Android
The return of the trans underground
In the early 1970s, long before social media and more than a decade before the earliest internet forums, a woman named Peggie Ames became a human rolodex for trans women in New York state. Born Read more…
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DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver
Glance is bringing an AI-generated version of yourself to your screensaver. DirecTV wants to use AI to put you, your family, and your pets inside a custom TV screensaver. If that’s not uncanny enough, you’ll Read more…
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Spotify rolls out controls to keep kids music out of your algorithm
Managed accounts allow users to block kids from listening to specific songs and artists. Spotify is expanding shared account features that make it easier for parents to control what their kids listen to. Managed accounts Read more…
Android
How trans visibility became a trap
I renewed my passport the day after Trump won again. It wouldn’t expire for years, but I did it anyway, along with many trans people I knew who could scrape together the fee. We all Read more…
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Instagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’
Instagram’s PG-13-inspired rating will avoid recommending more types of content to teens. | Image: Meta Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content similar to what Read more…
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TiVo no longer makes DVRs
It’s the end of an era for TiVo. Cord Cutters flagged that the company has removed every digital video recorder product from its website, with TiVo confirming to the publication last week that it has Read more…
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Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ goes on sale October 15th
Nvidia’s DGX Spark computer. Nvidia will start selling its DGX Spark “personal AI supercomputer” this week. The machine is powerful enough to let users work on sophisticated AI models but small enough to fit on Read more…
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Facebook is adding job listings, again
Meta wants you to find your next gig on Facebook. Meta, a company that is not shy about bolting new features onto its platforms, is bolting another new feature onto Facebook: jobs. This one is Read more…
Android
Microsoft AI announces first image generator created in-house
Microsoft AI just announced its first text-to-image generator, MAI-Image-1, designed and developed in-house. The tech giant, which recently announced its first in-house Microsoft AI models, called the new image generator “the next step on our Read more…
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Google will let you hide sponsored results in search — after you’ve seen them
Ads in Google search results are getting a more prominent label, and a way to hide them if you’re not interested. Handy! The thing is, you still have to look at them first. Currently, Google Read more…