May 2023

Reddit will allow users to upload NSFW images from desktop

May 12, 2023

Reddit announced Thursday that it will now allow users to upload NSFW images from desktops in adult communities. The feature was already available on the social network’s mobile app. The company made the announcement on the r/modnews subreddit, saying that this step will bring feature parity across platforms. “This now gives us feature parity with […]

Reddit will allow users to upload NSFW images from desktop by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature

May 12, 2023

TikTok has upended how music is discovered, used and consumed these days; now, its long-term effort to build a business around that is getting a boost. The Bytedance-owned app today announced a search feature called “NewMusic”, which users can use to find new tracks, and artists can use to promote them. To see new music […]

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: open vs closed AI, and Google’s uneasy demo

May 12, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The open-source AI boom is built on Big Tech’s handouts. How long will it last? Last week a leaked memo reported to have been written by Luke Sernau, a senior engineer at Google,…

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade

May 12, 2023

Toyota Japan has apologized after admitting to leaving millions of customers’ vehicle details on the public internet for a decade. The car maker said in a notice that it will notify about 2.15 million customers whose personal and vehicle information were left exposed to the internet after a “cloud misconfiguration” was discovered recently in April. […]

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

China’s phone giant Oppo disbands chip design unit as shipment slumps

May 12, 2023

Chinese smartphone giant Oppo is disbanding its young chip design unit Zeku as weak global demand forces major handset manufacturers to cut costs and restrategize. The decision comes as a surprise to those who believe the phone maker is bolstering its in-house chip development as rising geopolitical tensions with the U.S. threatens to cut Chinese […]

China’s phone giant Oppo disbands chip design unit as shipment slumps by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Why tiny viruses could be our best bet against antimicrobial resistance

May 12, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Regular readers will know that the microbiome is one of my favorite topics to cover. The billions of bacteria crawling all over our bodies play a vital role in our health, influencing…