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New Mythic Quest season 4 trailer just arrived from Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has two big returning series coming this month: Severance and Mythic Quest. The two shows are polar opposites, but both promise to be a treat for viewers. Today, Apple has released the first trailer for Mythic Quest season 4—and it looks very good.
more…Microsoft rolls back its Bing Image Creator model after users complain of degraded quality
Ahead of the holidays, Microsoft said it was upgrading the AI model behind Bing Image Creator, the AI-powered image editing tool built into the company’s Bing search engine. Microsoft promised that the new model — the latest version of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model, code-named “PR16” — would allow users to create images “twice as fast […]
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Former CEO of MoviePass’ parent company pleads guilty to fraud over ‘unlimited’ plan
The former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, Theodore Farnsworth, pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy after being accused of misleading investors over the service’s “unlimited plan.” Farnsworth also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud as the chief executive of Vinco Ventures, a publicly traded company. Helios & […]
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Is Now on Final Sale, With Over 500 Games Available for as Low as $13
Grab now and start gaming immediately when the digital code is sent to your email.
Honda’s Wild 0 Series EVs Slated for 2026
Honda showed two avant garde prototypes at CES, and they’re headed to production.
The Year Ahead In Animation
Balancing quality over quantity while combating worker crunch will pose challenges for the animation industry in 2025.
MSC Cruises Is Making Its Super Bowl Debut
Tools of the Trade: Jonathan McGlothin of 50,000feet
OpenAI boss denies sister's sexual abuse claims
AT&T will credit you for a day’s service after some fiber or wireless outages
AT&T has announced a new “AT&T Guarantee” program promising better communication around outages and compensation that includes bill credits for a day’s service when the outage meets certain thresholds, reports Reuters. The new automatic-credit program covers both AT&T fiber and wireless services.
AT&T promises to email or text customers when there’s an outage and credit them for a full day’s worth of service if the outage meets its criteria. Those include fiber outages lasting at least 20 minutes and “wireless downtime lasting 60 minutes or more caused by a single incident impacting 10 or more towers.”
AT&T also says it will issue reward cards worth at least $5 for certain tech support issues like long wait times or failed callbacks.
The company excludes any of these events if they resulted from bad weather, natural disasters, and other events out of its control, according to small print.
Last year, AT&T had multiple outages, including a massive 12-hour one in February last year that the FCC found had cut off 5G and voice for 125 million devices in all 50 states.
Two new smart rings offer AFib detection for $380, or gold for $1,900
Oura remains the king of the smart ring business – at least until Apple enters the arena – but two competitors are trying very different approaches in launching their own models.
French branch Circular hasn’t made much progress to date, thanks to a plastic construction and an absence of wireless charging, but it has fixed both issues in its latest model …
more…Facebook Marketplace to display eBay listings to appease EU regulators
Meta is set to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace classifieds platform, in an effort to appease European regulators. Back in November, Meta was hit with a €798 million fine by the European Commission (EC) in Europe for breaching antitrust rules. The EC contended that Meta created “unfair trading conditions” by connecting […]
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Amazon’s Best-Selling Jump Starter Is 50% Off Now in Its First Sale of the Year
This GOOLOO GP4000 Jump Starter is available with a massive 50% discount off its regular price.
Retired Chicago Reporter Sets Up Scholarship to Remember Daughter
Apple's inaccurate AI news alerts shows the tech has a growing misinformation problem
AI-powered startup Infinite Reality valued at $12.25 billion after $3 billion fundraise
Artificial intelligence continues to attract massive investment as 5-year-old AI-focused startup Infinite Reality announced a $12.25 billion valuation following a $3 billion funding round. The company joins a growing group of startups thriving on the rising demand for AI innovations. […]
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This new Apple product could be the sleeper hit of 2025
Apple’s AirTag item tracker has been a huge hit since it was first released in April 2021. Look around, and you’ll see the circular accessory attached to keys, backpacks, and suitcases everywhere.
This year, Apple will release AirTag 2 – its first-ever hardware upgrade to the product. I think it has the potential to be an under-the-radar success.
more…Washington State suing T-Mobile over data breach impacting 79 million people
Washington State is suing T-Mobile over a 2021 security breach which exposed the personal data of some 79 million people, including 2M Washington residents. Data exposed included social security numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information.
The carrier is accused of failing to follow industry-standard cybersecurity processes, which allowed the breach to go unnoticed for four months …
more…Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16Z and General Catalyst
H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million healthcare professionals, has acquired Ribbon, a startup that helps patients find doctors that are supported by their insurance. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The last time that Ribbon — founded in 2016 and a Y […]
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