‘Every single’ Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO
“Every single one” of Amazon’s businesses has “multiple generative AI initiatives going right now,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on the company’s Q2 2023 earnings call on Thursday.
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Is Jamstack Officially Finished?
Earlier this week, Netlify officially killed The Jamstack Community Discord. It was a rather abrupt end, with little more than a week’s notice.
How to use Sentry with your Remix apps
Sentry is great for error monitoring, and flexible. This post will show how to add Sentry to your remix apps so it's set up for error, performance, and replay monitoring.
15-Inch MacBook Air Demand Reportedly 'Weaker Than Expected' So Far
The new 15-inch MacBook Air has been widely praised, but one new report claims that sales of it are so low that manufacturing is being cut.
Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent
Twitter is still spending more money than it’s making, according to Elon Musk. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the billionaire tweeted the company was suffering from an ongoing negative cash flow issue due to an approximately 50 percent drop in advertising revenue and heavy debt burden. “Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else,” Musk said.
Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’
xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at https://x.ai/. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation.
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads
On Wednesday, Instagram parent company Meta introduced Threads, a text-based companion to Instagram that resembles Twitter and other text-based social platforms. Just hours later, a lawyer for Twitter, Alex Spiro, sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing the company of engaging in “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.”
The Verge Reviews The Pixel Fold
“The Google Pixel Fold is a lot of phone. It’s heavy, expensive, and often great. But it’s also every bit the first-generation product that it is, and it’s not ready to take the foldable fight to Samsung just yet.”
Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake
Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life.
Apple Vision Pro Will Support WebXR for Fully Immersive Experiences in the Browser
In a somewhat surprising move, Apple confirmed that Safari on Vision Pro will support WebXR. Prior to the reveal of the headset, it was an open question whether the company would entertain the idea of XR experiences through the browser, and even more so if the company would adopt the relatively new WebXR standard. But now Apple has confirmed that Safari on Vision Pro will indeed support WebXR.
Robot pizza startup Zume shuts down
A robot pizza delivery startup, which raised nearly $500 million, has shut down due to technological setbacks. The company, founded in 2015, initially aimed to develop a mobile pizza-making machine, but pivoted to sustainable packaging in 2020.
The Vision Pro’s biggest advantage isn’t Apple’s hardware
Apple used the Vision Pro’s $3,499 price tag to give the headset every advantage over the competition. It has dual 4K displays, runs one of the best laptop chips in the business, and comes with sophisticated eye- and hand-tracking technologies. But it also has one advantage money can’t buy: Apple’s developer ecosystem. Perhaps the headset’s single biggest advantage will be the ability for iPhone and iPad developers to easily plug their existing apps into the device’s operating system using familiar tools and frameworks.
John Gruber: “First Impressions of the Vision Pro and VisonOS”
“I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park, in a temporary “field house” building Apple constructed specifically for this experience. This was a one-on-one guided tour with someone from the Vision product marketing team, with the ground rules that I’m allowed to talk about everything I experienced, but photos and videos were not permitted.”
What Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro
Mark Zuckerberg dismissed Apple's Vision Pro as lacking major technological breakthroughs and criticized its vision for usage in a meeting with Meta employees. He highlighted Meta's upcoming Quest 3 headset, priced at $499 compared to the Vision Pro's $3,499, as a more affordable option for a wider user base.
How to use variables for better filtering in Directus Insights
Directus' Insights panels are a handy feature of the data studio, creating charts to see your data when you want to, but adding filters such as `daterange` and `groupBy` make it even more flexible.
WordPress Turns 20
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. None of us knew what we were getting into when it started, but we had a shared conviction that the four freedoms of the GPL combined with a mission to democratize publishing was something worth spending our time on.
Skillet Bibimbap
While traditionally made in a stone pot, this is a take on Bibimbap that is cooked in a skillet.
The Verge: The 5 biggest announcements from Microsoft Build 2023
Hint: It was all AI related.
Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky is having a moment
Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social network, isn’t publicly available yet but it’s already become one of the buzziest Twitter alternatives. Scoring an invite to the service, which has been in a closed beta for barely two months, has become a sought-after status symbol with invite codes selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay.
The Downfall of Brydge
Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations.
Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices
The Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise are no longer available on Amazon.
CNBC: “Apple declares resounding victory after decision reached in Epic Games appeal”
An appeals court on Monday mostly sided with Apple over its App Store rules in a suit with Epic Games. The decision signals that Apple’s control over the App Store and the fees it charges likely won’t significantly change as a result of an ongoing legal challenge by Epic Games.
The end of the BuzzFeed era in news
Buzzfeed News, which began in 2012 announced they're shutting down as part of company-wide layoffs.
The End of Computer Magazines in America
The April issues of Maximum PC and MacLife are currently on sale at a newsstand near you—assuming there is a newsstand near you. They’re the last print issues of these two venerable computer magazines, both of which date to 1996 (and were originally known, respectively, as Boot and MacAddict). Starting with their next editions, both publications will be available in digital form only.
Apple’s Tim Cook says AR and VR are for "connection" and "communication"
At some point in the near future, Apple’s going to launch a mixed reality headset. That seems all but certain. The exact when and what and how much? All very up in the air. But one thing hasn’t changed: Tim Cook’s vision for AR and VR. For almost a decade, Apple’s CEO has been banging the drum that AR is more important than VR and that AR is fundamentally about bringing people together. And he’s still at it.
GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help
General Motors plans to phase out widely-used Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies that allow drivers to bypass a vehicle’s infotainment systems, shifting instead to built-in infotainment systems developed with Google for future electric vehicles.
Some Apple Employees Seriously Concerned About Mixed-Reality Headset as Announcement Draws Closer
The first-generation headset is purportedly seen as a bridge to future products that require technological breakthroughs, but many employees are said to have worries about the device's $3,000 price point, utility, and unproven market. Skeptics have questioned if the device is "a solution in search of a problem," unlike the iPod and iPhone. The headset has apparently not been "driven by the same clarity" as Apple's other products.
Shazam! 2’s opening weekend is DC’s biggest box office flop
Shazam! Fury of the Gods has arrived in theaters, and the event was marked by a resounding thud at the box office.
Playing with AI models
AI models are fascinating, I've been building a few sites as well as extensions, etc that use chatGPT, Dall-e, and others to accomplish various tasks.
Marc Rubinstein on The Demise of Silicon Valley Bank
“When you’re not working, what do you do to de-stress?”
Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse
Etsy says some sellers won’t receive their payments on time due to the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. In an email sent out to impacted shop owners, the company says it used the shuttered institution to send out deposits to “some sellers” and that they may not get their scheduled payments as a result, leaving shop owners worried about the future of their stores.
Cowboy Butter
At It's heart, CowBoy Butter is garlic butter, but it's garlic butter at warp speed, the flavors all come together to make a quick dish to is great for dipping, spreading, and eating.
The definition of overwhelm
“ The definition of “overwhelm” is pretty intense”
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter
On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for “routine maintenance,” they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.
What is going on with Fitbit?
These days, Fitbit users seem to be asking each other the same question: is it me, or is the app down for everybody else, too? Between frequent server outages and a recent decision to shutter popular social features, frustrated Fitbit customers say they’re weighing their options.
BOBOVR M2 Plus Head Strap For Meta Quest 2
You want to be comfortable if you wear a VR headset for long, and also having a backup battery or two doesn't hurt. This strap provides both of those features.
Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken
Make this Italian-inspired Creamy Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken. Tender chicken immersed in simple yet richly balanced creamy garlic sauce with caramelized mushrooms and sweet sun-dried tomatoes. Crazy satisfying easy weeknight meal!
Google Stadia had less than 10% market share among cloud gaming services
In new statistics shared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), we’ve learned that Google Stadia had significantly fewer active users than most other cloud gaming services.
Microsoft Announces New AI-Powered Bing Search and Edge Web Browser
“ To empower people to unlock the joy of discovery, feel the wonder of creation and better harness the world’s knowledge, today we’re improving how the world benefits from the web by reinventing the tools billions of people use every day, the search engine and the browser.”
Marry Me Chicken
This creamy chicken dish is amily-friendly, and always a crowd-pleaser! All you need to make this wonderful dish are just a few ingredients and half an hour from your time.