Month: April 2024
The App Store is down, along with Apple TV, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Music
Apple’s online services appear to be having some problems, with an outage cutting many of us off from the App Store, Apple TV, and Apple Music. The system status page for Apple’s online service has noted an outage beginning at 6:31PM ET affecting those services, as well as Arcade, Audiobooks,…
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NASA picks three companies to develop a Moon car for Artemis astronauts
The trio will develop their team’s ideas for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to help astronauts explore the Moon’s south polar region. It’s believed the area contains frozen water, so it makes sense for NASA to set up base camp there. All three must design vehicles that can accommodate two…
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DALL-E now lets you edit images in ChatGPT
OpenAI’s DALL-E is getting a couple of upgrades today that help you shape your AI-generated masterpieces. First, you’ll now find image editing tools when using DALL-E within ChatGPT, both on the web and on mobile. Second, DALL-E now offers preset style suggestions to help inspire image creation — not unlike…
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Judge allows Roblox illegal gambling suit to proceed
The company argued that the plaintiffs’ claims were barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which prevents any “interactive computer service” — in this case, Roblox — from being held liable for third-party content published on its platform. The court, however, held that Section 230 doesn’t apply here…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook are recovering after outages
WhatsApp was down worldwide, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries just after 2PM ET today, with the service stuck on “connecting” for many. Users could still send messages, but they weren’t delivered until WhatsApp came back online.…
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Spotify may be raising prices, here are my 3 favorite alternatives
Spotify is reportedly set to raise the prices again. This news from a recent Bloomberg report that cites anonymous sources who told the publication of the streaming giant’s future plans. According to the insiders, Spotify intends to “increase prices by about $1 to $2 a month” across five markets by…
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