Month: July 2023
SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at midnight tonight
After weeks of unsuccessful negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the union representing about 160,000 of the entertainment industry’s American laborers will begin striking at midnight tonight. This afternoon, SAG-AFTRA president…
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Adobe’s $20 billion Figma bid is under threat from UK antitrust regulators
Adobe’s $20 billion bid for cloud-based design platform Figma will now be subject to an in-depth probe by the UK’s competition watchdog, which will decide whether to approve the merger or block the deal entirely. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Thursday that it had referred the acquisition…
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The Xbox Series X is on sale for $50 off — an all-time low
It’s not often we see sold-out Amazon Prime Day deals suddenly resurrect from the dead less than a day after the event ended, never mind on a console like the Xbox Series X. That’s why it’s worth jumping on this rare deal while it’s still around. Right now, you can…
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Nothing Phone (2) Review: Flashy, Grayscale Fun
This new Android phone has a unique interface and an array of LEDs on the back for notifications. And its $599 price makes it a welcome entry into the midrange US market. Source
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Adobe just made its Firefly AI art generator a lot more accessible
Adobe Firefly has gone global with new support for text-to-image prompts in over 100 languages. But there’s a slight catch: right now it’s only available in the web service version. Building on the new language options, Adobe also confirmed plans to localize the service with over 20 languages. French, German,…
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OpenAI will use Associated Press news stories to train its models
OpenAI will train its AI models on The Associated Press’ news stories for the next two years, thanks to an agreement first reported by Axios. The deal between the two companies will give OpenAI access to some of the content in AP’s archive as far back as 1985. “The AP…
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