Today, Meta introduced parental controls for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, pre-emptive blocking of unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens to take a break. The U.S., U.K., and Canada will get Meta’s Family Center’s messenger supervision controls …
Read More »Flipper hacking device to sell $80M
Flipper Zero hacking device, a popular hacking device, may have caught your attention. The 2020-founded company left Russia at the war’s start and moved on. After selling almost $5 million in Kickstarter preorders, it claims it will sell $80 million in products this year and $25 million last year. They …
Read More »DeepMind’s next chatbot will challenge ChatGPT
ChatGPT may have captivated the world. However, Google-owned DeepMind claims that its next large language model will surpass OpenAI’s. Wired reports that DeepMind is using AlphaGo’s techniques to create Gemini, a ChatGPT-rivaling chatbot. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told Wired that Gemini will solve problems and plan. Hassabis described Gemini as …
Read More »SnapCalorie estimates food calories from photos using AI
Wade Norris wanted to create a life-changing project at Google. He co-founded Google Lens, a computer vision app that displays object information. It didn’t satisfy. Norris and aerospace systems engineer Scott Baron founded SnapCalorie, a health-focused startup, several years ago. AI-powered SnapCalorie estimates a meal’s calories and macronutrients from a …
Read More »Adobe indemnity clause eases enterprise concerns about AI-generated art
Adobe knows enterprise users worry about permissions for generative AI artwork. Adobe Firefly, the company’s generative AI art creation tool, generates copyright claims. The company specifically mentions enterprise customers in its clause statement: With Firefly, Adobe will also be offering enterprise customers an IP indemnity, which means that Adobe would …
Read More »IBM buys Apptio from Vista for $4.6B cash to expand hybrid cloud services
As cloud architecture becomes more widespread, many organizations are adopting a hybrid approach, combining SaaS in private and public clouds with on-premises products. IBM bought Apptio, a hybrid data tracking platform, for $4.6 billion in cash today, doubling down on the hybrid concept. IBM plans to use Apptio alongside its …
Read More »Lucid helps Aston Martin develop electric cars
The luxury all-electric Air sedan maker Lucid Group will supply Aston Martin with powertrain components for future electric vehicles, the companies announced Monday. The iconic British luxury automaker plans to launch an EV in 2025. Lucid can now supply and diversify its revenue streams with the agreement. Lucid has missed …
Read More »Rocket Lab doubles marine booster recovery with next Electron launch
Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will attempt marine booster recovery, the latest step in its reusability program. “Baby Come Back” will launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Launch begins July 14. The Electron rocket will launch four NASA CubeSats, two Spire Global radio frequency …
Read More »Apple restarts talks for Apple Pay launch in India
According to two sources, Apple has been in talks with NPCI to launch Apple Pay in South Asia, hoping to compete with Walmart’s PhonePe, Google’s GPay, and Paytm. People familiar with the matter said Apple is working on a localized version of Apple Pay that works with UPI, a popular …
Read More »Inflection’s foundation AI model competes with Google and OpenAI LLMs
Inflection, a well-funded AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” revealed the large language model powering its Pi conversational agent. Competition is good, but it’s hard to objectively and systematically assess these things’ quality. As measured by computing power used to train them, Inflection-1 is roughly GPT-3.5 (AKA …
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