Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock — Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data.
Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more — The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects, set up dates—and even date other wingmen for you
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more — Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.
Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including iPhones, was flat YoY; stock is up ~86% in 2024 (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including iPhones, was flat YoY; stock is up ~86% in 2024 — Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue …
Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic — The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 (Alan Suderman/Associated Press)
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked …
How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post:
How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale — To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village. But for years, this was the place …
A look at Google NotebookLM’s Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google NotebookLM’s Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts — With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine. You won’t believe your ears.
