Sam Altman: "What I Wish Someone Had Told Me"
16 handy things to keep in mind from Sam Altman.
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Adobe explains why it abandoned the Figma deal
Adobe just abandoned its $20 billion deal to buy Figma, and now we know why. In an interview on the Decoder podcast with The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, Adobe general counsel Dana Rao said that the company couldn’t prove to European regulators that the acquisition wouldn’t harm competition in the future — that is, that Adobe or Figma wouldn’t eventually do more to compete with one another.
Read moreJason Lengstorf: "Why I'll choose Astro (almost) every time in 2024"
Astro has become my JavaScript framework of choice for web projects going into 2024. I always found myself struggling with feeling like I had a whole bunch of complexity I didn't need with frameworks like Next.js, but not enough power or flexibility with pure static site generators like Hugo. Astro's "just in time" approach to handling dynamic web apps — from a singly dynamic component to full-blown server-side rendering — has me convinced that it's the right default choice for most new web projects today.
Read moreApple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US this week
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 will no longer be available to purchase from Apple starting later this week.
Read moreFigma Adobe deal officially dead
Fifteen months into the regulatory review process, Figma and Adobe no longer see a path toward regulatory approval of our proposed acquisition.
Read moreEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.
Read moreApple Discontinuing the Standalone Itunes Movies and Tv Shows Apps in Tvos 17.2
As first reported in October, Apple will discontinue the standalone iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps on the Apple TV box, starting with tvOS 17.2 The warning message seen above has started appearing in the release candidate version of tvOS 17.2 beta, released yesterday.
Read moreSam Altman Interview on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
When OpenAI’s board asked Sam Altman to return a day after they fired him, he initially felt defiant, hurt, and angry.
Read moreSam Altman back at OpenAI
In a reversal everyone saw, OpenAI posted on X that an agreement has been reached and Altman will be rejoining as CEO
Read moreOpenAI fallout: Everything that's happened since Sam Altman's firing
Artificial intelligence is the current tech industry hype. And OpenAI is by far the leading company in the AI space. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman was quickly becoming the face of AI as a whole.
Read moreSam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI
Read moreHell freezes over – Apple Plans to support RCS messages from Android phones next year
RCS or Rich Communication Services, a communications standard developed by the GSM Association and adopted by much of the Android ecosystem, is designed to universally elevate messaging communication across mobile devices. Even though Apple has been working with the group, it has until this moment steadfastly refused to add RCS support to iPhones. Now, however, Apple is changing its tune.
Read moreSam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven criminal fraud counts
A jury has found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of all seven criminal counts against him. The FTX founder faces a maximum sentence of 115 years in prison.
Read moreFirecracker beef rice bowl
This is an easy, spicy dish that is always nice to have on a weeknight, or a weekend-night, or any time really.
Read moreEffective Immediately, John Riccitiello is out at Unity
Unity, the company behind the game development engine of the same name, has just announced that its president, CEO, and chairman John Riccitiello “will retire” effective immediately.
Read moreMicrosoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Replacement
Executives from Microsoft met with Apple’s services chief, Eddy Cue, who brokered the current search engine relationship with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, to discuss the possibility of acquiring Bing.
Read moreBiscuits and Gravy
Biscuits and gravy are a classic comfort dish.
Read moreWriters Strike end
Hollywood heaves a sigh of relief. The WGA and major studios and streamers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that promises to end the 146-day strike that has taken a heavy toll across the content industry.
Read moreUnity announces its revamped pricing model after outcry
A little more than a week after announcing a disastrous new pricing model that infuriated developers, Unity has introduced its revamped version.
Read moreRemix releases V2
We are excited to announce that after nearly 2 years of sustained effort since releasing Remix version 1 — 19 minor releases, over 100 patch releases, and thousands of closed issues and pull requests — we are releasing Remix v2 into the world today.
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