Daniel Król February 25, 2024
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Stable Diffusion 3 — Stability AI
Announcing Stable Diffusion 3 in early preview, our most capable text-to-image model with greatly improved performance in multi-subject prompts, image quality, and spelling abilities.
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Windows gets its own Pixel-style AI Magic Eraser
Microsoft is upgrading the Spot fix tool within the Photos app on Windows 10 and 11 with Generative erase functionality. Read on for more!
androidauthority
Google explains how it got Gemini image generation ‘wrong’
Google announced yesterday that it disabled AI image generation of people in Gemini following criticism about its historical accuracy...
9to5google
How many news websites block AI crawlers?
In this factsheet we describe the proportion of top news websites in ten countries that block AI (artificial intelligence) crawlers.
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How U.S. Adults Use TikTok
Around half of adult TikTok users in the U.S. have never posted a video themselves. And a minority of users produce the vast majority of content.
pewresearch
Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
Reddit's debut will mark the first major tech initial public offering of the year and the first social media IPO since Pinterest went public in 2019.
cnbc
Google launches two new open LLMs
Barely a week after launching the latest iteration of its Gemini models, Google today announced the launch of Gemma, a new family of lightweight
techcrunch
Google plans to begin Pixel phone production in India in Q2
Search engine giant joins Apple, Samsung in tapping big South Asian market
asia.nikkei
How AI can strengthen digital security
We’re launching the AI Cyber Defense Initiative to help transform cybersecurity and use AI to reverse the dynamic known as the “Defender’s Dilemma”
blog.google
Report claims Apple's smart ring is arriving 'imminently'
The rumor mill has fired up again, with a new supply chain report claiming that the "Apple Ring" will arrive sooner, rather than later.
appleinsider
Report: 75K loyal Redditors can snag shares before Reddit goes public
Reddit is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in March.
arstechnica
WhatsApp adds new text formatting options to improve messaging
Sending your loved ones a shopping list just got easier.
theverge
Boost Your Traffic in Google Discover
Explore the intricate world of Google Discover and elevate your content strategy with insights from top SEO experts.
moz
Turns out, Google is all about Links and Clicks
Internal Google documents revealed during their antitrust trial show how Google relies on user signals to evaluate content quality.
seoforgooglenews
Google Search Wants To Reward The Best Content No Matter The Size Of The Site
For the past 20 years, probably even longer, the debate about Google giving preferential treatment to large sites…
seroundtable
The battle for Twitter’s soul: An interview with author Kurt Wagner
Morning Brew talked to Wagner about the conditions, friendships, and eccentric billionaires that led to the transformation of the bird app.
morningbrew
Adobe launches AI assistant that can search and summarize PDFs
Adobe launched an artificial intelligence assistant that can produce summaries of and answer questions about PDF documents.
Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds
Starting with MLS, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Premier League, and more.
Everything You Should Know About the PlayStation 5 'Pro'
All signs point to a full release in 2024 with a specs bump that could support higher refresh rates at 4K.
gizmodo
Apple Boosts iMessage Security to Fend Off Quantum Computing Attacks
Apple Inc. is upgrading the security of its iMessage app, aiming to fend off a looming future threat: advanced quantum computing attacks.
bloomberg
YouTube Marks New Milestone in Connected TV Viewing, Adds TV Channel Pages
YouTube is now the most-watched streaming platform.
socialmediatoday
Instagram Tests Options To Create Alternate Image Backgrounds and Facilitate In-Stream Orders
Some interesting new sticker options coming to IG.
Which Super Bowl Ads Drove the Biggest Online Response? [Infographic]
A look at which Super Bowl ads drove the most searches and social media engagement.
Pixel Fold 2 renders reveal bigger displays, inner bezels, ultra-thin design [Gallery]
New renders of Google's Pixel Fold 2 reveal the inner bezels, bigger displays, and ultra-thin design of the new foldable.
Elon Musk reveals "Grok Analysis" feature in upcoming Grok 1.5 is inspired by movie "Penguins of Madagacar"
Elon Musk recently talked about the arrival of Grok 1.5, the upcoming iteration of his xAI language model Grok.
mspoweruser
How Google is killing independent sites like ours
And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
housefresh
Top 10 Web Analytics Tools in 2024
Web analytics is studying and improving how people use websites by collecting and analyzing data about their actions. Learn about the top 10 web analytics tools in 2024.
spiceworks
Don't put your wet iPhone in rice, Apple says
The company said the popular remedy could cause "small particles of rice to damage your iPhone"
qz
How to Find Niche Keywords for SEO in 3 Steps
How to find a niche in anything.
ahrefs
Neuralink's first human patient able to control mouse through thinking, Musk says
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully…
reuters
Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal’s mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information…
signal
Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools
Microsoft announced that it caught Chinese, Russian, and Iranian hackers using its AI tools—presumably coding tools—to improve their hacking abilities.
schneier
Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra launches on March 14 with its much bigger size
For the past couple of years, the Asus Zenfone has been touted as one of the best Android phones thanks...
Sony's PlayStation Portal modded to play PSP games, thanks to Android
A mod to the Sony PlayStation Portal allows the otherwise limited handheld to run PSP games locally thanks to its Android software.
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