14 new free, ad-supported channels with TV episodes and movies from the Warner Bros. content collection have been introduced to the Roku Channel. Warner Bros. Discovery said earlier this year that it has agreed to license 2,000 hours of programming to Roku and Tubi. The material is currently accessible on …
Read More »The new short-form “Notes” stream from Substack resembles Twitter a lot
Today, Substack announced the launch of a new Notes feature that will enable users to exchange articles, quotations, comments, photographs, links, and thoughts. The platform’s notes are shown in a dedicated short-form stream that resembles Twitter. A note that has been shared is similar to writing a Tweet. A like …
Read More »Former CTO of Square and Cash App developer Bob Lee was fatally stabbed
MobileCoin’s Bob Lee, the company’s chief product officer, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department responded to a complaint of a stabbing along the 300 block of Main Street in SoMa on Tuesday morning at 2:35 a.m. Despite being brought to a hospital, he passed away …
Read More »You can now host a live DJ set on Tidal using their new live function
A new DJ mode is being introduced to Tidal, allowing you to share your music selections with your pals. Live is included in both the standard HiFi plan ($9.99/month) and the premium HiFi Plus plan ($19.99/month) of the streaming service. It’s not quite like Spotify’s Group Sessions, where everyone can …
Read More »Just like New Zealand, Australia has banned TikTok from government-issued gadgets
To join the growing list of Western countries that have banned TikTok on government-issued smartphones, Australia made the move today. Mark Dreyfus, the Attorney General, made the announcement and promised that the ban would be enforced “as quickly as practical.” According to Dreyfus, “input from intelligence and security services” was …
Read More »A former black employee of Tesla saw his racial prejudice settlement reduced from $15 million to $3.2 million
The award in the racial bias lawsuit filed by Owen Diaz, a former Black elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont facility, has been reduced from $15 million to $3.2 million. During a weeklong trial in San Francisco, a federal jury on Monday decided that Tesla had failed to prevent extreme racial …
Read More »Virgin Orbit catches fire during an unauthorized descent
Virgin Orbit, a troubled space corporation, announced it was unable to get extra finance to keep it solvent, so it is firing about 85% of its workers in an effort to further cut costs. The information was reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, exactly two weeks …
Read More »Italy blocks ChatGPT because to worries about data protection
A timely reminder that some nations do have laws that already apply to cutting-edge AI has just been issued by Italy’s data protection authority, which has ordered OpenAI to stop processing people’s data locally with immediate effect. The order comes two days after an open letter called for a moratorium …
Read More »There has been a recent supply chain attack that targets 12 million users of a phone system
A number of security companies have warned about an ongoing supply chain attack that targets downstream clients by employing a trojanized version of 3CX’s popular audio and video calling client. More than 600,000 businesses utilize a software-based phone system created by 3CX, including American Express, BMW, McDonald’s, and the National …
Read More »Google’s new ad transparency hub will archive an advertiser’s past campaigns
Search, Display, and YouTube ads from verified advertisers can now be found in a single unified hub on Google’s new Ad Transparency Center. Accessible via this link or the My Ad Center page, the new transparency hub provides information about when and where a particular brand’s ads were shown, as …
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