/ Artifact, the news-focused app from Instagram’s co-founders, will be able to swap out headlines for ones generated by artificial intelligence. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted
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Niantic has a new experience for Quest headsets that features an ‘AI-enabled’ owl
/ Wol (the owl) can tell you all about the redwood forest. The mixed reality experience works on phones, too. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji
Twitch is raising the price of Turbo, its monthly subscription that removes ads
/ Twitch Turbo is going from $8.99 per month to $11.99 per month in the US. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode
Beat Saber will be available Wednesday for PlayStation VR2
/ Sony also showed off a preview of Resident Evil 4’s VR Mode. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Image: Beat
Here’s how ads might look in Google’s new AI-powered search experience
/ The company is experimenting with how you’ll see ads in the Search Generative Experience. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.
Meta is working on a new chip for AI
/ It’s also working on a ‘next-generation data center design’ that’s optimized for AI. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Illustration
Twitter upgrades DM replies, Musk claims encrypted DMs launch on Wednesday
Twitter/ Tech / “The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there was a gun to my head.” Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is making some big changes to direct messages and
Google will reportedly reveal a bunch of big AI updates at I/O
/ Unsurprisingly, it appears a lot of I/O will be focused on AI. Illustration: The Verge Google’s I/O event is less than two days away, and a new CNBC report might have just revealed some of the major AI-focused updates
Microsoft 365 apps are moving to the cloud.microsoft domain
/ The unified domain should make it much easier to see what app you’re using. Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is planning to move Microsoft 365 apps onto a single domain, cloud.microsoft. Currently, the company’s apps are scattered across a wide
Leak: TikTok is launching generative AI avatars and here’s what they look like
/ Think Lensa-made avatars, but made using TikTok. Matt Navarra discovered the feature in a TikTok build.Images: Matt Navarra TikTok is working on a feature that will create AI-generated profile pictures, according to social media consultant Matt Navarra, who shared