Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery
I suppose a subscription CSAM app might be the way MECHAHITLER manages to make money …Matthew Broersma /Silicon UK:EU Extends X Retention Order Over Sexualised ImagesThe Guardian:The UK government say...
Letter: Nexperia suspends supplies of wafers to its Chinese assembly plant, citing a failure to “comply with the agreed contractual payment terms”
German automotive manufacturers slow production due to semiconductor shortages from Dutch chipmaker Matt Hardigree / The Autopian : Welcome To Chip Shortage 2: Nexperia Boogaloo Bloomberg : Nexperia H...
Lyft plans to open a new tech hub in Toronto in H2 2026 and acquires TBR Global Chauffeuring, a Glasgow-based luxury chauffeur services company, for £83M
Its Biggest Move Outside the U.S. Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Lyft To Open Toronto Tech Hub In International Growth Push LinkedIn: Rachel Goldstein : 🚀 Here we grow again—and we're doing it in Tor...
GitHub debuts an AI coding agent for GitHub Copilot that can fix bugs, add features, improve documentation, and more, and open sources GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Body — I find the following two news items on the front page: Thomas Dohmke / The GitHub Blog : GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent Visual Studio Code : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor The GitH...
ChatGPT Search is impressive in some ways, but it's unreliable for short queries containing just a few words, meaning it's far from being a “Google killer”
goodbye, Google Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2024 Adrianna Nine / ExtremeTech : OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Search to Paid Users Matthew Broersma / Si...
Apple launches some Apple Intelligence features like writing tools, image cleanup, and typing in Siri, with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1
If software is judged by the difference between what it is actually capable … Apple on YouTube : Apple Intelligence | Create memory movies | iPhone 16 David Phelan / Forbes : iOS 18.1 Goes Live With A...
In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo plan Horizon OS-compatible headsets; Meta plans an Xbox branded Quest
Apple released the Vision Pro on February 2; 12 days later Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered his verdict: Ben Lang / Road to VR : Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn't too lat...