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Threads has unveiled its roadmap for integrating with the Fediverse, a network of decentralized apps that includes Mastodon and other alternatives to Twitter. In a recent blog post, Tom Coates, the co-founder of the decentralized app Planetary, shares the insights from a meeting held at Meta’s offices in December. During …

Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is expected to experience staff reductions this year, according to sources familiar with the matter and confirmed by the company. According to insiders, the company is planning to make substantial layoffs, potentially affecting up to 20% of Pixar’s workforce. This would result in a decrease from …

It has been twenty years since the creation of the first driverless motorcycle, the Ghostrider, as a result of the DARPA Grand Challenge. This event is widely recognized as the beginning of autonomous vehicles. In 2004, an interesting event occurred. Then, in 2008, a modified Prius successfully delivered pizza in …

This is Google’s plan: to bring some creative AI into the retail sector. (Or at least to give it a go.). New-generation artificial intelligence tools were launched today by Google Cloud in conjunction with the National Retailer Association’s annual conference in New York City. These technologies will assist retailers in …

In the European Union, Microsoft has completed the second stage of launching its data localization service. The most recent rollout of the “EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud” (the infrastructure’s official name) began in early 2017. Following its earlier announcement, Microsoft is on track to finish the second phase …

In the late hours of Wednesday, Google let go of hundreds of workers across a variety of departments, including engineering and services. As part of their reorganization, the knowledge and information product team—which includes voice-activated Google Assistant—and the Devices and Services PA (DSPA) team—which oversees Fitbit, Pixel, and Nest hardware—are …

I couldn’t wait to see the Rownd tabletop CNC lathe at this week’s CES in Las Vegas. I’ve been following its Kickstarter campaign for the last year, and it didn’t disappoint. At a time when personal manufacturing and DIY culture are on the rise, Rownd Lathe is a promising new …

Following last week’s hinting to developers, OpenAI has now opened a marketplace for GPTs, which are bespoke chatbot applications driven by its AI models that can generate text and images (e.g., DALL-E 3 and GPT-4). Located in a new tab inside the web-based ChatGPT client, the so-called GPT Store showcases …

Just four months after making its global premiere in Europe and China, Tesla has begun selling the updated Model 3 car in the US. This is the first major update to the electric car, and it’s what finally allowed Tesla to get into the general market. This comes after the …

The political establishment in the United Kingdom is putting increasing pressure on Japanese IT company Fujitsu to explain its involvement in the scandal that led to the prosecution of hundreds of post office operators for accounting irregularities. Meanwhile, Fujitsu has become a major player in a story that has lasted …