September 2023

Adobe’s Firefly generative AI models are now generally available, get pricing plans

September 13, 2023
176 days after launching its Firefly generative AI models into beta, Adobe today announced that Firefly is now generally and commercially available in its Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and Adobe Experience Cloud. This means, for example, that Firefly features like generative fill and generative expand in Photoshop are now available without having to install the […]

Port is aging well as developer portal concept takes shape

September 13, 2023
Port’s founders decided to build a developer portal, a central place for developers to find all the information about their development projects, at a good time. Companies have been recognizing the need for this tool, pushed in part by Spotify Backstage, an open source project released several years ago by the music streaming service. This […]

WhatsApp is launching its Channels feature globally

September 13, 2023
WhatsApp announced today that it is expanding its Channels feature, aimed towards broadcasted messages, globally. The company said Channels will be available to all users in more than 150 countries over the next few weeks. In June, Meta first introduced Channels on WhatsApp to users in Colombia and Singapore. Later, it expanded this feature to […]

X Corp faces Dutch privacy class action over MoPub data trading

September 13, 2023
Make way for another Dutch class action privacy damages lawsuit — this one targeting the company formerly known as Twitter (now X Corp); and MoPub, the mobile ad platform it used to own (before selling it to AppLovin at the start of last year), which is accused of “illegal trafficking” of millions of app users’ […]

The Download: Google’s anti-censorship tool, and China’s critical minerals

September 13, 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. Google has a new tool to outsmart authoritarian internet censorship The news: Google is launching new anti-censorship technology created in response to actions by Iran’s government during the 2022 protests, the company has…

Apple’s switch to USB-C resurfaces the need to label the cables

September 13, 2023
Apple finally switched to the USB-C port with the iPhone 15 series at its Wanderlust event. While having a ubiquitous port for all phones (and most other gadgets) is a good thing, there is a dire need to label USB-C cables to understand their full capability. At the outset, USB-C is simple. You can probably […]