A Robotaxi Was Blamed for a San Francisco Man’s Death But He Was Actually Hit By a City Bus
A couple of weeks ago, as San Francisco emergency responders attempted to pull away from a scene where a man had been seriously injured, a pair of Cruise robotaxis allegedly…
Can ‘Monster Hunter Now’ Pull Niantic Out of Its Slump?
On his walk toward Niantic’s office in the Bay Area one day, senior producer Sakae Osumi noticed everyone staring up. There was an eclipse happening, as good a reason as…
Ubotica and IBM bring one-click deployment of AI on board satellites
Amid the increasing commercialisation of space tech, Ubotica has partnered up with IBM to simplify the use of AI applications on board low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. Founded in 2016, the Dublin-headquartered…
Tech leaders want ‘balanced’ AI regulation in private Senate meeting
Tech leaders called for regulation that balances innovation and safety as the Senate conducted one of the many “insight forums” to inform potential rulemaking. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)…
Google’s emoji mashup maker is now available in Search
You can now create your own emoji combinations directly in Google Search. The company has launched its Emoji Kitchen feature on the web (via 9to5Google), which lets you mash up…
Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw
Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, and Brave have each issued critical security patches, reports Stack Diary. The patches address a vulnerability that an attacker could use to gain access to or run…
LAist employees clash over Bari Weiss ad campaign
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today I will cover a controversial ad campaign that has raised questions…
Stability AI’s new text-to-audio tool is like a Midjourney for music samples
Stability AI is taking its generative AI tech into the world of music as the developer has launched a new text-to-audio engine called Stable Audio. Similar to the Stable Diffusion…
Dreamforce 2023 live – Day two news and updates from Salesforce
Refresh 2023-09-13T21:37:33.646Z (Image credit: Future / Mike Moore) Our last question (Benioff is off to interview California Governor Gavin Newsom and film star Matthew McConaughey this afternoon) is about the…
Here’s the (boring) solution that could make 100TB hard drives easier to build
The next generation of HDDs, based on a technology known as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), could see significant performance gains thanks to an innovative media lubricant. HAMR HDDs, developed by…