Monthly Archives: February 2024

Disney’s 10th Accelerator Program invests in four AI startups

The 10th year of the Disney Accelerator Program has been announced, with a strong focus on AI as four out of the five chosen companies are in the artificial intelligence space. Announced on Wednesday (Feb. 21) via a press release, the … Continue reading

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Sons of the Forest finally gets new features and a v1 patch

Sons of the Forest, the highly-anticipated follow-up to The Forest has finally come out of Early Access after a year or so and hands with a massive V1 patch and a host of great new content.  I played a lot … Continue reading

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Google strikes a deal with Reddit to boost AI possibilities, reportedly for $60M/year

The partnership between the multinational technology company and social news aggregation is set to strengthen as an ‘expanded partnership’ has been announced. This pairing will work together to create more content-forward displays of Reddit information, in the hope this will … Continue reading

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Boost Your Content With a Lifetime of Exciting Visuals for Only $100

This AI-powered stock photo platform can improve your business with a never-ending pool of original visual content. Don’t miss this limited-time deal.

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Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn

Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had disrupted the notorious Russia-linked cybercrime gang. Researchers … Continue reading

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Apple’s India iPhone business outpaces individual EU countries, Morgan Stanley says

Apple’s long-term bet on India is beginning to pay dividends. The company’s iPhone revenue in India jumped 42% year-on-year in 2023 to $8.7 billion, Morgan Stanley wrote in a note on Friday. The iPhone shipments in India grew 39% year-on-year … Continue reading

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Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair

Google says its new designs comply with the Digital Markets Act, which bars platforms from favoring their own tools. Yelp says tests show one tweak made people even more likely to stick with Google.

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AI can ‘disproportionately’ help defend against cybersecurity threats, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence could help strengthen defenses against security threats in cyber space, according to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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Armenia’s 10web brings AI website-building to WordPress

Generative AI has done an impressive job in improving productivity in a wide range of areas, including website building. There’s no lack of tools that now allow one to generate web designs by simply describing what they want in prompts, … Continue reading

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Threads starts testing in-app camera shortcut and drafts

Meta said Thursday that it has started to test two “most requested” features: drafts and in-app camera. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that both features are available to only a small number of people. Users who have access to the … Continue reading

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