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Adding a username to a messaging app may seem like a standard feature, but for Signal, such identifiers have traditionally been anathema to its mission of complete privacy and security. The next version, 7.0, will add usernames, but company president Meredith Whitaker explained that this was not as easy a decision as it might seem. The new feature seems simple enough. When you register your username, it will be displayed in place of your phone number. But why do this when everyone already has a contact name and Signal is completely private anyway? In an interview on stage at StrictlyVC…
Google today announced the latest Pixel features for phones, tablets, and watches, including 10-bit video support for Instagram, Circile expansion to search functionality, automatic workout detection on the original Pixel Watch, and selective app screening. Announcing feature set. For multiple pixel devices. Update your Pixel smartphone The company is now allowing users to capture and upload 10-bit HDR videos to Instagram. It also adds support for sharing Ultra HDR images on Instagram. This feature is available for Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Fold users. In January, in conjunction with the launch of Samsung's…
Instagram today announced that it is rolling out a feature that will allow users to edit direct messages for up to 15 minutes after they are sent. The company also announced that users will soon have the option to pin up to three messaging threads to the top of their inbox. The ability to edit your DMs lets you fix typos or change the content if your message doesn't sound right. To edit a message, you need to long press on the message and select “Edit” from the drop-down menu. When you edit a message, the label “Edited” appears above…
Anthropic, an AI startup backed by hundreds of millions in venture capital (and likely hundreds of millions more soon), today announced Claude, the latest version of its GenAI technology. And the company claims it's comparable to OpenAI's GPT-4 in terms of performance. Anthropic's new Claude 3, called GenAI, is a family of models: Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Claude 3 Opus, with Opus being the most powerful. Anthropic claims that all offer “improved capabilities” in analytics and prediction, including GPT-4 (but not GPT-4 Turbo) and Google's Gemini 1.0 Ultra (but not Gemini 1.5 Pro). It shows improved performance…
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“Negativity is the river that flows through Cupertino!” said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. He is a notorious Apple critic and has sued the tech giant for anti-competitive practices. In the post of X, takes seriously today's news that the European Commission has imposed a historic €1.84 billion fine on the iPhone maker. The EC ruling in favor of Spotify hinges on Apple's approach to anti-steering provisions that prevented Spotify and other music streamers from directing users to their websites. Referring to Apple's response to the EC's fine, Sweeney said the company would appeal, saying, “Apple's bitter complaints clearly reflect…
Airbnb already has labels such as “Guest Favorites” and “Superhosts” that indicate the quality of accommodations and hosts. The company is currently adding new labels to the top 25% and top 1% of property pages. Typically, Airbnb releases updates twice a year, in so-called winter and summer releases. But this time, the travel company has chosen to release a spring update as well. A new Top Properties badge that relies on metrics such as subcategory ratings, review sentiment, host cancellations, and quality-related customer service issues is part of this rollout. Additionally, the company badges the bottom 10% of properties to…
Talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is growing as cybercriminals continue to reap the financial benefits of attacks. U.S. officials have long opposed paying ransom demands. But while several U.S. states, including North Carolina and Florida, have made it illegal for local governments to pay ransom demands, the Biden administration also decided last fall against a nationwide ban on ransom payments. did. The reason is simple. Not only would banning ransom payments be difficult to enforce and require complex mechanisms that are not yet in place, but criminalizing payments to hackers would ultimately penalize victims of cybercrime. Critics…
Punkt first made a name for itself in the world of mobile with pared-down, monochromatic phones focused on voice, text and not much else. Now, the Swiss company has taken its concept of minimalism and changed it up, with the launch of its first smartphone — a device that positions itself at the crossroads of utility, privacy and minimalism. If you’re reading this, chances are you own either an iPhone or Android device, depending on your personal preferences and economic disposition. The Apple and Google mobile duopoly has been met with some challengers through the years, including that time when…
Apple has announced that it will appeal the historic €1.84 billion fine issued today by the European Commission for Apple's anti-competitive conduct in the streaming music market. In a post to its Newsroom, Apple called Stockholm, Sweden-based company Spotify the “main champion” and “biggest beneficiary” of the EC's decision, saying the streamer had a 56% share in the European streaming music market. % share of the market. The Cupertino-based tech giant had already published its position on Spotify in the days leading up to the EC's ruling, saying that Spotify's lawsuit was “an attempt to gain free and unlimited access…