Category: Shorts

AI Requires Global Oversight Generative AI technologies are becoming increasingly powerful and pervasive, with real consequences for the labor market. We need a global governance body to ensure that these technologies are used in a way that serves the public good and balances transparency with accountability. Models such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and…

14 Games You Can Play Over Video Calls In Messenger Facebook has launched a new feature that allows users to play free-to-play games with their friends while on a video call. There are 14 games available now, including Exploding Kittens and Words with Friends, with more expected as Facebook Gaming appeals to developers to add…

OneNote is getting Microsoft’s new AI assistant to help you write your notes Microsoft is introducing its AI-powered assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, to OneNote. It can rewrite, format, or summarize existing text in OneNote, create plans for events, and generate topics and talking points for meetings. The Copilot integration is currently being tested by a…

Microsoft Edge launches Workspaces test that lets you share web pages Microsoft Edge has released a public preview of its Workspaces feature, which allows users to save and share sets of browser tabs with colleagues. It is similar to Edge’s Collections feature, but adds the ability to invite others to view and edit the tabs…

Google is trying to make sure you can delete your account from apps Google is introducing a new rule to the Play Store that will require apps to have an easily accessible option for users to delete their accounts and data. The rule will apply to apps that require an account and developers have to…

The former head of Google’s now-shuttered Stadia service reportedly left Phil Harrison, who was formerly in charge of Google’s cloud gaming service Stadia, left the company in January 2021, when the service was officially shut down. Harrison had a long history in the gaming industry, joining Google in 2018 to work on Stadia which was…

Kobo’s all-you-can-read subscription service is coming to Kobo has launched its Kobo Plus subscription service in the US, offering readers access to 1.3 million ebooks and 100,000 audiobooks for a flat monthly fee of either $7.99 (for either ebooks or audiobooks) or $9.99 (for both). It can be accessed through Kobo’s e-readers and apps, and…

Edge will now allow you to block autoplay videos Microsoft is rolling out a new block feature for autoplay videos in Edge, offering users a more restrictive option for controlling web videos alongside existing allow and limit options. The feature is being tested in the Canary channel, and those who don’t want to wait can…

Fashion Week in the Metaverse had many big brands, but few people in attendance Metaverse Fashion Week was a showcase of what fashion brands can do in virtual worlds, but it also highlighted how much more needs to be done. Metaverse Fashion Week was an event in Decentraland where 60 fashion brands showed off their…

Where are AI videos headed? AI-generated videos are advancing quickly, with potential applications in Hollywood, from helping cast movies to modeling scenes before they’re shot. AI firms are creating text-to-video generators to facilitate this progress, and the tech is being boosted by new developments like labeling videos with text descriptors, which simplifies the process. As…