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Thursday, November 30, 2023
Samsung says it is not rebranding Exynos chips lineup
Study: around 2,127 Web3 games became inactive in the past five years, representing 75.5% of the 2,817 that were launched in the same period (Lim Yu Qian/CoinGecko)
Lim Yu Qian / CoinGecko:
Study: around 2,127 Web3 games became inactive in the past five years, representing 75.5% of the 2,817 that were launched in the same period — How Many Web3 Games Have Failed? — Around 2,127 web3 games have failed in the last five years since the GameFi niche emerged, representing 75.5% of the 2,817 web3 games launched.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
How to manage app suggestions on your Google Pixel phone
Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its staff, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its "core business" (Mike Seymour/fxguide)
Mike Seymour / fxguide:
Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its staff, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its “core business” — UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software (U.N) …
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
An in-depth reflection on Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto": tech is amazing, the high cost of delays, AI and risk, d/acc, centralization, and more (Vitalik Buterin/Vitalik Buterin's website)
Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin's website:
An in-depth reflection on Marc Andreessen's “techno-optimist manifesto”: tech is amazing, the high cost of delays, AI and risk, d/acc, centralization, and more — Special thanks to Morgan Beller, Juan Benet, Eli Dourado, Sriram Krishnan, Nate Soares, Jaan Tallinn, Vincent Weisser …
A study of UK teenagers: 79% of online users aged 13 to 17 use generative AI, compared to 31% of internet users aged 16+; 51% of ages 7 to 17 use Snap's My AI (Ofcom)
Ofcom:
A study of UK teenagers: 79% of online users aged 13 to 17 use generative AI, compared to 31% of internet users aged 16+; 51% of ages 7 to 17 use Snap's My AI — Teenagers and children in the UK are far more likely than adults to have embraced generative artificial intelligence (AI) …
Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$10.7B, narrowly beating est., and net income up nearly 3x to ~$507M, boosted by strong Chinese travel demand (Sarah Zheng/Bloomberg)
Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg:
Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$10.7B, narrowly beating est., and net income up nearly 3x to ~$507M, boosted by strong Chinese travel demand — Meituan recorded a third straight quarter of profit, after strong travel demand helped the food delivery giant defy slowing growth …
Europol, the US, Ukraine, and other countries arrest members of a ransomware group in Ukraine linked to attacks on organizations in 71 countries (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Europol, the US, Ukraine, and other countries arrest members of a ransomware group in Ukraine linked to attacks on organizations in 71 countries — In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members …
Monday, November 27, 2023
Redmi Book 2024 models, Redmi Watch 4, and Redmi Buds 5 Pro to launch on November 29 in China
Alibaba shutters its quantum computing research lab, donating the equipment to Zhejiang University, a sign of broader cutbacks, after revamping its cloud unit (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg:
Alibaba shutters its quantum computing research lab, donating the equipment to Zhejiang University, a sign of broader cutbacks, after revamping its cloud unit — - It follows Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu's ascension to the helm — Cloud spinoff cancellation spurred speculation on next steps
Sunday, November 26, 2023
A look at the growing usage of social media apps like Douyin among the elderly in China since the COVID-19 lockdowns, often to find companionship (Lavender Au/Wired)
Lavender Au / Wired:
A look at the growing usage of social media apps like Douyin among the elderly in China since the COVID-19 lockdowns, often to find companionship — As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China's elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship.
A look at Shein's NYC pop-up store, which resembled its website and may have only reinforced Shein's image of being quick, cheap, and not quite as it seems (Mia Sato/The Verge)
Mia Sato / The Verge:
A look at Shein's NYC pop-up store, which resembled its website and may have only reinforced Shein's image of being quick, cheap, and not quite as it seems — The Shein pop-up store in New York this month resembled the e-commerce giant's website, except picture-perfect.
Russia's interior ministry adds Meta's spokesperson Andy Stone to its wanted list, according to state-owned news agency TASS (Laura Kayali/Politico)
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Russia's interior ministry adds Meta's spokesperson Andy Stone to its wanted list, according to state-owned news agency TASS — The reason Andy Stone was added to the list was not indicated, according to the Russian news agency. — Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesperson …
SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting with three local health centers (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters : SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting w...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Andrew Tarantola / Engadget : An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa al...