Hugo Barra / Hugo’s Blog: A deep dive into Vision Pro by Meta’s ex-VP of VR Hugo Barra: the audacity of Apple’s hardware decisions, a dull software story, how Meta can respond, and more  —  Friends and colleagues have been asking me to share my perspective on the Apple Vision Pro as a product. Source

Amazon is handing out some of the biggest discounts on a wide range of items during its Great Indian Festival sale that kicked off for Prime members in India on October 7 and for all others in the country on October 8. The sale is in its last leg, with the Finale Days that started

Bloomberg: Letter: Chamath Palihapitiya’s VC firm Social Capital said it fired two of its partners, citing an undisclosed “situation”, and hired a law firm to investigate  —  – Social Capital has declined to explain the sudden move  — High-profile firm said undisclosed ‘situation’ led to firing Source link

Amazon Great Indian Festival Finale Days Sale is live for a few more days with up to 40 percent savings on Wi-Fi routers and hotspots. The month-long sale started on October 8 with hundreds of deals and bundled offers on thousands of products and will end on November 10. Besides the regular discounts, the online

Financial Times: Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over fears of breaking US export controls and sanctions  —  Samsung and SK Hynix have been storing used machines in warehouses as US-China tensions rise  —  Samsung and SK Hynix … Source link

What are the biggest TV shows and web series coming to streaming in November 2023? The overtly gory animated series Invincible returns for a second run, as our titular teenage superhero struggles to rebuild his new life out of fear that he might end up evil, like his father Omni-Man. Bringing back Oscar-nominee Steven Yeun

Financial Times: As global chip companies seek a backup to China, Malaysia becomes a surprise investment destination, thanks to a background in packaging, assembly, and testing  —  Tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia Source link

Opera One, the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered browser, is starting a new AI Features Drop programme, it announced on March 8. The programme will allow users who sign up to access the developer build of the browser and test out the new features before it becomes available for the general public. The AI features on

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: GM, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, and others added optional features in their apps to rate people’s driving in recent years, offering the data to brokers like LexisNexis  —  LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars … Source

Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would open-source its ChatGPT challenger “Grok” this week, days after he sued OpenAI for abandoning its original mission in favor of a for-profit model. The billionaire has warned on several occasions against the use of technology for profit by big technology companies such as Google.