Technology News

• Meta launches consumer AI chatbots with celebrity avatars in its social apps

  28 Sep 2023 20:52

  WhatsApp, Instagram add animated AI chat avatars, including Snoop Dogg as dungeon master.

  Source: Ars Technica

• Meta unveils new mixed reality headset – but will consumer interest in VR rally?

  Meta has ramped up the race for our faces as it revealed the next generation of its wearable immersive tech products.

  Sky News - Technology - 28 Sep 2023 12:33

• A Silicon Valley Supergroup Is Coming Together to Create an A.I. Device

  OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the former Apple designer Jony Ive and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son are teaming up to develop a device that could replace the smartphone.

  The New York Times - Technology - 28 Sep 2023 21:43

• How to Identify Fonts from Images and Web Text

  I can't even begin to imagine how often I have had to look up fonts because they just look really good. Fonts do a lot of the heavy lifting for making a...

  Stack Diary - 28 Sep 2023 15:19

• Infosys launches aviation cloud it claims can halve lost luggage

  Also optimises routes and tames crowds, but...

  The Register - 29 Sep 2023 06:33

• $5,000 Google Jamboard dies in 2024—cloud-based apps will stop working, too

  Google's digital whiteboard for schools and...

  Ars Technica - 28 Sep 2023 23:11

• ‘I pulled my sock down and saw blood’: drivers for Amazon in US complain of dog...

  Amazon considers its ‘Flex drivers’ independent...

  The Guardian - Technology - 28 Sep 2023 16:00

• PlayStation boss Jim Ryan to retire from Sony next year

  He said he took the decision due to issues he...

  BBC News - Technology - 28 Sep 2023 17:20

• Federal Lawsuit Accuses Tesla of Racial Discrimination

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

  The New York Times - Technology - 28 Sep 2023 23:17

• Google discloses a WebM VP8 bug, tracked as CVE-2023-5217

  A heap buffer overflow vulnerability, identified...

  Stack Diary - 28 Sep 2023 12:01