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Twitter Users Flock to Other Platforms as the Elon Musk Era Begins
A week before Elon Musk closed his $44 billion Twitter deal, Cassie LaBelle, a writer who is part of a transgender community on Twitter, started a Discord server. “I don’t know if Musk is gonna buy & destroy Twitter or not,” she wrote, but she hoped her server would... Read more
Amazon SageMaker continues to expand machine learning (ML) use in the cloud
Register now for your free virtual pass to the Low-Code/No-Code Summit this November 9. Hear from executives from Service Now, Credit Karma, Stitch Fix, Appian, and more. Learn more. Amazon SageMaker, which got its start five years ago, is among the most widely used machine learning (ML) services in... Read more
Billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk still has fans, but many are disillusioned
Elon Musk isn’t like other tech billionaires, even if he now owns a major social media company. First, he’s much richer. Second, he has a fervent, extremely online fan base — a kind usually reserved for boy bands — and this fandom has helped propel the incredible success of... Read more
Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months
Aurich Lawson / Getty A small retail business in North Africa, a North American telecommunications provider, and two separate religious organizations: What do they have in common? They’re all running poorly configured Microsoft servers that for months or years have been spraying the Internet with gigabytes-per-second of junk data... Read more
Apple TV Plus: Every New TV Show Arriving in October
Apple TV Plus is one of the newer streaming platforms vying for your attention, and there’s good reason to start watching. It’s stocked with big names and some hit shows, from the first season of Severance to the heartwarmingly adorable Ted Lasso to Reese Witherspoon’s Emmy-winning drama The Morning Show.... Read more
Best Google Pixel Phone (2022): Which Model to Buy, Cases and Accessories, Feature Drops
The Pixel 5 isn’t quite worth its high price, especially since its software support window ends soon (October 2023). Amazon currently sells the Pixel 4A 5G for the same price as the Pixel 6A, and while it’s a good phone, it should be cheaper. You’re better off sticking with... Read more
Report: U.S. loses AI leadership to India despite a 6-year head start
Register now for your free virtual pass to the Low-Code/No-Code Summit this November 9. Hear from executives from Service Now, Credit Karma, Stitch Fix, Appian, and more. Learn more. Peak’s inaugural Decision Intelligence (DI) Maturity Index found that while the U.S. was an early leader in artificial intelligence (AI),... Read more
Elon Musk owns your Twitter user data and DMs. What does that mean for your privacy?
Editor’s note, October 27, 9:35 pm ET: The deal has closed and Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout will likely be a done deal on October 28. For just $44 billion, he will own what he once referred to as a “de facto town square.” He... Read more
‘The Santa Clauses’ Trailer Brings Back Tim Allen For Disney Plus Reboot
Disney Plus is reviving the popular Tim Allen Santa Clause movies with an original series on the streaming service this holiday season. Disney dropped the first trailer for The Santa Clauses on Thursday, giving us a glimpse at a familiar Santa Claus who hangs up his boots and beard... Read more
AI’s New Creative Streak Sparks a Silicon Valley Gold Rush
In the years since, a wave of investment from companies large and small has spread face recognition around the world, has installed always-listening virtual assistants into homes, and has seen AI technology become integral to just about every gadget, app, and service. The race is now on to find... Read more