Month: December 2022
A New Bill Would Ban TikTok In The US, And Lawmakers Say It’s Necessary To Protect Americans’ Data
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat who cosponsored a companion bill in the House, called the legislation “a strong step” to protect Americans from “the nefarious digital surveillance and influence operations of totalitarian regimes.” “At a time when the Chinese Communist Party and our other adversaries abroad are seeking any…
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Spatial audio and more coming to Pixel phones as part of exclusive Android beta
Audio player loading… The first beta of Android 13 QPR2 (Quarterly Platform Release) is currently out for specific Google Pixel models, giving us a sneak peek of features and tweaks that should eventually come to more Android phones. The phones getting the beta, according to Google’s Android Developer page (opens…
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A Tech Worker Is Selling A Children’s Book He Made Using AI. Professional Illustrators Are Pissed.
Ammaar Reshi, 28, has been fascinated by technology since he was a child. “I was always curious, and my dad let me play with his computer when I was 5 years old,” he said. He grew up in Pakistan before his family moved to the UK, where Reshi studied computer…
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Jack Dorsey on Musk’s Twitter files: ‘There’s nothing to hide’
Jack Dorsey has responded to Elon Musk’s purported exposé known as “The Twitter Files,” and he’s done so in an essay that’s mercifully not written as a Twitter thread. In it, the social network’s co-founder and former CEO says that he believes the company has nothing to hide, contrary to…
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Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music
Tesla’s new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music. Tesla already offers a bunch of games for owners like Cuphead and Stardew Valley, and the official addition of Steam doesn’t come as a…
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Elon Musk Is Not The Richest Person Alive Anymore
Elon Musk is no longer the richest person in the world, after the stock price of Tesla, one of the companies he heads, tumbled on Monday. The new richest person is Bernard Arnault, CEO of the luxury fashion conglomerate LVMH, which owns Louis Vuitton, Dior, Tiffany, Moët, and more. According…
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