WhatsApp now lets you hide your locked chats behind a secret code
WhatsApp is introducing a new way to keep your locked chats away from prying eyes. Instead of having your locked chats folder visible with all your other conversations, you can…
How to set up an Amazon Fire TV Cube
Amazon’s Fire TV Cube has long been one of the best options for streaming your favorite movies and television shows around your home — especially if you already have Amazon…
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’
Elon Musk took the stage at the DealBook conference on Wednesday evening with nervous laughter and a cascade of jokes about himself and his companies. But the interview quickly turned…
Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO
I am returning to OpenAI as CEO. Mira will return to her role as CTO. The new initial board will consist of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.…
Activision Blizzard had a plan — or ploy — to launch its own Android game store
Until today, we’d never heard of “Project Boston”. It was Activision Blizzard King’s big plan to earn more money from its mobile games by changing its relationship with Google. And…
Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
When OpenAI’s board asked Sam Altman to return a day after they fired him, he initially felt defiant, hurt and angry. “It took me a few minutes to snap out…
Evernote is about to seriously limit its plan for free users
Evernote is going to limit new and existing free users to a maximum of just 50 notes and one notebook starting December 4th, the company announced in a blog post…
The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord will testify before the US Senate on child safety
Some of the biggest names in tech will testify before the US Senate on January 31st, 2024 during a hearing about online child exploitation. In a Wednesday announcement, the Senate…
These ex-Apple employees are bringing AI to the desktop
AI chatbots like ChatGPT have, to date, been fairly impersonal, existing outside of the apps and data that we use every day. A new startup by three ex-Apple employees called…
Amazon will offer human benchmarking teams to test AI models
Amazon wants users to evaluate AI models better and encourage more humans to be involved in the process. During the AWS re: Invent conference, AWS vice president of database, analytics,…