Rebecca Falconer / Axios: Trump comes out in support of TikTok, saying a ban will help “Facebook and Zuckerschmuck” double their business and Facebook is the “true enemy of the people” — – Congress members were inundated with calls from angry constituents after TikTok told its users … Source link
WhatsApp chat history and media backups for Android users are stored separately from their Google account cloud storage. With backups of the popular instant messaging app not taking up space on Google accounts, Android users have had the benefit of additional cloud storage space available for their photos, videos, emails and other files. That is
Bloomberg: Sources: China is in the process of raising $27B+ for its largest chip fund ever to counter US curbs, with most of the capital expected from local governments — – Local government, SDIC may join China’s biggest-ever chip fund — Washington urges allies to tighten China export controls Source link
Google paid Samsung billions of dollars in order to make the search giant’s app store, assistant, search engine, and other services the default options on smartphones made by the latter, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic Games trial. On Monday, Google Vice President for Partnerships James Kolotouros revealed that
Addie Morfoot / Variety: How Netflix’s stand-up specials, COVID, and rise of platforms like TikTok and YouTube have transformed the comedy business, broadening comedians’ reach — Netflix, COVID and social media have been game changers for the comedy business, with the pandemic accelerating shifts already underway across the media landscape. Source link
The Last of Us season 2 will reportedly begin filming in early 2024. As per the FTIA production list, the second chapter is slated to shoot from January 7, 2024, onwards. The shooting schedule was delayed due to the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes — both of which have ended now. Considering the show was
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Evan Halper / Washington Post: US data center demand for AI and crypto mining are putting new pressures on an overtaxed power grid, as bottlenecks mount and utilities struggle to keep up — AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. Source link
Steam Deck OLED, Valve’s updated handheld gaming device, is launching later this week. Ahead of the Steam-powered console’s release, Valve has unveiled release timings. The handheld gaming device will be available to purchase November 16 at 10am PST in the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe via the Steam store. To combat scalpers who purchase
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Bloomberg: Tests show GPT 3.5 systematically produces biases that disadvantage protected groups based on their names alone when screening and ranking candidates for jobs — Recruiters are eager to use generative AI, but a Bloomberg experiment found bias against job candidates based on their names alone Source link
Telegram is working on releasing a visionOS app that will allow users to access the messaging app on the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset next year, and the app’s founder has revealed how the app will appear on Apple’s first spatial computer. Users will be able to access their chats via a translucent interface