Tuesday, September 12, 2023

How to translate emails in Gmail app: Step-by-step guide

Whether you receive emails in a language you don't understand or want to read emails in their original language, here’s a step-by-step guide to show how you can use the translation feature on both Android and iOS devices. https://ift.tt/XGNw6Vc

Sources: in a first, Apple plans to make the India-built iPhone 15 available in the country and some other regions on the global sales debut day (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to make the India-built iPhone 15 available in the country and some other regions on the global sales debut day  —  - Devices from India to debut at same time as China-made ones  — IPhone 15 marks a milestone for India's electronics ambitions



Sunday, September 10, 2023

Government issues new security warning for Android users, affected OS version and how to stay safe

India's cyber defense agency, CERT-In, has issued a warning about critical vulnerabilities in Android operating systems. The agency has classified these vulnerabilities as "high severity" and has identified flaws in Framework, System, Google Play system, Qualcomm components, and Qualcomm closed-source components. Android devices running on versions 11, 12, and 13 are said to be affected. Users are advised to update their devices and apply security patches provided by their device manufacturer to mitigate the risks. https://ift.tt/KzE5X8R

NewsWhip data on 300K influential X users suggests X is throttling posts linking to the NYT, with "weekly average shares per article" down ~75% from July's peak (Max Tani/Semafor)

Max Tani / Semafor:
NewsWhip data on 300K influential X users suggests X is throttling posts linking to the NYT, with “weekly average shares per article” down ~75% from July's peak  —  X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users' access to The New York Times.



Sources: Meta plans to begin training an LLM in Q1 2024 on its own infrastructure that it hopes will be roughly as capable as OpenAI's GPT-4 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta plans to begin training an LLM in Q1 2024 on its own infrastructure that it hopes will be roughly as capable as OpenAI's GPT-4  —  Parent of Facebook and Instagram wants artificial-intelligence system to be as capable as OpenAI's most advanced model  —  Platforms is setting its sights on OpenAI.



Sources: Instacart plans to target its IPO at roughly $8.6B to $9.3B valuation, well below the $39B valuation the company had in March 2021 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Instacart plans to target its IPO at roughly $8.6B to $9.3B valuation, well below the $39B valuation the company had in March 2021  —  The grocery-delivery company aims for $8.6 billion to $9.3 billion, down from $39 billion in 2021.



Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes (Molly White/Web3 is Going Just Great)

Molly White / Web3 is Going Just Great:
Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes  —  The Twitter account belonging to Vitalik Buterin, inventor and effective leader of the Ethereum project, was hacked to promote a crypto scam.



Expected price increase and features like periscope lens, exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro Max, suggest Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Expected price increase and features like periscope lens, exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro Max, suggest Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy  —  Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 15 on Tuesday, alongside updated watches and AirPods.  And once again, the company …



How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world  —  - Quality of life, bitcoin-friendly tax laws and a huge influx of expats have made Lisbon one of the crypto capitals of the world.



Saturday, September 9, 2023

This popular online gaming platform is coming to PS4, PS5 next month

Roblox, the popular gaming platform, will be available on PS4 and PS5 consoles starting in October. The announcement was made at the Roblox Developers Conference. The company also unveiled a new conversational AI assistant that will help creators make experiences for the app. Roblox is already available on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Xbox, and has more than 65 million players. https://ift.tt/Sgmp2BA

A profile of Rene Haas, who Arm appointed as CEO in February 2022 after Nvidia's Arm acquisition was scrapped and SoftBank shared plans to pursue an IPO instead (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Rene Haas, who Arm appointed as CEO in February 2022 after Nvidia's Arm acquisition was scrapped and SoftBank shared plans to pursue an IPO instead  —  The American CEO of Arm, a British company owned by a Japanese tech conglomerate, must juggle the needs of chip-making customers who are battling each other



How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a "neural network planner" trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips (Walter Isaacson/CNBC)

Walter Isaacson / CNBC:
How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a “neural network planner” trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips  —  The following is adapted from Walter Isaacson's biography “Elon Musk,” publishing Sept. 12.



Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames "a web caching issue" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames “a web caching issue”  —  Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren't theirs …



How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums  —  - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.



How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown (Vincent Manancourt/Politico)

Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown  —  LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.



YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get five free lyrics before they have to subscribe (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google : YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get...