According to a Vox report that quotes “several sources working at the company,” Meta, formerly Facebook, is anticipated to announce another round of mass layoffs on Wednesday. The job cuts are a component of a larger reorganization at Meta, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dubbed the “year of efficiency.” Zuckerberg …
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Noisy world. Delivery drones and air taxis, also known as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, will make cities and neighborhoods noisier if investors succeed in saturating the market. That’s assumed. Whisper Aero seems unconcerned about assumptions. The two-year-old startup believes you should be able to silently mow your …
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Samsung launched a “Samsung News” app today that provides daily news from multiple publications. The software, which will replace “Samsung Free,” features personalised news feeds and morning and evening briefings on important news. Samsung Free, which provides news, podcasts, live TV, and games, will become Samsung News. Like Apple News, …
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Drake and The Weeknd’s “Heart on My Sleeve” has over 250,000 Spotify streams and 10 million TikTok views. However, “Ghostwriter,” an AI-generated artist, wrote the song. Drake recently commented on AI-generated music that steals his voice, but The Weeknd and Drake have not responded to the song. Drake remarked on …
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Niantic announced a new game to diversify its portfolio while Pokémon GO remains its most popular. Today, Niantic and Capcom unveiled a Monster Hunter mobile game for later this year. The business claimed Monster Hunter Now will launch for iOS and Android in September. Players must “hunt monsters in the …
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sliderThe proposed legislation also creates ‘an unwarranted economic and technological risk to the EU’. The European Commission (EC)’s planned Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will “chill” open source software development, according to an open letter from over a dozen open source industry groups. The Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe, and Open …
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It is unknown who is currently evaluating Meta’s platforms in sub-Saharan Africa, as the social media behemoth has been prohibited from using its primary content review partners in Africa to provide moderation services. A Kenyan court issued temporary injunctions prohibiting Meta from hiring its new partner, Majorel, and reserving that …
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Canal+, a leading French premium TV channel and streaming service, and Apple have signed a multi-year deal. All Canal+ subscribers in France and some other European countries will be able to stream Apple TV+ content for free starting on April 20. Canal+ isn’t just offering Apple TV+, so this is …
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Amazon enters generative AI. Instead of building AI models, it’s recruiting third parties to host them on AWS. Amazon Bedrock lets developers build generative AI apps using pretrained models from startups like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, and Stability AI. Bedrock offers AWS-trained Titan FMs (foundation models) in a “limited preview.” “Applying …
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Western Digital was breached by hackers who stole 10 terabytes of data, including customer data. The extortionists want the company to pay a “minimum 8 figures” ransom to keep the data private. Western Digital reported “a network security incident” on April 3, saying hackers stole data from “a number of …
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