Pixel 8 and 8 Pro hands-on: an iterative update focused on camera and AI improvements, new Bay blue color is stunning, and Pro's temperature sensor is confusing
Once again, Google hinges all its bets on camera performance and AI over any significant hardware improvements.
A recording of Made by Google 2023 event, where the company announced the Pixel 8, the Pixel 8 Pro, the Pixel Watch 2, and more
Watch the #MadeByGoogle '23 event and get to know the new #Pixel8, #Pixel8 Pro, and #PixelWatch 2. Our phone, earbuds and watch all come together in a portfolio …
Google announces Pixel 8 Pro with a 6.7-inch LTPO display, a 50MP main camera sensor and 48MP ultrawide and telephoto sensors, and more, starting at $999
Thanks to a flood of leaks, you've probably seen its updated camera bar, read all about the new AI photo features …
Google promises seven years of OS and security updates for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, up from five years of security updates and three years of OS updates previously
The Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will be supported with seven years of “OS, security, and Feature Drop updates,” …
Google rolls out Android 14 with customizable lock screens, expanded passkey support, on-device health features, and more, starting with Pixel phones
Google has released Android 14, the latest version of the Android operating system. It's available today on Pixel phones (4A 5G and up) …
A US judge rejects the SEC's motion to file an interlocutory appeal against July 2023's Ripple ruling and sets an April 2024 trial date to resolve other issues
XRP rallied about 5% following the decision. — Register Now — A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Securities …
Google sets new requirements for emailers sending 5,000+ emails per day to Gmail users, effective February 2024, including adding a one-click unsubscribe button
- Google will make it harder for spammers to land in your email inbox, the company said Tuesday.
Google announces the Pixel 8 with a 6.1-inch 120 Hz refresh rate display, better camera, Tensor G3 chip, a 50-megapixel wide camera, and more, starting at $699
now it's actually generating new content to fill in the space. Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : The Pixel 8's generative AI wallpaper feature is SO COOL! You can create brand new wallpapers that nobo...
Hands-on with the Pixel Watch 2: very similar to the first generation, upgraded haptics, Snapdragon W5 chip performance is a leap ahead of Exynos 9110, and more
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Google updates Pixel Buds Pro with conversation detection, improved call quality, hearing health, a low-latency gaming mode, and more
The firmware update brings improved call quality, hearing health and a low-latency gaming mode. — Like Apple recently did with its second-gen AirPods Pro …
Google rolls out new Pixel features, like Dual-Screen Interpreter mode for Pixel Fold, which displays live translations on screens on both sides of the device
It translates two languages in real time on separate screens. — Google announced today it will begin rolling out several new Pixel features …
Spotify starts offering Premium subscribers 15 hours of audiobook streaming per month across 150K+ titles, first in the UK and Australia, and the US this winter
A year after adding à la carte sales of audiobooks, Spotify is offering paying subscribers 15 hours of books a month.
Google announces Pixel Watch 2 with a fast-charging battery that lasts 24 hours, a quad core chip, improved heart rate sensor, IP68, and more, starting at $349
[images] X: @madebygoogle : Meet #PixelWatch 2—help by @Google, health by @Fitbit. ⌚3 new sensors for advanced health tracking 💓Our most accurate heart rate tracking* 📊Personalized help & insights* 🆗S...
A deep dive on the Pixel 8 lineup's camera improvements, like Video Boost that uses AI processing in Google's datacenters to dramatically improve image quality
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Google announces Assistant with Bard, adding generative AI capabilities to its mobile assistant, including planning trips and writing social media captions
Google Assistant is getting an AI-powered update. At today's Made by Google live event, the company introduced Assistant with Bard …
Filing: citing a Terraform Labs court ruling, the US SEC asked a federal judge on October 3 to deny Coinbase's motion seeking to dismiss the regulator's lawsuit
Sources: in September, Meta pitched EU regulators a plan to charge Facebook and Instagram users a subscription to avoid ads, starting at ~€10/month for desktop
European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company's pitch to regulators
French police arrest five ex-Ubisoft execs, including a chief creative officer and VP of editorial and creative services, after a year-long sexual assault probe
Serge Hascoët and Tommy François among those in custody — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief
Ripple's Singapore arm secures a license as a major payment institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, after an in-principle approval in June 2023
After a June in-principle approval, a subsidiary for Ripple has been granted its license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $2B+ from Google and others, at a $20B to $30B valuation, and projects generating $200M in revenue by the end of 2023
Anthropic, one of the main rivals of OpenAI, is in talks with investors to raise at least $2 billion in new funding …
After closing its 3DS and Wii U eShops this year, Nintendo says it will shut down online services like multiplayer for those consoles in “early April 2024”
You'll still be able to redownload games and get patches ‘for the foreseeable future.’
The European Commission starts collective risk assessments on advanced chips, AI, quantum, and biotech, the most sensitive areas for security and tech leakage
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Microsoft unveils new OneDrive features, like Copilot integration coming in December, a Fluent design refresh for its web app, better offline support, and more
Microsoft is announcing the third generation of its OneDrive cloud storage today, complete with the company's AI-powered Copilot system …
Meta rolls out AI features for advertisers, like using AI to create backgrounds, expand images, and generate versions of ad text based on the original copy
Meta announced today it's rolling out its first generative AI features for advertisers, allowing them to use AI to create backgrounds …
Patreon rolls out a slew of new features and products, including a new visual brand identity, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers
A decade since launching with the mission of helping creatives make money directly through fan support, Patreon is undergoing a major rebrand …
Sources: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service a few months after the Hollywood actors strike ends, likely starting with the US and Canada
www.wsj.com/business/med... Meanwhile, Disney plans to limit Disney+ usage to one household. — thestreamable.com/news/disney- ... I'll likely cancel and resubscribe between the two. X: Angie G / @...
Intel plans to turn its programmable chip unit created from its Altera acquisition into a standalone business, by selling shares publicly or seeking an investor
The Browser Company updates Arc with GPT 3.5 and Anthropic features: Ask ChatGPT, Tidy Tab Titles, Tidy Downloads, Five-Second Previews, and Ask on Page
At some point, if you're a company doing pretty much anything in the year 2023, you have to have an AI strategy. It's just business.
A US appeals court rules the CISA likely violated the First Amendment by encouraging social networks to reduce the spread of posts, expanding a September order
Meta VP of Media Partnerships Campbell Brown says she's stepping down from the role in the fall but staying on as a consultant, as Meta backs away from news
Oligo Security finds since-patched RCE flaws in open-source AI model-serving tool TorchServe and vulnerable instances at tens of thousands of IP addresses
Q&A with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on Bing's rivalry with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, open-source AI models, AI and art, and more
Microsoft's Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing's competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs …
Samsung announces the 6.4" Galaxy S23 FE for $600, the 10.9" Galaxy Tab S9 FE for $450, the 12.4" Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ for $700, and the Galaxy Buds FE for $100
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Bengaluru-based fintech Slice, which was valued at ~$1.5B in 2022, secures a rare approval from India's central bank to merge with North East Small Finance Bank
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Zoom unveils collaborative document editing, featuring the ability to include information and AI-generated summaries from Zoom meetings, set to arrive in 2024
The FTC's lawsuit against Amazon details a company algorithm that raised product prices and held them there if rivals followed, allegedly showing consumer harm
Epic Games plans to add IARC age ratings to Fortnite's “first- and third-party playable content” on November 14; creators can start the process on October 16
Yahoo announces that it's spinning off the business around Vespa, an open source tool powering the company's search and ad tech, into an independent venture
Yahoo, otherwise known as the company that pays my salary (full disclosure: Yahoo owns TC), today announced that it's spinning off Vespa …
MrBeast asks whether social media platforms are “ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes” after a deepfake scam TikTok ad, since deleted, used his likeness
but it turns out that, like Tom Hanks, he was the face of an AI scam Rounak Jain / Benzinga : Is MrBeast Really Giving Away 10,000 iPhone 15 Pros On TikTok? Here's What You Need To Know Threads: Dare ...
Uber expands Uber Connect with a “return a package” feature, allowing customers to send up to five packages for a $5 fee to UPS, FedEx, or USPS locations
for a fee, of course Jennifer Korn / CNN : Hate returning packages? Uber will now do it for you Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Returning packages can now (sometimes) be done by Uber, for a $5 fee Jennifer Ko...
Microsoft rolls out DALL-E 3 to all Bing Chat and Bing Image Creator users; OpenAI plans to roll out DALL-E 3 to paying ChatGPT subscribers later in October
here's how to get started Priya Walia / OnMSFT.com : Bing Chat unleashes DALL-E 3: A game-changing upgrade for AI image generation Pradeep Viswav / MSPoweruser : You can now access DALL-E 3 model for ...
TikTok plans to stop facilitating e-commerce transactions on TikTok Shop in Indonesia on October 4 to comply with the country's regulations on social commerce
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In a letter to TikTok, Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal ask about executives who transferred from ByteDance to TikTok in the US despite “its independence”
Sony researchers: standardized skin tone scales used by Google, Meta, and others to test their image algorithms don't capture red and yellow hues in human skin
Paresh Dave / Wired :
Report: Apple should explain what “carbon-neutral products” mean after the company in 2023 stopped requiring suppliers to disclose greenhouse gas emissions data
Justine Calma / The Verge :
Helium, the decentralized cellular network working with T-Mobile, debuts $250 home hotspots for Miamians, as the company looks for a sustainable business model
Canva unveils AI tools to automate labor-intensive design tasks, and will pay out $200M over three years to designers for using their work to train AI models
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge :
Stockholm-based Brite Payments, which offers open banking payments and payouts, raised a $60M Series A led by Dawn Capital; Headline and Incore invested as well
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Researchers demo “washing out” watermarks on AI images and adding watermarks to human-generated images, meaning online services can't reliably flag AI content
The UK's Independent Publishers Alliance urges members to block OpenAI and Google crawling, as OpenAI extends ChatGPT's training database beyond September 2021
Memo: Qualtrics plans to cut about 14% of its workforce, or 780 employees, citing a need to address the “complexity” created by its past hiring and growth
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Toronto-based Clearco, which uses AI and ML to underwrite businesses and help customers fund inventory, raised a $60M Series D led by Inovia and Founders Circle
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
LinkedIn unveils new OpenAI-powered AI features, including a LinkedIn Learning coach, a marketing campaigns tool, and for its Recruiter and Inside Sales tools
Code in the latest build of the Spotify app suggests the company is working on AI-generated playlists based on users' prompts, likely available in English only
I discovered Spotify's AI Playlists and @alex193a saw @sarahprz's story and figured out how to activate¹ the feature. 🤝🏻 #NewSpotify X: Alessandro Paluzzi / @alex193a : As @chrismessina spotted, #Spo...
A US judge rules X violated its duties to cover employee legal expenses and must pay $1.1M in fees to Parag Agrawal, Vijaya Gadde, and other former executives
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg : Mastodon: @tchambers@indieweb.social Mastodon: Tim Chambers / @tchambers@indieweb.social : @Techmeme That's about 11,458 Twitter blue subscribers worth....
Vista Equity Partners and another backer acquire a majority stake in TRG Screen, which makes subscription spend management software, sources say for ~$250M
Kamaron Leach / Bloomberg :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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