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We warned you that this change was coming – but X has just made it official: Blocking on Elon Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer actually block users from viewing content — and now users appear to be fleeing X once again.  Tweet may have been deleted Essentially, a block … Read more

Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It recently discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for the M3 Air, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop starting at $649 — a far cry from the $2,499 starting price of … Read more

On Wednesday, social network X (formerly Twitter) updated its Privacy Policy to indicate that it would allow third-party “collaborators” to train their AI models on X data, unless users opt out. While X owner Elon Musk trained xAI’s Grok AI chatbot on X user data, leading to an investigation by the EU’s lead privacy regulator, … Read more

What you need to know Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company’s second reorganization of 2024 as its AI teams shift to new teams. The Gemini app team will move under the Google DeepMind team, while those involved with the Assistant will fall under the new Platform & Devices team. Google’s first restructuring happened in … Read more

Google already pushes out AI products at a breakneck pace, but it appears that’s still not fast enough for the company. To further speed up its AI development, the tech giant has decided to reshuffle some of its departments. In a blog post, CEO of Google Sundar Pichai announced that the company will be streamlining … Read more

404 Media journalist and Slashdot contributor samleecole shares a report: After an exodus of employees at Automattic who disagreed with CEO Matt Mullenweg’s recently divisive legal battle with WP Engine, he’s upped the ante with another buyout offer — and a threat that employees speaking to the press should “exit gracefully, or be fired tomorrow … Read more

Apple today reminded developers that the EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced. Developers who distribute apps in the EU will now need to share information that includes address, phone number, and email address on the EU App Store. Submitting updates for apps on the ‌App Store‌ in the European Union … Read more

The war for control of Gotham is heating up in the midseason trailer for The Penguin. Oz begins the trailer with a question: “So who’s got the power in this city?” In one corner, there’s Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), the new head of her family after the deaths of her father and brother. The footage … Read more

Qualcomm has announced that it will be discontinuing the Snapdragon X Elite Developer Kit for Windows. The company said that the product has not met its usual standards of excellence. The developer kit for Snapdragon X Elite was initially available to pre-order in May and was supposed to start shipping in June. It was made … Read more

Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi, which he claims will hit the market as early as 2027. BBC Tech Correspondent Lily Jamali analyses the ‘robocabs’ and whether their reliance on camera technology might be undermining the vehicles’ safety. Musk also debuted “Optimus” robots, which he claims will free up human time and take on … Read more