Journals

Nilay Patel / The Verge: YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap” but doesn’t offer a timeframe; YouTube videos in 360 and VR playback modes are not viewable in visionOS Safari  —  Here’s a little bit of… Read More »YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap” but doesn’t offer a timeframe; YouTube videos in 360 and VR playback modes are not viewable in visionOS Safari (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta announced it’s deprecating its Facebook Groups API, and developers say doing so will greatly impact companies offering tools to schedule and automate posts  —  The recent surprise announcement that Meta will soon be shutting down… Read More »Meta announced it’s deprecating its Facebook Groups API, and developers say doing so will greatly impact companies offering tools to schedule and automate posts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: A look at the legal challenges of defining and prosecuting virtual crimes, amid rising reports of attacks, harassment, and sexual assault in the metaverse  —  A growing cohort of activists are urging police forces to… Read More »A look at the legal challenges of defining and prosecuting virtual crimes, amid rising reports of attacks, harassment, and sexual assault in the metaverse (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Cloud native container management platform Weaveworks, which raised over $61M, shuts down after facing uneven sales and failing to get acquired  —  Weaveworks, a startup focusing on cloud native development tooling, announced today on LinkedIn that… Read More »Cloud native container management platform Weaveworks, which raised over $61M, shuts down after facing uneven sales and failing to get acquired (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Bloomberg: How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history  —  A few years ago, during one of California’s steadily worsening wildfire seasons, Nat… Read More »How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history (Bloomberg)

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Microsoft strikes an AI deal with Semafor for a breaking news feed called Signals; Ben Smith says it will be written by journalists, using AI as a research tool  —  Collaboration comes as tech giant… Read More »Microsoft strikes an AI deal with Semafor for a breaking news feed called Signals; Ben Smith says it will be written by journalists, using AI as a research tool (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: A look at OnlyFake, an underground site that claims to use “neural networks” to make highly convincing fake IDs for just $15; one ID passed verification on OKX  —  This piece was produced with support… Read More »A look at OnlyFake, an underground site that claims to use “neural networks” to make highly convincing fake IDs for just $15; one ID passed verification on OKX (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Last week’s earnings showed signs of an ad market turnaround, with Meta’s ad sales up 24% YoY, Amazon’s ad business growing 27%, and Google’s ad business up 11%  —  – The digital advertising market appears to… Read More »Last week’s earnings showed signs of an ad market turnaround, with Meta’s ad sales up 24% YoY, Amazon’s ad business growing 27%, and Google’s ad business up 11% (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Financial Times: Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon added ~$10B to collective profits in the past two years by cutting depreciation costs due to extended server life estimates  —  Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have all shifted estimates of how long… Read More »Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon added ~$10B to collective profits in the past two years by cutting depreciation costs due to extended server life estimates (Financial Times)

Will Canny / CoinDesk: Oobit, which lets consumers pay using crypto while merchants receive fiat currency, raised a $25M Series A led by the investment arm of Tether and others  —  The round also included participation from Anatoly Yakovenko, the… Read More »Oobit, which lets consumers pay using crypto while merchants receive fiat currency, raised a $25M Series A led by the investment arm of Tether and others (Will Canny/CoinDesk)