Sony is laying off around 900 people from multiple studios. This news comes after a series of layoffs in the gaming industry. @Kotaku has the latest comments from Jim Ryan, the President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
ICYMI: A cyberattack was behind the nationwide outage that impacted a large number of pharmacies affiliated with tech giant Change Healthcare. TechCrunch has the details:
Google has temporarily suspended the ability for its AI chatbot Gemini to create images of people, amid a backlash over its inaccuracies. Screenshots were shared via social media of the chatbot's inability to generate images of caucasian people, seemingly showing a preference to depict people with darker skin.
Google temporarily disables AI image generation of people in Gemini: https://flip.it/LDu8KF
A large number of U.S. mobile phone users are reporting network outages and are unable to make phone calls, according to Downdetector. The BBC has the details:
"But Meta’s version of consent offers users a Hobson’s choice — of paying at least €9.99/month for an ad-free subscription (per each account they have on Facebook and Instagram); or agreeing to its tracking.
No other choices are available, despite the GDPR stipulating that for consent to be a valid legal basis for processing people’s information it must be freely given."
Around 13,000 Wyze customers were able to see inside other people's homes during what the smart home camera company is calling an outage from third-party web services. Thousands of people had access to thumbnails of strangers homes and around 1,500 could view full-sized stills or recorded events.
CYMI: OpenAI introduced its text-to-video generator yesterday, but it's only available to "red teamers," some misinformation experts and creative professionals right now. CNET looks at the technology's strengths and weaknesses.
The European Commission have announced that Apple's iMessage, Microsoft's Bing browser, Edge search engine and advertising services will not fall under antitrust regulations, meaning they will not be required to open up to their competitors and adhere to new rules.
To go against a popular quote, sometimes fiction can be stranger than truth. A story recently went viral over the possibility of three million electric toothbrushes being controlled remotely by online criminals. ArsTechnica explains how the false story circulated. @arstechnica explains how the false story circulated.
Do you want to control computers with your mind? Elon Musk's Neuralink is hoping to make that happen after the billionaire announced the first human has received an implant from the company. Mashable explains:
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"Samsung's upcoming Unpacked event will be the latest example of a top-tier phone-maker attempting to take advantage of AI's time in the global spotlight" writes CNET's Sareena Dayaram. Here's what she expects to see at Samsung's event today:
Apple has received approval for a fix that will help get around the recent import ban of its latest watches. Apple is currently appealing a patent infringement case against it over its pulse oximeter feature, but for now has offered a redesign of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. CNN has the details.
The Alphabet Workers Union has openly criticised Google's recent job cuts that have been reported as "a few hundred" roles. The union wrote on platform X, "Our members and teammates work hard every day to build great products for our users, and the company cannot continue to fire our coworkers while making billions every quarter."
Rabbit's R1 device sold 10,000 units on day one after its CES debut. @davidpierce from the @theverge explains what it does and his first impressions of the popular tech that could perhaps one day replace our phones.
TechRadar has selected a few cool futuristic gadgets from this year's CES and popped them in this Flipboard Storyboard. Are we all intrigued by LG's transparent OLED TV?
CES is here and it promises bigger, transparent and rollable screens and displays, robots that that can project movies and monitor your dog, as well as vehicles with integrated artificial intelligence. Keep an eye on what the world of tech has to offer with our CES 2024 @Flipboard Magazine, a handpicked collection of the latest stories on the event by quality tech publishers.
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