How to set storage limit for YouTube download to save storage space on the phone

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Bluesky, which has ~55,000 users, feels absolutely wild, highlighted by the CEO pleading to stop "skeets" and increasingly weird struggles over norms and vibes (Sarah Jeong/The Verge)

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Bluesky, which has ~55,000 users, feels absolutely wild, highlighted by the CEO pleading to stop “skeets” and increasingly weird struggles over norms and vibes  —  Early last week, barely anyone had heard of Bluesky.  On Wednesday, it was just one of many alternatives vying …

Mozilla acquires fake review detection startup ‘Fakespot’

With Fakespot, the company said that Firefox users will have access to a trustworthy shopping tool that will help improve the ecommerce experience. https://ift.tt/P5K1C98

A guide to how quantum computing, qubits, and "quantum algorithms" work, the biggest challenges, government involvement, and potential for hacking, or "Q-day" (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A guide to how quantum computing, qubits, and “quantum algorithms” work, the biggest challenges, government involvement, and potential for hacking, or “Q-day”  —  The next generation of quantum computers will open a new world of possibilities, but also pose enormous risks to our online security

How to disable Smart downloads on YouTube to free up space

YouTube Premium's Smart downloads feature automatically downloads videos in the background based on your viewing history, using up valuable device storage. However, users can toggle this feature off in the Downloads section of the app. https://ift.tt/Dwe0TSO

Reddit’s latest update improves content sharing with other platforms: How will it help users

Reddit has added rich previews for content sharing across its Android and iPhone apps to enable users to find and share content to platforms like iMessage and Instagram. With its new tools, the platform will also allow publishers to show Reddit content on their own platforms. The app's latest update now includes a new shortcut to help share posts without saving images to a device. https://ift.tt/efT1Hws

Sources detail Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a success; the sophisticated AI-based fitness service was undone due to "significant headwinds" and low sales (Chris Welch/The Verge)

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Sources detail Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a success; the sophisticated AI-based fitness service was undone due to “significant headwinds” and low sales  —  A redesigned Halo service was due this fall with an AI-powered personal trainer, celebrity-led fitness classes, and even Apple Watch support.

Amazon launches free, ad-supported Fire TV Channels

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Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, $761M in adjusted EBITDA, up from $593M in Q1 2022, and a $157M loss (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal:
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, $761M in adjusted EBITDA, up from $593M in Q1 2022, and a $157M loss  —  Ride-hailing leader predicts continuing growth for current quarter  —  Continued demand for Uber Technologies ' ride-share …

The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike (Lucas Ropek/Gizmodo)

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The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike  —  The entertainment industry is in the throes of a labor dispute and more than a few of the sticking points involve recent technological changes.

Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow launches Love.com, a marketplace with 600+ health supplements that raised $15M+; Breslow famously attacked Stripe's founders (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

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Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow launches Love.com, a marketplace with 600+ health supplements that raised $15M+; Breslow famously attacked Stripe's founders  —  Wellness startup Love, the latest company co-founded by Silicon Valley's favorite provocateur Ryan Breslow, is open for business.

Vivo Y36 4G spotted on Bluetooth SIG certification: Likely specs and more

Vivo Y36 is reportedly in the works. The company is working on adding other smartphones under its Y-series of smartphones. Vivo Y36 4G will succeed the Vivo Y35, launched in August 2022. While we await an official announcement, the device has been listed on the Bluetooth SIG certification revealing some key details. https://ift.tt/C43aLPR

A profile and interview of Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the foundations for LLMs via backpropagation, worked with OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

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A profile and interview of Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the foundations for LLMs via backpropagation, worked with OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and more  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”

As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek to regulate the use of AI-produced material (New York Times)

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As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek to regulate the use of AI-produced material  —  As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.

Carmakers and IP experts raise concerns over the rising dominance of Chinese companies like Huawei when it comes to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standard essential patents (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Carmakers and IP experts raise concerns over the rising dominance of Chinese companies like Huawei when it comes to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standard essential patents  —  Led by Huawei, Chinese groups are filing patents around the tech that enables products to access the internet