2024-09-10
Apple's Jeff Williams, Tim Cook's second-in-command, introduces Apple Watch Series 10. Thinnest, lightest wearable so far (and it now comes in black aluminum). #AppleEvent [image]
9to5Mac
Apple debuts Apple Watch Series 10, with a thinner design, a bigger screen, smaller bezels, a Jet Black finish, faster charging, more, coming Sept. 20 for $399+
similar to the Series 9 — but they are in other regions. Apple, however, is not advertising the O2 sensor on any page in any region. … Victoria Song / @vicmsong : Fast charging de...
2024-05-15
Google says its new text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, has gone through extensive “red testing” — hopefully will avoid problems seen in its Gemini image generator in February. #GoogleIO2024
Engadget
Google debuts Veo, a text-to-video model that outputs at 1080p resolution, and Imagen 3, its highest quality image generation model with improved text rendering
Google says its new text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, has gone through extensive “red testing” — hopefully will avoid problems seen in its Gemini image generator in February. #GoogleIO2024
CNET
Google unveils Music AI Sandbox, a suite of music tools that include the ability to create loops via text, without disclosing a public launch date
Exciting news from Google at #IO2024 🎉 We introduced #Veo and #Imagen3 … See also Mediagazer
Gemini TOS, 5/14/24 update: Some of our Services allow you to generate original content. Google won't claim ownership over that content. You acknowledge... Google may generate the same or similar content for others and that we reserve all rights to do so." https://ai.google.dev/...
TechCrunch
Google announces a private preview of a new Gemini 1.5 Pro version that can take in up to 2M tokens, twice its predecessor and rivals like Anthropic's Claude 3
Gemini, Google's family of generative AI models, can now analyze longer documents, codebases, videos and audio recordings than before.
2023-05-11
This also speaks to Google's market power and reach. https://twitter.com/...
Google on YouTube
A video of the Google I/O 2023 keynote, where the company announced the Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, its PaLM 2 general-use LLM, Search updates, and more
Tune in to find out how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Google says it's working to manage the tension between being ‘bold and responsible.’ Governments concerned too, which is why Biden hosted a few tech CEOs at White House last week, including Google's Sundar Pichai. 1/2 https://twitter.com/...
Google on YouTube
A video of the Google I/O 2023 keynote, where the company announced the Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, its PaLM 2 general-use LLM, Search updates, and more
Tune in to find out how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Worth a watch: These kinds of capabilities will change the way all online retailers deliver shopping experiences using generative #AI. #GoogleIO https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Google shows AI features coming to Search, including an AI-powered “snapshot” that summarizes search results with links to sites “corroborating” the information
Google is moving slowly and carefully to make AI happen. Maybe too slowly and too carefully for some people.
Google Photos: 1.7 billion photos are edited each month. Sundar Pichai says using AI, you can do more w/an editing tool called Magic Editor. Pretty crazy how easily you can manipulate images - moving people & generating new background info. Available later this year. #GoogleIO
Google on YouTube
A video of the Google I/O 2023 keynote, where the company announced the Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, its PaLM 2 general-use LLM, Search updates, and more
Tune in to find out how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
2023-04-12
@waltmossberg @Apple I met Katie when she was working first for Gil Amelio then for Steve Jobs. She was always a champion of all things Apple. We had some memorable exchanges over the years, and I will remember her as a professional who was passionate about the work she did.
Bloomberg
Katie Cotton, who was Apple's VP of worldwide communications for 18 years and mostly worked directly for Steve Jobs before retiring in 2014, died on April 6
2023-04-11
@waltmossberg @Apple I met Katie when she was working first for Gil Amelio then for Steve Jobs. She was always a champion of all things Apple. We had some memorable exchanges over the years, and I will remember her as a professional who was passionate about the work she did.
Bloomberg
Katie Cotton, Apple's former VP of worldwide communications for 18 years, who mostly worked directly for Steve Jobs before retiring in 2014, died on April 6
Katie Cotton, a longtime Apple Inc. communications chief who served as a steward for the company's iconic brand during the Steve Jobs era and beyond, has died.
2023-02-24
Meta plans to do better at explaining to FB users why it removed their post before the company resorts to longer account restrictions. “The vast majority of people...are well-intentioned,” says Monika Bickert, Meta's VP of content policy. @QWongSJ reports.https://www.cnet.com/ ...
TechCrunch
Meta reforms its penalty system using Oversight Board recommendations to focus more on explaining its content removals and less on giving users posting timeouts
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2023-02-02
Exclusive: With its new 200-megapixel image sensor, Samsung aims to give smartphone photographers a camera that takes detailed photos & works w/challenging lighting conditions. The Isocell HP2 is in mass production. Tip @Techmeme https://www.cnet.com/...
The Verge
Samsung debuts the $1,200+ Galaxy S23 Ultra, similar to the S22 Ultra but with a 200MP camera, more robust optical image stabilization, and better battery life
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is an S22 Ultra with an extra layer of polish — figuratively speaking.
Samsung is expanding its Ultra branding to its laptops, though they're not powered by the same chips as the S23 series. Instead, it's powered by chips from Intel & Nvidia. It has larger screens, a 3K display, bigger touchpad. #SamsungUnpacked. https://www.cnet.com/...
Engadget
Samsung refreshes its Galaxy Book lineup, adding the Galaxy Book3 Ultra with a 16" 120Hz 3K display and Nvidia's RTX 4050 or 4070, coming February 17 from $2.4K
2023-01-26
We're committed to being part of the conversation about ethics, disclosures, attribution & the role of humans in this new world of AI-assisted storytelling. CNET stands by the quality of our work & we'll keep testing/embracing new ideas because we believe tech makes life better.
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CNET's EIC reflects on the outlet's AI use and lessons learned, like ensuring that bylines and disclosures are visible and plagiarism checks are done properly
New tools are accelerating change in the publishing industry. We're going to help shape that change.
Our work with a custom AI tool for some CNET Money basic explainers, which the team started publishing in November, has prompted a lot of discussion this month. We said we'd share our early learnings from our review, including our mistakes. Here they are. https://www.cnet.com/...
CNET
CNET's EIC reflects on the outlet's AI use and lessons learned, like ensuring that bylines and disclosures are visible and plagiarism checks are done properly
New tools are accelerating change in the publishing industry. We're going to help shape that change.
Our test was on financial services explainers and it was small - about 77 stories, which represents about 1% of the total articles published on our site during the same time. They're short, dictionary-like recaps that, by design, are intended to be straightforward.
CNET
CNET's EIC reflects on the outlet's AI use and lessons learned, like ensuring that bylines and disclosures are visible and plagiarism checks are done properly
New tools are accelerating change in the publishing industry. We're going to help shape that change.
2023-01-13
Even as we test an AI engine for story drafts or to gather info for basic explainers, every @CNET story continues to be reviewed, fact-checked by a knowledgeable editor. Our rep as a trusted source for fact-based news and advice matters. #JournalismMatters.https://www.cnet.com / ...
CNET
After a report that it is using AI for writing articles, CNET explains its test, changes the byline on AI-written posts, and makes disclosures more prominent
For over two decades, CNET has built our reputation testing new technologies and separating the hype from reality.
2021-12-11
Worth a read by @QWongSJ: Yes, Oculus & Echo VR, both owned by Facebook/Meta, have ways to report users who violate their rules. But people been harassed or see bad behavior in virtual environments say the company process deters them from filing a report. https://www.cnet.com/...
CNET
Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power
Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game. Tweets: @techledes , @jeskillings , @avibarzeev , and @stshank Tweets: ...
2021-11-30
In 280 characters or less, how would you want people to summarize your tenure as CEO @jack? https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives
A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges.
2021-10-18
“I have this deep-seated belief that people don't realize their full potential because they're too afraid to fail & make mistakes,” @MichaelDell tells me for CNET's Now What series. Tx also for sharing your #SteveJobs story on the Mac deal that never was. https://www.cnet.com/...
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