Daily Tech Headlines

Brave Search launched a Summarizer feature powered by a mix of large language models, Meta makes some recommended changes to its cross check system, and Ford launched a subsidiary to improve its driver assistance tech. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Snapchat rolls out Snap Streak Restores as a paid feature, Microsoft details a multimodal large language model designed to analyze images, and a judge rules Sony must provide Microsoft copies of its third-party licensing agreements. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YouTube head Neal Mohan says its working on generative AI tools for creators, Meta shares in VR/AR roadmap, and the Volkswagen Group will roll out a new car app store. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta forms a "top-level product group" focused on generative AI, the latest Windows 11 update adds its new Bing Search to the taskbar, and the European Commission narrows its "statement of objections" in its antitrust investigation into Apple.Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Snap began rolling out a ChatGPT-powered chatbot, Twitter reportedly lays off some big names, and all the news from MWC. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta makes recommended changes to add transparency to content takedowns, the DOJ reportedly plans to block Adobe's Figma acquisition, and Google brings Magic Eraser to Google One subscribers. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netflix cuts subscription costs in over 36 countries in recent weeks, Meta testing a Roll Call feature in Messenger, and Samsung announces a standardized 5G terrestrial network modem. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese regulators reportedly inform local tech giants not to offer ChatGPT service, Microsoft signs deal to bring Activision games to GeForce Now, and Quest headsets get new hand tracking features. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India and Singapore link their UPI and PayNow digital payment systems, Microsoft signs binding 10-year deal to provide Call of Duty games to Nintendo, and the Verge detailed new Sonos speakers coming in March. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta began rolling out Meta Verified in New Zealand and Australia, Microsoft introduces conversation limits for its Bing chatbot, and Starlink announces "Global Roaming Service." Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Reserve Bank of India approved 32 entities, including Google and Amazon Pay, to operate as online payment aggregators, Tile announces a new "anti-theft mode," and Tencent reportedly abandons its extended reality hardware plans. Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple reportedly moved its mixed reality headset announcement to WWDC, US Customs and Border Protection began ePassport verification since June 2022, and the first reviews are in for the PSVR2. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The White House announced Tesla agreed to make at least 7500 chargers available to all EV drivers, Apple Pay Later service will look at what other Apple devices you own for loan decisions, and the European Commission will investigate Adobe's proposed Figma acquisition. Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung's Galaxy S23 line breaks pre-order records in South Korea, DARPA says its AI can control F-16s in flight, Microsoft’s latest Edge update disables Internet Explorer.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

European Commission antitrust regulators give the green light to a carrierhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYV-SIKm1xT2KxBSHDv9icPWRK5GxS0Hjkvx2JFA0bHsKT8pV3Xxl51aVkNqd1-ecccpy4CVyZQ5zA/pubhtml?gid=627637979&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GM signed a deal with GlobalFoundries for exclusive chip production capacity, Amazon reportedly in talks to buy MX Player, and PayPal CEO Dan Schulman will step down at the end of the year.Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neflix begins password sharing crackdown, xCloud market share soared in 2022, do autonomous vehicles need a new traffic light? Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft showed how it will integrate its Prometheus generation LLM into its new Bing search and Edge, Google demos its Bard conversation system and AI-enhanced search, and Alibaba says it began internally testing a ChatGPT-like system.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OnePlus offers details on its OnePlus Pad tablet, Twitter subscriber numbers show slow adoption, Google announces new tool to avoid graphic content in search results. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Gurman reports Apple is working on an iPhone 15 Ultra, Dell continues the tech layoffs, and Twitter will offer a free write-only API for bots with "good content."Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YouTube more broadly rolled out its Go Live Together feature on mobile, app code indicates Meta is working on a paid verification feature, and Twitter expands its Blue subscription to other markets. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony reports healthy PS5 sales, OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus, Meta crushes expectations in its Q4.  Show notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A judge denied the US FTC's request for a preliminary injunction to block Meta's proposed acquisition of the VR developer Within, Sony denies it cut PSVR2 production, and Netflix outlines how to will start enforcing limits on password sharing.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony reportedly won't be at E3, Sony reportedly cuts launch shipments of the PSVR2, and the US Commerce department reportedly stops issuing export licenses to Huawei. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing says a US release for its Phone (2) will be its first priority, TikTok's CEO will testify to a House committee in March, and Baidu plans to add an AI chatbot in search.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google agrees to make changes to its services to comply with EU consumer protection laws, international law enforcement agencies take down infrastructure for Hive ransomware, and Apple halts development of its own Wi-Fi chip.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Global smartphone shipments reach new lows, TikTok continues effort to make US user data more secure, IBM and SAP announce layoffs. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shutterstock added a Dall-E 2-powered text-to-image feature to its Creative Flow platform, the EU is looking into Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft's earnings show big declines in Windows and devices revenue.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google faces new antitrust battles in the US, Chinese users lose World of Warcraft access, Microsoft tests a split-screen feature in Edge.Show notes.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft announced a "multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment" in OpenAI, the Supreme Court in India says Google must host third-party app stores in the Play Store, and Samsung began talks with TV makers to feature its TV Plus service.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix Co-CEO, Xiaomi falls out of the top smartphone spot in India, and Google will show a version of search with "chatbot features" in 2023.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instagram adds new “Quiet Mode”, music app Smores uses song snippets for discovery, space economy investment dips in 2022. Show notesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple reportedly indefinitely delayed plans for its lightweight AR glasses (the follow up to its unreleased first mixed-reality headset), over a dozen Chinese Apple suppliers get initial clearance to expand into India, and Meta's Oversight Board recommends an overhaul of its nudity policy.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will incorporate AI-tools into all of its products, Getty Images sues the maker of Stable Diffusion for copyright violations, and Apple updates the MacBook Pro and Mac Mini lines. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon started testing a new Prime Lite tier in India, China leads academic papers on AI, and The Information reports outages of third-party Twitter clients are intentional.Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China could reportedly end its crackdown on Didi Global's apps as early as next week, the Royal Mail "cyber incident" was reportedly a ransomware attack, and Medium launches its own Mastodon instance.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft will update Xbox console to make its energy efficient shutdown mode the default, Microsoft 365 Basic tier coming on January 30th, and Royal Mail sees a "severe service disruption" from a cyber incident. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A failure in the US FAA's NOTAM systems grounds flights, OpenAI starts thinking about monetizing ChatGPT, and Shredder's Revenge launches on iOS and Android as a Netflix exclusive. Get the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple will make its own Wifi-Bluetooth combo chip for iPhone and FAA gives airlines a year to filter out 5G signals.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYV-SIKm1xT2KxBSHDv9icPWRK5GxS0Hjkvx2JFA0bHsKT8pV3Xxl51aVkNqd1-ecccpy4CVyZQ5zA/pubhtml?gid=1805422696&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft began work to add OpenAI's GPT model to some of its productivity apps, John Deere signs a memorandum of understand agreeing farmers have a right to repair equipment, and Mark Gurman says Apple's mixed reality headset will be announced ahead of WWDC. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Android becomes the OS for GM cars and goodbye to Snap Camera.  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYV-SIKm1xT2KxBSHDv9icPWRK5GxS0Hjkvx2JFA0bHsKT8pV3Xxl51aVkNqd1-ecccpy4CVyZQ5zA/pubhtml?gid=1212784407&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony names its electric vehicle Afeela and AMD announces its new chip line. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYV-SIKm1xT2KxBSHDv9icPWRK5GxS0Hjkvx2JFA0bHsKT8pV3Xxl51aVkNqd1-ecccpy4CVyZQ5zA/pubhtml?gid=1893219520&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus CES news from Nvidia, Samsung and more. Withings even has a smart pee sensor. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYV-SIKm1xT2KxBSHDv9icPWRK5GxS0Hjkvx2JFA0bHsKT8pV3Xxl51aVkNqd1-ecccpy4CVyZQ5zA/pubhtml?gid=1442204154&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CES announcements roll out from Dell, LG and Samsung as well as good news from Foxconn in China and bad news if your Apple battery is dead. Show notes available at this linkSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta intends to acquire the Dutch smart eyewear company Luxexcel, the PyToch machine learning framework hit with malicious dependency, and Google reaches settlements on location tracking with Indiana and Washington DC.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canada's antitrust tribunal approved Roger Communications $14.77 billion bid to acquire the rival telco Shaw Communications, Huawei says it's "back to business as usual," and big tech companies increasingly connect data centers to local heating systems in Europe.Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India will require use of USB-C charging ports by March 2025, Amazon Prime Air starts drone deliveries in two US cities, and Alibaba's CEO takes the reigns on its cloud business following an outage. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese regulators approved a trove of new video games from domestic and foreign publishers for sale, the IRS delays a tax code change that impacts digital payment platforms, and LG Innotek announces a new periscope zoom lens for phones. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter temporarily removed its feature to promote safety resources for users searching for self-harm content, the US FTC orders Mastercard to provide competitiors with customer account information to process debit payments, and Baidu expands robotaxi service in Wuhan to nighttime hours. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LastPass disclosed that an August data breach copied encrypted password vaults, ByteDance confirms report that employees tracked journalists on TikTok, and Apple scrapped a next-gen GPU for the iPhone 14 Pro due to an engineering design mistake. Get the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.