Fitbit, once again, was struck by a server outage
It appeared that Fitbit suffered from another server outage that affected syncing data from devices. The news was first spotted by 9to5Google, and Downdetector shows a spike in outage reports…
Best Black Friday soundbar deals: Save on Samsung, Bose, and more
Simon Cohen / Digital Trends No home theater is complete without the proper audio. Yeah, sure, you start with a fantastic, maybe even massive TV, and spring for the bells…
Be My Eyes AI offers GPT-4-powered support for blind Microsoft customers
Microsoft is working on offering a better customer service experience powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 for its visually impaired users through a partnership with Be My Eyes, a company that helps…
Spotify’s podcast and audiobook discovery will get a boost from Google Cloud’s AI
It’s a cliché at this point to say that podcasts (and, to a less publicized extent, audiobooks) have a discovery problem. To help fix that, Spotify announced it’s using Google…
Epic is going to let you report voice conversations in Fortnite
Epic Games is adding a new voice reporting feature into Fortnite to help catch players who break the company’s community rules. If the feature is on — if you’re under…
YouTube’s teases AI tool that clones famous singers — with their permission
Google is testing new generative AI features for YouTube that’ll let people create music tracks using just a text prompt or a simple hummed tune. The first, Dream Track, already…
The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a new set of rules aiming to prevent “digital discrimination.” It means the agency can hold telecom companies accountable for digitally discriminating against customers…
Threads is testing hashtags with a side of trending topics
Mark Zuckerberg revealed Meta is testing a new tagging feature for Threads that’s like hashtags, but not exactly. Yes, you’ll use a hashtag to create or add to a topic’s…
Google is going to let teens use Bard, though with some guardrails
Bard will be available for teens in “most countries around the world” as long as they meet Google’s minimum age requirement to be in charge of their own account, Doshi…
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N performance EV is coming March 2024
Hyundai showed off its production performance-variant Ioniq 5 “N” at the LA Auto Show this week, releasing final specifications of the electric crossover and announcing its availability at US dealerships…