Month: August 2023
Instagram’s musical photo carousels are a lot like TikTok’s Photo Mode
Instagram now lets you add music to photo carousels. Unveiled in partnership with pop star Olivia Rodrigo to promote her single “bad idea right?”, the feature allows you to pick licensed music to soundtrack your slideshows. In addition, the company announced that you can create Collabs with up to three…
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Zoom rewrites its policies to make clear that your videos aren’t used to train AI tools
Zoom has updated its terms of service and reworded a blog post explaining recent terms of service changes referencing its generative AI tools. The company now explicitly states that “communications-like” customer data isn’t being used to train artificial intelligence models for Zoom or third parties. What is covered by communications-like?…
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones and earbuds are reportedly on the way
Bose is reportedly preparing to launch some new headphones and earbuds, a refresh in the QuietComfort line, as leaked by MySmartPrice. The Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds will be a successor to the well-reviewed QuietComfort Earbuds II and the QuietComfort Ultra headphones look to be a more premium-take on the company’s QuietComfort…
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Keith David will step into the role of Destiny 2’s Commander Zavala
Bungie has confirmed that Destiny’s Commander Zavala has been recast following the tragic passing of Lance Reddick earlier this year, but stated that the late actor’s existing work in the games will remain untouched. In a Destiny 2 blog post published on the official Bungie website, the developers celebrated “the…
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The Verge Launches “Installer,” a Newsletter About the Next Big Things to Download, Watch, and Explore
The Verge today announced a new weekly newsletter, “Installer,” designed to provide subscribers with recommendations on everything they need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe. Led by editor-at-large David Pierce, “Installer” will be a guide to all the best apps, movies, and…
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Microsoft is taking its security protection to multicloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud has received a significant upgrade in an important step to protect its customers, even if they choose to do some cloud business with the company. Vasu Jakkal, Corporate VP for Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management for Microsoft, announced the addition of multicloud posture management capabilities for…
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