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⋅ August 1, 2024
NEWS
The Washington Post

Our first taste of ‘Apple Intelligence’ is here. Here’s what works.
The Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is betting that phones with AI tools can make life a little easier — and now, we’re getting a first look at how. This week, Apple released an early preview version of its iOS 18.1 software, containing the first of the Apple …
Search Engine Land

Google updates deepfakes search algorithms and controls and expands About this image
Search Engine Land
Google is rolling out “ranking updates that will lower explicit fake content for many searches,” Google wrote. When you search for this type of content for people’s names, Google Search will “surface high-quality, non-explicit content — like relevant news …
Car and Driver

2025 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Will Cost $1500 More—$2000 More for an E-Ray
Car and Driver
The good news is that the base price of the Stingray hasn’t gone up at all. The Stingray coupe’s cheapest 1LT trim remains at $69,995, and pricing for the 2025 Stingray coupe is the same as the 2024 model across the board. That means the 2LT coupe still …
The Verge

Bungie is laying off 220 employees and moving others to PlayStation
The Verge
This latest layoff announcement was accompanied by the news that Bungie employees are working on a new game. “We are working with PlayStation Studios leadership to spin out one of our incubation projects – an …
The New York Times

Don’t Let Your Smartphone Keep You Up at Night
The New York Times
On many Android phones, open the Clock app and tap the Bedtime icon at the bottom of the screen to set up a simple daily sleep schedule with an alarm type. You can also add a local weather forecast to greet you when you wake.
CNET

Meta’s AI Studio Can Create a Copy of Your Favorite Influencer. Here’s Why That Matters
CNET
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp parent company Meta is expanding a new feature that allows influencers to create artificial intelligence-powered duplicates of themselves or favorite characters that people can DM at any time. Meta is releasing this …
ABC News

Researchers launch long COVID risk calculator to encourage early treatment
ABC News
Immunologists have created an online calculator that estimates a person’s risk of developing long COVID. Long COVID symptoms can include fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath. What’s next: Associate Professor Kirsty Short says much more research …
NVIDIA Blog

August Adventures Await: 18 New Games Coming to GeForce NOW
NVIDIA Blog
Plunge into the heart of battle with Stormgate, a newly released real-time strategy game from Frost Giant Studios, which is renowned for its work on popular games StarCraft II and Warcraft III. In single-player or multiplayer mode, fight demonic invaders, …
India Today

Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet, researchers find
Science Daily
Date: July 30, 2024; Source: Rice University; Summary: Researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops. Share:.
Business in Vancouver

UBC spin-out company makes super-black material
Business in Vancouver
Researchers with the University of BC’s Faculty of Forestry have formed a new company that makes watches and rings that use light-absorbing “super-black” material that was discovered by accident. The material, called Nxylon, is made from basswood using …