED screen, and a Magic Keyboard with a larger trackpad
Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years
WordPress announces the availability of 100-year domain name registrations that include 24/7 assistance and managed web hosting
Foxconn founder Terry Gou plans to run in Taiwan's 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019
Terry Gou's independent candidacy could split opposition vote and boost the ruling party, which seeks closer U.S. ties amid Chinese pressure
UK's National Air Traffic Services experienced network-wide computer failure earlier today, delaying hundreds of flights in and out of the country
Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held — Hundreds of flights …
A Pepe memecoin team member says three former colleagues stole ~16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges
- Approximately 16 trillion Pepe tokens ($15 million) were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges OKX, Binance …
Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses the theft allegations and ethical missteps, but not sexual harassment claims, that prompted a production pause
Linus Media Group (LMG) founder Linus Sebastian explained LMG's HR policies and how it will improve accuracy and ethics in a video posted to YouTube last night.
Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted victims' stolen data; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June
The Portuguese-language app WebDetetive was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date — A Portuguese-language spyware …
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, which makes things that were previously only possible on a small scale practical at a massive scale
We've been talking about intellectual property in one way or another for at least the last five hundred years …
Filing: Didi plans to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng, one of China's largest EV makers, for ~$744M in Xpeng stock, or a ~3.25% stake
- EV makers buys Didi smart-car unit in $744 million stock deal — Didi, Xpeng to launch mass-market EV brand in new partnership
Chinese EV giant BYD's electronics unit strikes a deal with US-based Jabil to buy the key Apple supplier's manufacturing business in China for ~$2.2B
- US firm Jabil joins tech companies reducing exposure to China — The electronics arm of electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. agreed …
Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience
One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence. — Self-driving cars.
A look at the US Air Force's efforts to build an AI-based air combat system, including drones for as little as $3M apiece that serve pilots as a “loyal wingman”
An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology …
DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system with no missed calls or wait times
DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering …
A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI
Instacart files for a US IPO, reports 2022 revenue up 39% YoY to $2.55B, $428M net income, up from a $73M loss in 2021, and H1 2023 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.48B
How LLMs are impacting computational humor, an AI subfield that uses computers to create jokes, as some comedians begin using AI chatbots for improv and roasts
Machines are getting better at making us laugh — and challenging our notions of humanity in the process X: @mirowskipiotr and @improbotics . LinkedIn: Patrick Reinmoeller X: Piotr Mirowski / @mirowski...
X launches a private beta of X Hiring, a job posting feature for verified organizations, allowing them to “organically reach millions of relevant candidates”
The EU's DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations
A look at Smart Answers, an AI chatbot trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to the outlets' readers on August 1
By and large, the goal has been: can we make more pages for ads without paying more writers? — Now, a group of tech outlets … Threads: @dsilverman . X: @mr_existant and @harrymccracken Threads: Dwig...
Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them
An analysis finds ChatGPT can draft political messages targeting specific voting demographics, months after OpenAI said it will ban generating such material
A Washington Post analysis found that the chatbot will draft political messages tailored for demographic groups, like suburban women or rural men
A look at Smallville, a virtual village populated by AI chatbots, built by Stanford and Google researchers to create a society with “believable human behavior”
Sources: at TikTok, Oracle staff reviewing the app's source code sit at desks beneath TikTok-controlled cameras, a requirement directly from China's government
A profile of New Jersey-based CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, and has a ~$2B valuation, fewer than 250 staff, and 700 clients, like Microsoft
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.