Journals

Scott Stein / CNET: Meta rolls out the v62 software update for Meta Quest, adding support for Apple’s spatial video playback, PlayStation controllers, and more  —  An update announced today folds in a way to play back Apple’s new 3D… Read More »Meta rolls out the v62 software update for Meta Quest, adding support for Apple’s spatial video playback, PlayStation controllers, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

James Hunt / The Block: The US EIA plans to begin surveying crypto miners’ electricity use next week; the EIA cited bitcoin rising 50% in recent months as an emergency justification  —  – The Energy Information Administration will begin surveying… Read More »The US EIA plans to begin surveying crypto miners’ electricity use next week; the EIA cited bitcoin rising 50% in recent months as an emergency justification (James Hunt/The Block)

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Google plans to roll out a Google Maps feature that uses LLMs to analyze data on 250M+ places and recommend places, starting in the US  —  Google is bringing generative AI to — where… Read More »Google plans to roll out a Google Maps feature that uses LLMs to analyze data on 250M+ places and recommend places, starting in the US (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Richard Nieva / Forbes: YouTube says YouTube Premium and Music have a combined 100M subscribers; CEO Neal Mohan says subscriptions have become a “meaningful part” of YouTube’s business  —  YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told Forbes the subscription services are now… Read More »YouTube says YouTube Premium and Music have a combined 100M subscribers; CEO Neal Mohan says subscriptions have become a “meaningful part” of YouTube’s business (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: The US CPSC says Snap will recall all of its Pixy selfie camera drones as their batteries pose a fire risk; Snap sold less than 71,000 drones  —  Snap gave up on its Pixy flying… Read More »The US CPSC says Snap will recall all of its Pixy selfie camera drones as their batteries pose a fire risk; Snap sold less than 71,000 drones (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Reuters: Meta plans to deploy its second-gen in-house chips, referred to internally as Artemis, to its data centers in 2024, alongside “commercially available GPUs”  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to deploy into its data centers this year a… Read More »Meta plans to deploy its second-gen in-house chips, referred to internally as Artemis, to its data centers in 2024, alongside “commercially available GPUs” (Reuters)

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Sources: Binance’s efforts to re-enter the UK market are being frustrated after UK’s financial regulator expressed concerns to prospective local partners  —  – UK regulator had expressed concerns to firms about Binance  — New CEO Teng… Read More »Sources: Binance’s efforts to re-enter the UK market are being frustrated after UK’s financial regulator expressed concerns to prospective local partners (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: CISA orders US federal agencies to disconnect all Ivanti VPN appliances vulnerable to multiple actively exploited bugs before Saturday, February 3  —  CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to disconnect all Ivanti Connect Secure or Policy… Read More »CISA orders US federal agencies to disconnect all Ivanti VPN appliances vulnerable to multiple actively exploited bugs before Saturday, February 3 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google launches ImageFX, an AI image generator underpinned by Imagen 2, with “expressive chips”, or keyword suggestions; Google will bring Imagen 2 to Bard  —  Taylor Swift deepfakes be damned, Google is releasing a new AI-powered… Read More »Google launches ImageFX, an AI image generator underpinned by Imagen 2, with “expressive chips”, or keyword suggestions; Google will bring Imagen 2 to Bard (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

CNBC: Activist investor Elliott Management builds a “sizable” Etsy stake, a source says a roughly 13% position, and Elliott partner Marc Steinberg joins Etsy’s board  —  – Activist investor Elliott Management has a “sizable” investment in e-commerce firm Etsy.