Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers

September 28, 2023
Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. The company is also introducing a new feature to add context to the content that users see, along with an update to help train the search experience’s AI model to better detect false or offensive queries. The AI-powered search […]

Norway seeks to extend ban on Meta’s consentless tracking ads across the EU

September 28, 2023
Norway’s data protection authority has asked a European Union regulator to take a binding decision on whether its emergency sanction on Facebook and Instagram tracking and profiling users for ad targeting without their consent should be made permanent and applied across the EU single market, not just locally. The move could lead to a blanket […]

Taking off? Continuous feedback platforms that keep bad results from AI-created code from making it into production

September 28, 2023
If you haven’t noticed, a growing amount of code that’s being generated today is “AI-assisted.” In fact, Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Cloud and AI, estimated back in March that upwards of 40% the code that developers were uploading to the AI developer tool GitHub Copilot was both “AI-generated and unmodified.” Now, the […]

Amazon CodeWhisperer gains an enterprise tier

September 28, 2023
On the heels of the debut of its Bedrock service for building generative AI apps, Amazon has launched a new enterprise plan for CodeWhisperer, its AI-powered service to generate and suggest code. The new plan, aptly called CodeWhisperer Enterprise Tier, introduces new functionality that allows a company to integrate their internal codebases and resources to […]

Google patches zero-day exploited by commercial spyware vendor

September 28, 2023
Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. The vulnerability was reported to the Chrome team by Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) just two days before the patch was released. Google said it is aware that an exploit for the vulnerability, tracked as […]

Fortnite maker Epic Games is laying off 16% of its workforce

September 28, 2023
Epic Games is laying off 16% percent of its employees, impacting about 870 people, the company announced on Thursday. The company also announced that it’s divesting Bandcamp and spinning off most of SuperAwesome. The news was first reported by Bloomberg. The company is the maker of Fortnite, which is a popular online game with more […]

Fitbit brings Pixel Watch features to the Charge 6

September 28, 2023
Fitbit products haven’t exactly been a focus for Google since the acquisition closed at the beginning of 2021. It’s been clear from the start that the software giant’s interest in the wearable pioneer came down to its own proprietary smartwatch ambitions. We saw that play out with last year’s Pixel Watch launch and will likely […]