Scott Scrivens / Android Authority TL;DR The European Council has ended its adoption procedure for rules related to phones with replaceable batteries. By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise. The regulation intends to introduce a circular economy for batteries. In the middle of June, we …
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Tom Hals / Reuters: A US judge says Ripple’s institutional XRP sales constituted the unregistered sale of investment contracts and sends the case to trial to decide SEC claims — U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said Ripple Labs Inc’s institutional sales of its XRP digital token violated federal law …
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If you were marketing a sports drink to tweens, teens, and college kids in the 19th century, you’d probably have the most success hitching your wagon to some of the era’s big names in popular culture: Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau. “Those were the YouTubers of their day,” says Duke University marketing professor Aaron Dinin. “The popular media then, though, was essays, …
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Image: Smart Future/Adobe Stock The likes of ChatGPT and DALL-E, both from OpenAI, are rapidly gaining traction in the world of business and content creation. But what is generative AI, how does it work and what is all the buzz about? Read on to find out. Jump to: What is generative AI? In simple terms, generative AI is a subfield …
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Comment on this storyComment A group of college professors is suing Texas for banning TikTok on public-university computers and phones, saying it has undermined their ability to teach students and research one of the world’s most popular apps. Texas last year joined more than two dozen other states in banning the app on government-owned devices, with Gov. Greg Abbott (R) …
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The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that makes ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its collection of data and its publication of false information on individuals. In a 20-page letter sent to the San Francisco company this week, the agency said it was also looking into OpenAI’s security practices. …
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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Code within the Samsung Internet Browser app suggests Samsung could integrate ChatGPT into the browser. ChatGPT integration could be part of the experimental Labs feature set. Samsung has been looking at ways to bring AI to its smartphones. Reports earlier in the year mentioned how Samsung caused panic at Google simply because it was …
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Telly begins shipping its free, ad-supported, dual-screen TV as part of its “public beta program”; users must submit demographic info, viewing habits, and more — Start-up says it received more than 250,000 sign-ups from U.S. consumers … The start-up, which plans to ship …
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After a full 48 hours, Amazon Prime Day 2023 is officially over. Whew, we made it. We hope you were able to find useful discounts among the Kindles, Echo Dots, iPads, LifeStraws, and other great deals we found sifting through the internet. If you missed out, fear not, a few great deals remain—at least for now. Below are the best …
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Home printers and scanners are going the way of the fax machine, and we can help you make the transition July 13, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT (Illustration by Elena Lacey/The Washington Post; iStock) Comment on this storyComment What if you didn’t need to own a fussy, undependable piece of technology that cost more money than it saved? It’s now …
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