Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform detection of unwanted tracking devices, EU app downloads from websites, Apple News+ features like offline mode, more — Apple today released iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, major updates to the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating system updates that came out last September.
OpenAI opens its GPT Store to all users for free, including the ability to create custom GPTs (Wes Davis/The Verge)
Wes Davis / The Verge:
OpenAI opens its GPT Store to all users for free, including the ability to create custom GPTs — OpenAI is making a number of its previously subscription-only features available to free users of ChatGPT, with the biggest being the ability to create custom chatbots and browse its GPT Store.
Microsoft unveils Places, an AI-powered app to help employees on Outlook and Teams better coordinate in-office time, with Copilot integration coming this year (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Places, an AI-powered app to help employees on Outlook and Teams better coordinate in-office time, with Copilot integration coming this year — Microsoft is attempting to solve the hassle of coordinating with colleagues on when everyone will be in the office.
Live stream of OpenAI’s Spring Update event, where the company says it will demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates (OpenAI on YouTube)
OpenAI on YouTube:
Live stream of OpenAI’s Spring Update event, where the company says it will demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates — We’ll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control — Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string …
OpenAI announces GPT-4o, its new flagship generative AI model, which is faster and cheaper, natively multimodal, and is available for free to all ChatGPT users (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI announces GPT-4o, its new flagship generative AI model, which is faster and cheaper, natively multimodal, and is available for free to all ChatGPT users — OpenAI is releasing a new flagship generative AI model called GPT-4o, set to roll out “iteratively” across the company’s products over the next few weeks.
Sources: after shelling out billions to acquire US users, Temu is now focusing more on acquiring users in Europe and elsewhere, following TikTok’s US issues (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after shelling out billions to acquire US users, Temu is now focusing more on acquiring users in Europe and elsewhere, following TikTok’s US issues — App looks to reduce reliance on American shoppers as growth slows and scrutiny of TikTok grows — The bargain app Temu …
Google says Project Starline, its 3D video conferencing platform first unveiled at 2021’s Google I/O, will ship in 2025 with HP as a launch partner (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google says Project Starline, its 3D video conferencing platform first unveiled at 2021’s Google I/O, will ship in 2025 with HP as a launch partner — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging …
Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen on running Adobe since 2007, new AI features, AI investments, Firefly, monetizing AI, copyright, AI misuse, PDFs, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen on running Adobe since 2007, new AI features, AI investments, Firefly, monetizing AI, copyright, AI misuse, PDFs, and more — The tech and the consumers both might not be quite ready yet, but he’s betting big on an AI future.
Google Pixel 8a review: 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Google Pixel 8a review: 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels — The company didn’t mess with its winning formula for the A-series, delivering another great handset for $499. — Senior Writer, Reviews
