Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main. X now allows verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers to publish long-form “Articles.” The feature adds a basic text-editing interface that includes embedded media and some text formatting options, […]
Month: March 2024
India’s Election Commission fixes privacy flaws that exposed citizens’ information-seeking data
India’s federal election commission has fixed flaws on its website that exposed data related to citizens’ requests for information related to their voting eligibility status, local political candidates and parties, and technical details about electronic voting machines. India is heading for its next general elections, […]
Worldcoin says it’s filing legal challenge to Spain’s temporary ban
A German subsidiary involved in Sam Altman’s controvercial crypto blockchain digital identity business, Worldcoin, was reported Friday to have filed a legal challenge against a suspension order from Spain’s data protection authority. Earlier this week it emerged that the Spanish authority, the AEPD, had instructed […]
Inflection AI launches new model for Pi chatbot, nearly matches GPT-4
Inflection AI’s latest model, Inflection-2.5, achieved 94% of GPT-4’s performance but took only 40% of compute for training.
Nvidia GTC 2024 preview — AI marches forward | Greg Estes
Nvidia’s GTC 2024 event is back in person in San Jose on March 18 to March 20, and it should draw more than 16,000 people in person.
Here’s where you can preorder Apple’s new M3-powered MacBook Air
The new MacBook Airs are equipped with the M3 chip, which allows for CPU and GPU improvements. | Image: Apple There’s a new MacBook in town. Following months of rumors, Apple has announced a new pair of entry-level laptops, both equipped with Apple’s latest M3 […]
iRobot’s Roomba 694 is back on sale for $180
The iRobot Roomba 694 is back on sale for $180 via Amazon, which is a savings of 35 percent or $95. This isn’t the lowest price ever for the well-regarded robovac, but it’s darned close. There likely won’t be a price drop this stark until […]
Stephen Dubner is bullish on the podcast industry
Stephen Dubner speaking at On Air Fest | Alexa Hoyer This is an excerpt of an interview that took place at On Air Fest on March 1st between Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner and Hot Pod reporter Ariel Shapiro. The conversation has been condensed and […]
TikTok hijacks the For You page with call to action on ban
When some American users opened TikTok on Thursday morning, they were met with a full-screen message encouraging them to call Congress and say no to a TikTok ban. “Speak up now — before your government strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free […]
Nikon buys film camera maker RED
Ever heard of Oakley Sunglasses? The guy who founded that – Jim Jannard – became a billionaire after selling a lot of sunnies, then went on to found RED digital cinema, one of the first major digital cinema camera brands. Today, Nikon announced that Nikon […]