Month: October 2022
The Wire blames retracted Meta story on ‘deception’ by staff member
The Wire, the Indian news outlet that published an explosive and now-retracted story on Meta earlier this month, says it was subject to “deception” by one of the members of its “Meta investigation team.” In an update posted on its site today, The Wire apologizes for running the retracted story,…
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Microsoft cloud success helps push revenue, offsets Windows and PC drops
Audio player loading… Microsoft has announced (opens in new tab) strong Q1 2023 financial results thanks largely to the success of its cloud services, despite losses in its flagship Windows PC vector. The company’s Microsoft Cloud division raked in $25.7 billion worth of revenue in the quarter, a 24% increase…
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Xbox’s Phil Spencer says the metaverse is a ‘poorly built video game’
Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s CEO of gaming, is the latest tech exec to take a shot at Meta’s vision of the metaverse. When asked his definition of the metaverse, Spencer described it as “a poorly built video game” at the WSJ Tech Live conference today, as seen at about the 1:12…
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iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 betas show off new collaborative features and useful bug fixes
Audio player loading… Apple wasted no time, releasing the first beta of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 to developers, just days after the public launches of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1. Looking at the official release notes (opens in new tab), we see the beta will finally allow people to…
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Tesla’s self-driving claims are reportedly under criminal investigation
Tesla is facing a criminal probe over its claims about its driver assist technology, according to Reuters. The US Department of Justice launched an investigation late last year following more than a dozen crashes, some of which were fatal, involving the company’s Autopilot feature. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been…
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The latest version of Python is “the best ever”, say devs
Audio player loading… The latest version of the programming language Python, 3.11 has been unveiled, with its development team claiming that the new edition might just be the best yet. In the release notes (opens in new tab), Pablo Galindo Salgado, Python Steering Council member and the release manager for…
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