September 28, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Internet, News, Tech, Technology
On Wednesday, Adobe released Photoshop for the web to everyone subscribed to a paid Adobe Creative Cloud plan. Firefly-powered AI tools like generative fill and generative expand are now available in the web beta after almost two years of development. The firm claimed that the web-based toolbar’s tools are organized …
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September 21, 2023
Internet, News, Tech, Technology
On Wednesday morning, an account on X (formerly Twitter) was hacked. The account falsely reported his father, former president Donald Trump, had died. The post read, “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away.” “I will run for president in 2024.” In an X post, Trump spokesperson …
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September 18, 2023
Industry, Internet, News, Tech, Technology
Arm EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Will Abbey told me this morning, minutes before the chip designer’s stock started trading on Nasdaq, that “AI, I believe, is the growth of Arm.” You may not think of AI when you hear about Arm, but Abbey immediately thought of it when I …
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September 13, 2023
Apps, Internet, News, Software
One of the most popular post-Twitter apps reached a milestone on Tuesday. Bluesky strategy and operations manager Rose Wang posted a screenshot on X, formerly Twitter. The X competitor famously only allowed app access through a waitlist and user invitations, keeping the platform’s population small as it scaled. https://x.com/iamrosewang/status/1701735196679356887?s=20 Bluesky …
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September 12, 2023
Internet, News, Vehicles
Dance, a German startup that rents electric bikes and mopeds, has two interesting developments. First, the company added a few investors to its €12 million funding round. Second, Dance has 10,000 paying members. Dance says little about funding. The company isn’t disclosing the second tranche’s amount, which usually means it’s …
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September 12, 2023
Internet, News
Spotify’s daylist, a mood-changing playlist, is its latest personalized playlist. The new playlist will live alongside Discovery Weekly, On Repeat, your genre mixes, and other personalized playlists, offering a constantly refreshed playlist for “every version of you,” the company says. Using your Spotify app history, the playlist will update multiple …
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September 11, 2023
Internet, News
After media reports, including one in TechCrunch, cited customer emails, Coinbase clarified Monday that it disabled new user sign-up on its exchange product in India in June but remains committed to the country, where its operations have been in limbo for over a year. The U.S. crypto exchange operator said …
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September 11, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Internet, News, Science, Silicon Valley, Tech, Technology
Elon Musk said he canceled a Ukrainian military strike on Russia by refusing to use Starlink. The billionaire claims the decision was made to avoid being “complicit in a major act of war,” but it raises serious questions about oligarchs’ military roles. CNN reported it, citing Walter Isaacson’s upcoming Musk …
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September 8, 2023
Internet, News
Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms and GPU giant Nvidia announced Friday that they are building a large language model trained on India’s diverse languages. The largest Indian corporate firm is expanding into the fast-growing but locally uncontested space. The companies will also build an AI infrastructure “over an order of magnitude …
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September 8, 2023
Internet, News
The Senate’s confirmation of Anna Gomez as the FCC’s fifth commissioner restores its ability to act faster on communication and space regulations. After a year and a half of Republican opposition to Gigi Sohn on questionable grounds, Gomez was nominated in June. She will be the third Democratic commissioner at …
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