Mark Zuckerberg shares a confusing vision for AI 'superintelligence', flickering lights could help fight misinformation, and Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication. It's Thursday, July 31st and here’s a quick look at tech in the news this morning from Engadget.
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Aug 22
Trump Mobile is promoting its smartphone with terribly edited photos of other brands' products, Ecosia offered $0 for control of Chrome, and Tesla investigated over inaccurate crash reports
AppleInsider spotted the latest bizarre wrinkle to this story, which is that the actual phone still does not exist. The publication noticed that promotional images for T1 all show different smartphones that appear to be tweaked in a photo editor to look gold. While the website sh ... Show More
7m 40s
Jun 17
Trump Mobile, Windows Hello downgrade, Online Ad changes + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 C'mon pull up a stool 0:10 Trump Mobile, T1 Phone 1:51 Windows Hello in the dark, Vista sound 2:57 TikTok AI Ads, WhatsApp ads, Reddit ads 4:02 Ground News! 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:11 Intel Nova Lake-S, Core 5 120F 5:52 Switch 2 sleep, ethernet port issue 6:38 23 ... Show More
9m 29s
Nov 2024
Taking a Hammer to Google’s Core Business – DTNS 4901
The US DOJ is proposing a breakup of Google’s Browser and potentially its OS business as well. How likely is that? Plus Facebook Messenger has added support for HD video calls, audio and video voice messages, generative backgrounds, and support for Apple’s Siri. Tubi has introduc ... Show More
33m 29s