Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X’s Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing messages, encryption, and the ability to share files, alongside its audio and video calling support. The new features aren’t yet broadly available, as XChat only recently started beta testing among…
This growth includes key markets such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.
If you’re picking up a Switch 2 this week, resist the urge to remove the screen protector you’ll find applied to the console out of the box. This is actually a “film layer designed to prevent fragments scattering in the event of damage,” and the Switch 2’s European safety manual, spotted by fan site NintendoSoup,…
Appcharge, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform for mobile games, and marketing measurement firm AppsFlyer announced a strategic partnership. They will offer a unified cross-platform mobile and web analytics and attribution solution. The new integration empowers mobile game developers with enhanced visibility into player behavior and purchasing patterns across both in-app and web store environments. Traditionally, mobile…
New publicly accessible park space and a much-needed pedestrian bridge bring smart growth to Honolulu’s downtown. Honolulu’s coastal Ala Moana Boulevard is a critical road in the Hawaiian capital, but it’s also a major hindrance. With six lanes of fast-moving traffic and few easily accessible crossing points, it’s effectively a hurdle between the city and…
Generative AI comes in many forms. Increasingly, though, it’s marketed the same way: with human names and personas that make it feel less like code and more like a co-worker. A growing number of startups are anthropomorphizing AI to build trust fast — and soften its threat to human jobs. It’s dehumanizing, and it’s accelerating….
Which startups are on the path to becoming the next big thing?
Every few weeks, it seems like there’s a new headline about a lawyer getting in trouble for submitting filings containing, in the words of one judge, “bogus AI-generated research.” The details vary, but the throughline is the same: an attorney turns to a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT to help them with legal research…
ZeniMax Workers United has reached a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft after two years of negotiation.Read More
The ‘museum of the millennial’ is sparking joy—and existential dread—across TikTok. Millennial culture has officially made it to the history books.
