[ad_1] SpaceX’s dream for a million data centers in space is veering closer to reality than science fiction. On May 29, the company submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission that answered questions about its plan. Ten days later, Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, sat down for a video interview posted on … Read More “SpaceX Wants to Launch 1 Million AI Data Center Satellites. Experts Share the High Cost of Turning Space Into a Junkyard” »
[ad_1] You can save on a big set of outdoor security cameras ahead of Prime Day. Amazon has a five-pack of Blink cameras with a video doorbell included that’s marked down to $166.99. The bundle includes a Blink Battery Doorbell 2K+, five Blink Outdoor 2K+ cameras, and a Blink Sync Module Core. The doorbell is … Read More “Blink’s six-piece outdoor camera kit is a great deal under $200” »
[ad_1] Meta on Wednesday previewed upcoming additions to its video-editing app Edits at an invite-only creator event in L.A., showing off features like a new AI assistant and a desktop version of the previously mobile-only app. The company also announced other new tools will launch in the app today, such as a “Beta” tab for … Read More “Meta’s Edits app is getting an AI assistant and a desktop version” »
[ad_1] Back in November of last year, Meta banned third-party chatbots in WhatsApp, but of course the company has its own one built right in. The EU authorities have taken issue with this, and the European Commission (EC) specifically has now ordered Meta to restore access to “rival general-purpose AI assistants” in WhatsApp for free, … Read More “European Commission forces Meta to accept third-party chatbots in WhatsApp for free” »
[ad_1] The arrival of a touchscreen MacBook is certain, according to anonymous leaker Instant Digital. Posting on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, the leaker says a touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed.” This is far from the first rumor of a touchscreen MacBook, and it doesn’t give us any better idea of Apple’s timing for … Read More “A Touchscreen MacBook Is ‘100% Confirmed,’ Says Leaker” »
[ad_1] Legal teams that are increasingly relying on AI tools to help generate some of their legal work are doing so at their peril. In a recent Mississippi case in federal court, lawyers on both sides of a dispute over a solar project’s fees were disciplined for using AI software that hallucinated cases or included … Read More “Lawyers Are Getting in Trouble for AI-Generated Filings” »
[ad_1] Just 100 days ago, when new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma replaced long-serving executive Phil Spencer, she said she’d work to “understand what makes [Xbox] work and protect it.” Now, Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty have laid out the many things that are not working for the Xbox brand in a brutal … Read More ““This cannot continue”: Xbox leaders lay out “hard truths” behind sagging brand” »
[ad_1] Deployment is the moment when code stops being a developer’s problem and becomes everyone’s. It is the act of taking something that worked on a build server and putting it in front of real users, on real infrastructure, and handling real traffic. For a long time, this moment was riskier than it had any … Read More “From Big-Bang to Progressive Delivery” »
[ad_1] The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me. Today, we cover: Anthropic alienates customers with Fable’s data retention and nerf policies. Anthropic’s latest mode, Fable, stores customer prompts and data for 30+ days and … Read More “Did Anthropic’s new model just boost rival Codex’s market share?” »
[ad_1] The skyrocketing costs of memory chips are changing the product mix of smartphone makers – cheaper, lower-margin phones aren’t selling so well, while pricier, high-performance models have bigger margins that helped them to absorb the blow. All of this has had an effect on the chipset market for smartphones, reports Counterpoint. MediaTek remains the … Read More “Counterpoint: shipments of MediaTek and Qualcomm chipsets decline” »
