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AI Summary

  • AI continues its aggressive integration across various sectors, from personal devices and dating apps to critical infrastructure like data centers receiving government-backed grid access, while companies like OpenAI gear up for potential IPOs and Amazon launches its own AI chips to challenge Nvidia.
  • The tech industry grapples with ethical and practical challenges, including lawsuits over self-driving feature promises (Rivian), concerns about AI's impact on dating, and government regulations on AI use, especially for children in Norway.
  • Major tech players are navigating complex market dynamics, with Apple opening its App Store to competition in Brazil, Google discontinuing some Nest devices, and Snap spinning off its AI video team into a new company, Dotmo, due to cost considerations.
  • The landscape of consumer tech sees new product launches and refreshes, including Akai's updated workstations and Hue's integration of non-smart lights, alongside a resurgence of interest in retro tech like old iPods and Game Boy cameras.
  • Cybersecurity remains a significant concern, highlighted by a major Texas government data breach exposing millions of personal records and the discovery of numerous GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware.

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  • Hue’s wired wall modules bring non-smart lights into its ecosystem an hour ago by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    News, Smart Home, Tech

    The new Wired Wall Switch Modules fit behind existing switches. | Image: Signify Smart lighting company Philips Hue has launched its first wired wall modules . Installed behind existing wall switches, the new devices bring non-smart lights into the Hue ecosystem for the first time. Hue also announced new Play table and floor lamps that are more affordable versions of its Signe series , along with upgrades to its E14 candle bulbs that add a broader white light spectrum and Matter-over-Thread compatibility. The new lights are now available globally; however, the Wired Wall Switch Modules are Europe-only. Signify CTO George

  • The NTS Radio Player brings the best of internet radio to your hi-fi 3 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Entertainment, Gadgets, Music, News, Streaming, Tech

    Have I found my Chromecast Audio replacement? | Image: NTS Radio NTS Radio and Swedish audio company Atonemo have teamed up on a dedicated player that brings NTS's genre-defying mixes and streaming stations to almost any stereo or speaker setup. And, like Atonemo's existing Streamplayer , you can also listen to your favorite streaming services with it, using AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, or Tidal Connect. The $179 NTS Radio Player puts out 24-bit / 192kHz audio over a standard 3.5mm audio jack and comes with an adapter cable for connecting to RCA on your vintage hi-fi system, or

  • The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM 4 hours ago by Hayden Field
    AI, News, OpenAI

    Luca Guadagnino's film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial , has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman's termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in the works for about a year . The cast also includes A Complete Unknown actress Monica Barbaro as OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk, and Anora 's Yura Borisov as OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. In a statement to Deadline , the studio said it believes the movie "will be better served if it were released

  • Our long national sunscreen nightmare is almost over 4 hours ago by Victoria Song
    Column, Health, Optimizer, Science

    You need a quarter teaspoon for your face alone, a half teaspoon if you include the neck (which you should!) This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . On TikTok, the tanned youths are explaining why they no longer wear sunscreen. In one video, a young man films himself in the ocean while describing how you can naturally build up a "solar callus" or sun tolerance to getting burned. ( You

  • T1 Phone PR firm is ‘not assisting Trump Mobile any further’ 5 hours ago by Dominic Preston
    Gadgets, Mobile, Phones, Policy, Politics, Tech

    Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week we received unexpected news from Trump Mobile's media relations manager. If you've been following my reporting on the Trump phone, you'll know that Trump Mobile doesn't exactly keep open lines of communication with the media. That doesn't look to be changing, with the company no longer working with its long-term media relations firm. Poplar Group has represented Trump Mobile since at least last June, when the company's founding partner Chris Walker gave a statement to


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