From TechCrunch: Is the metaverse out, and Facebook back in? That’s one way to look at Tuesday’s announcement from the company formerly known as Facebook: Meta is revamping its flagship app with a number of features focused on connecting friends, along with design changes, including a renewed focus...

From ComputerWorld: Google is deploying a second AI model to monitor its Gemini-powered Chrome browsing agent after acknowledging the agent could be tricked into taking unauthorized actions through prompt injection attacks.

“We’re introducing a user alignment critic where the agent’s actions are...

From Tom's Hardware: ASML, a Dutch company renowned as the only one that can produce the latest photolithography machines for fabricating cutting-edge chip designs, is under fire for selling chip fabrication hardware to a Chinese defence firm with ties to the ruling party, as reported by Nos...

From ExtremeTech: An unnamed Intel graphics card with a claimed thermal design power (TDP) of 300W has shown up on a shipping manifest, suggesting the company may be working on a new high-end version of its Arc graphics cards. The Alleged B770 design would use over 33% more power than Intel's...

From PC Mag: Spotify is rolling out a feature that allows users with a Premium subscription to watch music videos in the US and Canada, thanks to a new direct license agreement between Spotify and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA).

The videos will begin appearing today, although...

From PC Mag: SpaceX has filed to trademark "Starlink Mobile," suggesting CEO Elon Musk is serious about launching a mobile carrier.

On Thursday, an X user noted that SpaceX had submitted a filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Oct. 16—shortly after Musk entertained the idea of competing...

From The Verge: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is reporting that Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies, told Tim Cook he is “seriously considering” leaving Apple for another company in the near future. It was reported in October that Srouji was “evaluating his future at the tech...

From PC World: OpenAI has turned off ads appearing on ChatGPT while it works out how best to improve the model’s precision, its top researchers said.

In early December, a user complained about the nonsensical way in which ChatGPT was showing ads for Target below a conversation the user was having...

From CNET: Netflix announced on Friday that it will acquire Warner Bros, HBO and its streaming business HBO Max, in an $82.7 billion deal. That deal is now being contested by Paramount, which confirmed today that it's launching a hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

Netflix's deal would...

From TechCrunch: OpenAI and Instacart are launching a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, allowing customers to brainstorm meal ideas, make a grocery list, and check out, all without leaving the chat interface.

This builds upon an existing partnership between OpenAI and Instacart; more...