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  • X, formerly Twitter, is now open-sourcing its ranking algorithm, aiming for greater transparency and allowing users to investigate potential 'shadowbanning'.
  • Microsoft is streamlining its AI efforts by discontinuing less successful features and consolidating its separate Copilot applications into a unified experience.
  • Nvidia is reportedly planning a massive $500 billion investment, a high-stakes move that could significantly impact the market for aging GPUs.
  • Apple is reportedly in discussions with publishers to compensate them for providing news content to Siri, potentially reshaping how voice assistants access information.
  • In a notable shift, the U.S. government is considering allowing select private companies to conduct offensive cyberattacks, raising complex ethical and security questions.

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  • Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams an hour ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Meta, News, Security, Tech

    Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious messages. Earlier this year, Meta also launched scam detection for device linking requests on WhatsApp. The new Scam Alert feature, which is rolling out in a limited beta, shows users a warning if a chat seems like a scam: If the model identifies a message as a likely scam attempt, the user sees a warning in the chat, which is not visible to the other person. From there, the user can decide what to do: block, report, or continue the conversation. If

  • The Corvette Grand Sport X delivers Porsche 911 performance for a fraction of the price an hour ago by Lawrence Ulrich
    Chevy, Electric Cars, GM, Reviews, Tech, Transportation

    My drive of the 2027 Corvette Grand Sport X began under oily black clouds, a torrential weather front releasing its grip on Manhattan - an inauspicious start for any mega-powered sports car. Rain pelted the waterlogged pavement, as I set course for the mountain-man roads of the Catskills, then on to Long Island and New England over three days. Fortunately, this Grand Sport, a name synonymous with value among Corvette fans, was the first of its kind: A 721-horsepower super-hybrid with a brainy, confidence-boosting AWD system. I popped the Corvette into Sport mode, Wet mode be damned. Finding tire grip

  • Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool an hour ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, Entertainment, Music, News

    Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support. Suno says that MIDI was its most requested feature, and it's basically a prerequisite for any modern DAW. Unfortunately, Suno Studio doesn't appear to support third-party plugins or VSTs yet, so you're stuck using its proprietary built-in synth. That synth appears to be a basic two-oscillator wavetable plugin with three envelopes and four envelopes. The point is less about using your favorite Arturia vintag

  • I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human 2 hours ago by Charles Pulliam-Moore
    AI, Entertainment, Film, Report

    Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the guys chortling and trying to one-up each other's idealized visions of the future with a series of increasingly glitzy fantasies in which their fame leads to access to groupies and lavish parties on luxurious boats. Imagine these men are actually characters in a film - one filled with hyperkinetic smash cuts to action sequences in which they're fighting or running from armed goons. This movie might be the sort of feature you'd expect

  • This is Instagram’s new logo 2 hours ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Design, Instagram, Meta, News, Tech

    It’s certainly… different. | Image: Meta Instagram has unveiled a new wordmark, moving away from the recognizable cursive typeface it's used over the last decade. The updated wordmark is a strange mix of half-cursive half-print that's somehow less legible than its predecessor. Like, that totally says "Instagzam," right? "The wordmark at the top of the app hasn't changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh," Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on his account . "Cleaner and more modern, with references to the original and the simplicity and craft that's always made it Instagram." Mosseri is seemingly aware


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