Grammarly rebrands as Superhuman after its acquisitions of Superhuman Mail in June and Coda in December 2024; the standalone writing tool Grammarly still exists (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/808472/grammarly-superhuman-ai-rebrand-rel…
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Thievery Corporation:
🎵 Sweet Tides
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https://thieverycorporation.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-tides
https://open.spotify.com/track/6BlJSNxgtngyE6WAVY87NT
Grokipedia hands-on: many articles clone Wikipedia, but deviate significantly on topics Elon Musk cares about, with inaccuracies on some scientific topics (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/808514/grokipedia-wikipedia-co…
Grokipedia hands-on: many articles clone Wikipedia, but deviate significantly on topics conflicting with Elon Musk's worldview; at times, it is overtly racist (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/808514/grokipedia-wiki…
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Thievery Corporation:
🎵 Radio Retaliation
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https://thieverycorporation.bandcamp.com/album/radio-retaliation
https://open.spotify.com/track/6BlJSNxgtngyE6WAVY87NT
WhatsApp launches passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android, letting users encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or a code (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/809842/whatsapp-passkey-chat-backup-encryption…
OpenAI's Sora app adds new features, including "character cameos" to create AI deepfakes of pets, illustrations, and more, clip stitching, and leaderboards (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/809877/openai-sora-app-character-ca…
Framework says it is raising DDR5 RAM prices to charge $10 per GB, after a price hike earlier in December due to "substantially higher costs" amid the AI boom (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/850376/framework-ram-memory-ddr5-price-hikes…
YouTube is using AI to upscale videos uploaded at between 240p and 720p to HD on TV screens, but users can opt out, and plans 4K upscaling "in the near future" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/808717/youtube-automatic-ai…