X, formerly Twitter, is working on a separate TV app for watching videos uploaded by users on a bigger screen, reports Futurism.
Despite the platform not being known for its video content, CEO Linda Yaccarino has been clear on her visions of X as a “video first” platform, stating the X TV app was being built and would be coming “soon.”
@michaelslade@theverge Could be. We've also heard reports of some servers having trouble connecting with Threads. Here's a list of instances federating or blocking: https://fedipact.veganism.social/
Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app, for an unknown sum. Co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom will be "special advisors" to Yahoo but won't be joining the company. Here's more from @verge's @imdavidpierce
@paninid@Beeks@verge@imdavidpierce@theverge@tech Not sure about their finances but we know they still employ a staff of journalists who produce original content, some pretty good stuff.
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Rockstar Games has asked its staff to return to the office five days a week, starting in April. The Edinburgh-based company says this relates to completing development on GTA 6 “at the level of quality and polish we know it requires,” and to mitigate security breaches. GTA 6, which is not due to ship until 2025, experienced leaks in September 2022 and December 2023. IGN reports that Rockstar developers are accusing the company of "broken promises," and are concerned about crunch as well as overall impacts to health and wellbeing.
@Beeks@ComfyGuy We assumed, but wondered if he'd like to really get into detail about what he meant. Seemed like a very 2014 attitude. P.S. we think it should have been "cue" rather than "que" (Olé!)
A fake recorded message of U.S. President Joe Biden telling prospective voters to “save your vote for November” has turned fears about AI-powered audio fakery. BBC News has more. https://flip.it/0etyEg #Tech#AI#Robot#CyberSecurity
One thing that'll make your eyes pop out when it comes to Apple's soon-to-launch VisionPro? The price: $3,499 USD. @verge has more details on what you get for your money. Are you tempted to invest in one?
Most poll respondents won’t be spending $3,499 on a VisionPro, but there were some thoughtful comments about whether the VR headset is overpriced. “Seems pricey, but only because the cost of technology has dropped so dramatically in the last 40 years,” says @darkuncle, referencing a post from @Bryan, which notes that the original Macintosh was $7,000 in today’s money.
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We're now one month away from Google's great purge, when it will delete Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. TechSpot has the details:
Elon Musk says X will sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation. The organization which combats hate speech against Jewish people has documented an increase in anti-semitism on the X platform. The Messenger has more on Musk's response.
We've put together a collection of articles explaining how to help detect the work of artificial intelligence, from images to text. Try the quizzes by PCMag and Axios to see how you fare at picking out the fake content from real life events and facts.
@markloundy I see your point. I've edited it slightly in light of your comment. Hopefully people will give these a read and some of the tools mentioned in the articles will help.