Darrell Gulin/Getty Images One of the myths surrounding the Linux operating system is that you have to run all sorts of complicated commands to get anything done. Although that may have been the case some time ago, it’s no longer a reality. You could go your entire life with Linux and never run a single […] More
Sony A80L TV 4 / 5 Very good pros and cons Pros Fantastic audio Three options for the stand legs XR Clear Image upscales content beautifully and naturally Cons Only two HDMI 2.1 ports Struggles in super bright environments more buying choices When it debuted last year, Sony’s A80K OLED television scored fairly high all […] More
Getty Images/Malte Mueller ByteDance, known in the US for creating the wildly popular (and controversial) short-form video TikTok app, has officially entered the AI space with its latest release — Jimeng AI. As first spotted by Reuters on Tuesday, ByteDance-owned Faceu Technology made Jimeng AI, a text-to-image and text-to-video generator, available on the Apple App Store for […] More
Artie Beaty/ZDNETBig changes could be on the way for Reddit. The site is testing a major injection of AI into the platform and considering putting certain content behind a paywall.Also: The best AI search engines: Google, Perplexity, and moreJust as Google tried (and eventually failed) to do earlier this year, Reddit is bringing AI to its search results.In an earnings call earlier this week, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced plans to test AI-powered search results that summarize content for the site’s 1 billion searches every month. This follows an announcement four months ago that Reddit would be using AI to moderate communities. Many people, Huffman explained, use Reddit like a search engine, “literally typing into a box exactly what they’re interested in.” With the new results, users will see both the answers they’re looking for and new communities related to that search, hopefully helping them dive deeper into the site. More
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Zoom Since the pandemic, video meetings have become a cornerstone of business operations and a standard medium of collaboration. Therefore, these meetings often require notetaking on another platform to document the call’s proceedings. Now, users can take meeting notes right on Zoom. Also: Your board needs no-nonsense AI leadership – these experts explain why This […] More
Lance Whitney/ZDNETIn the ongoing battle between YouTube and viewers when it comes to ads and ad blockers, the streaming video site may have found a compromise, at least for live streams.On its features and experiments page, YouTube details how it’s testing a new ad format for live videos – a format that might just be the least invasive ever.Also: Are your YouTube videos glitching? It could be your ad blockerThe site is calling the new ads “Picture in Picture Live Mid-Rolls,” and — just as the name implies — they’ll run during content without interrupting it. Under the existing format, YouTube shows full-screen ads that completely interrupt content either before a video starts to play or in the middle. With the new format, ads will appear in a small window while the original content still plays. YouTube hasn’t explained yet whether the ads will run silently or whether the ad audio will overtake the live audio. “Monetized channels without rights management,” YouTube explains, “can set mid-roll ad defaults for future live streams at the channel level.” Those settings let creators choose monetization settings that will be the default for any newly created live streams. Creators who get access to Picture in Picture mid-roll ads will be able to turn them on by heading to the settings portion of their live control room. More
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images In a landmark decision, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court ruled Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by stifling competition and arranging exclusive and restrictive contracts with other companies. As Mehta wrote in his decision, “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its […] More
