Collaborate Disseminate
Adobe is expanding its Firefly AI assistant into Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io, where it can automate all sorts of tasks such as organizing clips, renaming assets, adding interview markers, rearranging layers, and finding missing fonts…. Continue reading Adobe Adds Its AI Assistant To Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign
California’s proposed “billionaire tax” has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, setting up a major fight between labor unions and some of Silicon Valley’s richest figures. From the report: The California Billionaire Tax Act, … Continue reading California ‘Billionaire Tax’ Makes Ballot Despite Opposition From Tech Moguls
Midjourney is expanding beyond AI image generation with plans for a medical-imaging business built around a water-based, full-body ultrasound scanner that uses hundreds of thousands of sensors and AI to reconstruct MRI-like images. “As you descend into… Continue reading Midjourney Pivots From AI Image Generation To Body Scanning Medical Spa
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: As artificial intelligence companies reshape the economy and race toward trillion-dollar valuations, Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a sweeping transfer of wealth and power from the indust… Continue reading Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Plan To Give Americans Control of AI Industry
Apple is allowing iPhone developers in Brazil to distribute apps through authorized alternative marketplaces and use third-party payment systems following action by the country’s competition regulator. “In other words, developers in Brazil will be able… Continue reading Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil
Google has begun rolling out Android 17, the June Pixel Feature Drop, and Wear OS 7 simultaneously across supported Pixel phones and watches. Highlights include floating app bubbles, improved foldable multitasking and gaming, tighter location and conta… Continue reading Android 17 Drops For Pixel Phones and Watch
Security researcher Justin O’Leary says Google initially accepted his Config Connector privilege-escalation report as a high-priority, high-severity bug, then denied a bounty by declaring the behavior “working as intended.” According to The Register, a… Continue reading Google Told Researcher ‘Nice Catch!’ Then Denied Bug Bounty For Flaw It Still Hasn’t Fixed
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple is raising its prices to offset the high cost of memory and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal. Apple is no longer able to absorb the increased prices and will need to pass some … Continue reading Tim Cook Says Apple Price Increases Are ‘Unavoidable’ Due To Memory Costs
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PetaPixel: China dominates the consumer drone market, so it is perhaps surprising that it is no longer possible to fly or even purchase a drone in Beijing. The new law that passed last month makes i… Continue reading You Can No Longer Fly Or Purchase a Drone In Beijing
Special-effects designer Brian Johnson, known for his groundbreaking work on Space: 1999, The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and Aliens, has died at the age of 86. Johnson began his career creating models and explosions for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produ… Continue reading Brian Johnson, Special Effects Artist Behind ‘Space: 1999,’ Dies At 86