Podcasts coming to YouTube Music
Podcasts are coming to YouTube Music, but given Google's history in Podcasting of being on and off again, time will tell if they are serious this time.
From the archive
2023
European Commission Staff Banned From Using TikTok
The European Commission posted a press release titled: “Commission strengthens cybersecurity and suspends the use of TikTok on its corporate devices”. From the press release: “To increase its cybersecurity, the Commission’s Corporate Management Board has decided to suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices and on personal devices enrolled in the Commission mobile device service. The
Valve Set A Trap To Catch And Ban 40,000 Dota 2 Players
Polygon reported Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used by players using third-party cheating clients, and in doing so, created a “honeypot” to catch those cheaters. According to Polygon, the battle to address cheating extends much further than just Dota 2 and Valve; several companies with popular games have gone as far as taking
AI-Created Images Lose U.S. Copyrights In Test For New Technology
Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection, the U.S. Copyright Office said in a letter seen by Reuters. “Zarya of the Dawn” author Kris Kashtanova is entitled to a copyright for the parts of the book Kashtanova wrote and arranged, but not for the images produced by
Microsoft And NVIDIA Announce Expansive New Gaming Deal
Microsoft posted “Microsoft and NVIDIA announce expansive new gaming deal” on its Microsoft News Center: On Tuesday, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced the companies have agreed to a 10-year partnership to bring Xbox and PC games to the NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, which has more than 25 million members in over 100 countries. The agreement will enable gamers to
YouTube Music Lets Users Create Custom Radio Stations
YouTube Music is introducing a new radio experience that lets users create their own custom stations, the company told TechCrunch on Tuesday. Prior to the launch of this feature, users had started music listening experiences by picking from preexisting playlists, radios, or albums, but now users can create their own radios from the ground up. According to TechCrunch, with this
Clarkesworld Is Being Flooded With AI-Generated Submissions
Neil Clarke, of Clarkesworld, posted “A Concerning Trend” on a Wordpress post. In the blog post, he discussed the problem of using AI Chatbots to write a science fiction story. These stories have been flooding Clarkesworld, and Neil Clarke is not happy about that.