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Brazil blocks X after Musk ignores court orders
New York Times, Published on 31/08/2024
» RIO DE JANEIRO — X, formerly known as Twitter, began to go dark across Brazil on Saturday after the South American nation's Supreme Court blocked the social network because its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with court orders to suspend certain accounts.
Musk's Neuralink says second trial implant went well, no thread retraction issue
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» Elon Musk's brain technology startup Neuralink said its implant, designed to allow paralysed patients to use digital devices by thinking alone, is working well in a second trial patient.
China's next-gen sexbots powered by AI to hit the shelves
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/06/2024
» BEIJING - Chinese scientists and engineers are applying ChatGPT-like technology to sex robots, aiming to create interactive, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered companions in the face of technical and ethical challenges.
Meet world's first edible robot
Kyodo News, Published on 31/05/2024
» KYODO - A cloudy yellow rectangular figure about seven centimetres long wobbles from side to side, waving its gelatinous arms as it makes a friendly greeting, its body resting inside a mug.
They're ignoring MrBeast's rules of YouTube, and thriving
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Late last year, Zackary Smigel, a YouTube creator, made a video titled "Why Is YouTube Like This?" By "this" he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have sensationalised titles, heavily edited content and grabby thumbnails, often featuring a person’s emotive face.
TikTok sues US government over forced sale
Kyodo News, Published on 08/05/2024
» WASHINGTON - TikTok Inc and its Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the United States federal government seeking to block a law that could lead to a nationwide ban on the popular short-form video-sharing platform.
Advertising ruins everything
Life, James Hein, Published on 28/02/2024
» Remember this day because I have a prediction. Recently, for the first time, I had two ads appear when watching a Rumble video. Rumble is a YouTube alternative that until now had been ad free. The platform allows those banned by YouTube for political reasons to make their presentations, along with anyone else who wants to post videos. My prediction is that the current ads, currently 30 second ones you can skip after a few seconds that appear at the start of your video, will gradually become more prevalent and longer, without being able to skip, and eventually will become as annoying as Facebook.
Tech activists write code to save migrants
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» LONDON - When a migrant rescue non-profit asked Nik Zemke if he could design an app to pinpoint ships in distress in the Mediterranean, the German web developer headed to a hackers' convention to look for like-minded volunteers.
Ultra AI phone
Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 14/02/2024
» This year Samsung's top traditional candy bar phone has gone ham with artificial intelligence functions by adding a slew of AI functionality in what they call Galaxy AI which includes live translation, generative photo edit, circle to search, and text summarize on top for their already feature-loaded phone.
Gaining a clearer view of Apple's headset
Published on 08/02/2024
» The Apple Vision Pro headset launch in the US last week stirred public attention worldwide, particularly among those waiting to see how the evolution of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) could change lifestyles.