Xiaomi Civi 3 with dual 32MP front cameras launched in China: All the details

Xiaomi has announced a new smartphone in the Civi series, the Civi 3. The smartphone focuses highly on the cameras, featuring a 32MP dual camera setup on the front and a 50MP led camera setup on the back. Here’s everything you need to know about the Xiaomi Civi 3. The Xiaomi Civi 3 starts at 2,499 yuan (around Rs 29,200). https://ift.tt/iOUZdGB

Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war (Access Now)

Access Now:
Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war  —  The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …

Google DeepMind shows how its visual language model Flamingo is generating descriptions for YouTube Shorts based on metadata, helping improve discoverability (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google DeepMind shows how its visual language model Flamingo is generating descriptions for YouTube Shorts based on metadata, helping improve discoverability  —  Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details …

You may soon be able to set a unique username on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has been working on numerous useful features which promise to enhance the user experience. Now a new report has surfaced online suggesting that WhatsApp is working on other interesting features. The Meta-owned platform will soon enable users to add a unique username to their WhatsApp account. https://ift.tt/pUorV0W

Vivo S17, Vivo S17 Pro confirmed to launch in China on May 31

Vivo is to expand its product portfolio in the Chinese market. The company has announced the launch dates of the Vivo S17 and Vivo S17 Pro models. The series succeeds the Vivo S16 series launched in China in December 2022. Recently, Vivo introduced the Vivo S17e in its home market. The Chinese smartphone maker has scheduled the launch date of the Vivo S17 series in China on May 31. https://ift.tt/EHGNwpP

A look at AI-generated podcasts, like "The Joe Rogan AI Experience" and "Myself, I Am and That", created using AI voice tools from ElevenLabs and other startups (Kate Knibbs/Wired)

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A look at AI-generated podcasts, like “The Joe Rogan AI Experience” and “Myself, I Am and That”, created using AI voice tools from ElevenLabs and other startups  —  Inside the strange world of podcasts made by artificial intelligence, where even creators aren't sure who wants to hear robot chit-chat.

Oppo Reno 10 series announced in China: All the details

Oppo has announced the Reno 10 series in China, including three models – Reno 10, Reno 10 Pro, and Reno 10 Pro+. The Reno 10 Pro models bring back the periscope camera after the Reno 10x Zoom. Here’s everything you need to know about Oppo’s Reno 10 series. https://ift.tt/Z7t8o2I

Hands-on with Sudowrite's Story Engine, a generative AI tool for long-form fiction that works better than previous options but still has big limitations (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Sudowrite's Story Engine, a generative AI tool for long-form fiction that works better than previous options but still has big limitations  —  Thoughts are swarming my mind like a nest of cyber-rats. … Last week, generative fiction tool Sudowrite launched a system for writing whole novels.

Microsoft's Azure AI Studio will let customers build their own 'Copilot'

Azure AI Studio will provide tools to businesses and developers to build a new capability within the Azure OpenAI Service to combine OpenAI chatbots with their own data to build a chat assistant or an app. The company mentioned that the Azure OpenAI Service is already benefitting more than 4,500 companies, including Coursera, Grammarly, Volvo and IKEA. https://ift.tt/Fj7W61H

US filing: South Korea, Samsung, and SK Hynix ask the US to review its chip subsidy criteria, concerned over the impact on limiting chip investment in China (Soo-Hyang Choi/Reuters)

Soo-Hyang Choi / Reuters:
US filing: South Korea, Samsung, and SK Hynix ask the US to review its chip subsidy criteria, concerned over the impact on limiting chip investment in China  —  South Korea has asked Washington to review its criteria for new semiconductor subsidies, concerned over the impact of rules …

OnePlus 115G Marble Odyssey edition smartphone confirmed to launch in India soon

OnePlus launched its flagship smartphone -- OnePlus 11 earlier this year in India. The Chinese smartphone maker is now all set to launch a new variant of the smartphone in India. https://ift.tt/WxseSQc

Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta for $53M in cash, after the UK CMA blocked Meta's acquisition in 2022; Meta can still access Giphy content (Yuvraj Malik/Reuters)

Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta for $53M in cash, after the UK CMA blocked Meta's acquisition in 2022; Meta can still access Giphy content  —  Stock photos repository Shutterstock Inc (SSTK.N) said on Tuesday it would buy animated-images platform Giphy Inc from Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) for $53 million in cash.

Adobe launches Generative Fill for Photoshop, one of the first Creative Cloud apps to use its generative AI Firefly tool, in beta, rolling out fully in H2 2023 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe launches Generative Fill for Photoshop, one of the first Creative Cloud apps to use its generative AI Firefly tool, in beta, rolling out fully in H2 2023  —  / Generative Fill will arrive in Photoshop in ‘the second half of 2023.’  —  Adobe Photoshop is getting a new generative AI tool …

Motorola Edge 40 vs Motorola Edge 30: What customers will get by paying Rs 5,000 extra

Motorola Edge 40 is here. Lenovo-owned Motorola expanded its premium smartphone lineup in India with the launch of Motorola Edge 40 in India. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity chipset. The smartphone runs Android 13 operating system and it features an FHD+ display. https://ift.tt/Od9XeKs

Warner Bros. Discovery launches Max, offering substantially more 4K content than HBO Max via its $19.99 per month Ultimate plan, above the $15.99 ad-free plan (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
Warner Bros. Discovery launches Max, offering substantially more 4K content than HBO Max via its $19.99 per month Ultimate plan, above the $15.99 ad-free plan  —  When Max goes live on May 23rd, the new Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service will offer substantially more 4K entertainment than HBO Max ever did.