Experts say China is behind the US in AI tools like ChatGPT due to censorship, geopolitical tensions, and the government's growing control of the private sector
A Wharton School professor whose classes required using ChatGPT to write essays says students fact-checked and quickly understood AI's accuracy and bias issues
(Spoiler alert: it has been very successful, but there are some lessons to be learned) — I fully embraced AI for my classes … Tweets: @doakshannon , @emollick , @emollick , @tung...
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Empl...
Police officers in Beverly Hills have played licensed music while being filmed by citizens, seemingly in an effort to trigger social networks' copyright filters
Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.
Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump's campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence
Financial-technology company's move follows last week's riot at the Capitol — Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments …
A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Apple, Snapchat, TikTok, Shopify, Pinterest, and more
The first inkling I had that something was very wrong … Cameron Peters / Vox : Every online platform that has cracked down on Trump Will Chamberlain / New York Post : Rein in abusi...
A list of things pundits are getting wrong about “precedent-setting” events like deplatforming Trump, QAnon purge, Parler ban, and no #1984 hashtag on Twitter
not by a long shot. I would suggest that that occurred two years ago, when Twitter kicked off more than a million alleged ISIS accounts with zero transparency and the “freeze peach...
Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump's campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence
Financial-technology company's move follows last week's riot at the Capitol — Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments …
Source: Amazon's acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M
Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music
Wondery will be a part of Amazon Music, which launched podcasting in September. — Amazon is also exploring podcasts for Audible and local. — The company owns a sizable chunk of the...
Source: Amazon's acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M
The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video. — Amazon is acquiring Wondery …
Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music
We've signed an agreement to acquire Wondery, a top-rated podcast creator and producer that entertains and educates listeners. — We're pleased to announce that Wondery—an innovat...
Pornhub appears to be only accepting cryptocurrency for its premium service after Visa and Mastercard cut off payments to the website last week
It appears that Pornhub, the world's largest adult website, is only accepting crypto for its premium service.
Pornhub says it has removed all videos from unverified accounts from its platform; the number of hosted videos dropped from 13.5M to 7.2M
More Than 10 Million Videos — From Its Site Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Pornhub suspends over 10 million videos to eradicate illegal content Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up ...
Adobe has released its final scheduled Flash Player update for all regions outside of mainland China and will block Flash content from January 12
Adobe releases final Flash update with stronger language asking users to uninstall the app before its EOL. — Adobe has released on Tuesday …
Apple will reduce its App Store cut to 15% from any developer who earns less than $1M in revenue per year from all their apps, starting January 1
but there's a catch Firstpost Tech : Apple to cut App Store commission from 30 to 15 percent for developers with up to $1 million annual revenue Stephen Warwick / iMore : Fury as T...
Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15% for any developer that earns less than $1M in revenue per year from their apps, starting January 1
Any developer that earns less than $1 million in revenue per year is eligible — On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App …
Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week
A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …
GitHub removes 18 projects related to YouTube download library youtube-dl after RIAA sent a letter saying it enabled infringement
Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and service...
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.