What to expect at Google I/O 2025: an updated Gemini Ultra model, updates for Android 16, Project Astra AI assistant, and Project Mariner AI agents, and more
Google I/O, Google's biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us. — Scheduled for May 20 to 21 …
Microsoft plans to adopt the same plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT, enabling interoperability across ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot offerings
We are showcasing how AI is redefining what developers build, as well as how AI is accelerating new business value. … Mastodon: Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung@mastodon.social : Imagine b...
Prominent open source advocate Miguel de Icaza is leaving Microsoft, which he joined in 2016 when it acquired Xamarin
Former Xamarin cofounder Miguel de Icaza is leaving Microsoft, the company he joined through acquisition just over six years ago. — Well-known open source advocate …
Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me”
Meta. Metamates. Me. — At a virtual all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Facebook escalated its attempts …
Source: Facebook is planning to change its company name to reflect its focus on the metaverse as soon as next week at Connect, its annual AR/VR conference
Mark Zuckerberg wants to be known for building the metaverse — Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect …
Source: Facebook is planning to change its company name to reflect its focus on the metaverse as soon as next week at Connect, its annual AR/VR conference
Mark Zuckerberg wants to be known for building the metaverse — Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect …
Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with the regulator that have lasted almost six months
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[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation
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Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo
At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
On June 8, Amazon devices will join its Sidewalk wireless mesh network in select countries, sharing a slice of bandwidth with neighbors, unless users opt out
Amazon's experimental wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs. — If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device …
The singer Grimes made $5.8M selling ~10 pieces of NFT-based artwork within 20 minutes of debuting her collection on trading platform Nifty Gateway on Sunday
- Grimes launched a digital art collection titled “WarNymph” on Sunday. — The singer has already earned over $5.8 million from the collection.
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level
Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
Microsoft adopts 10 “principles” for its app store, including letting developers choose a payment system for IAPs, that it says should be a model for others
In a not-so-subtle dig at Apple and Google, Microsoft today announced a series of “principles” for its Windows 10 App Store …
Sources: Microsoft's Phil Spencer told employees that Game Pass will absolutely be on iOS and iPadOS in 2021 via a “direct browser-based solution”
- Microsoft last month officially added a key feature to Game Pass, its Netflix-style subscription library of Xbox games …
Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, revealed a prototype showing readings from a pig's brain using a coin-shaped device implanted under skull
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Twitter removes a video tribute to George Floyd posted by Trump's campaign, saying it received a complaint from a copyright owner of at least one image
Twitter on Thursday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump's reelection campaign, claiming it had run afoul …
Facebook ran an ad for 5 days from a GOP Congressional candidate that urged people to shoot “looting hoards from Atlanta”; ad removed after journalist inquiry
Whether He Likes It or Not Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg : Questioned by lawmakers from the UK's DCMS committee, Monika Bickert claims to have not seen the open letter critical of Facebo...
Microsoft and Amazon exchange acerbic blog posts, accusing each other of underhanded tactics in their fight over the DoD JEDI cloud infrastructure contract
this time against Pentagon's corrective action Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central : Microsoft and Amazon trade more jabs in fight over DoD JEDI contract Ashley Stewart / Busines...
Microsoft teams up with Warner Bros to store and retrieve the 1978 movie Superman on a piece of glass as a proof of concept test for Project Silica research
Microsoft and Warner Bros. have collaborated to successfully store and retrieve the entire 1978 iconic “Superman” …