Month: August 2024
Dating Apps Are Dehumanizing. Let’s Try Something New
This week, we talk about the arrival of Date Like Goblins and chart the rise of niche, interest-specific platforms for online dating. Source
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The Morning After: Squid Game returns on December 26
After the live experiences, TV shows based on TV shows and a boom in childhood South Korean games and hobbies, Squid Game returns for season two. Almost three years after the bleak, lightly anti-capitalism drama became a massive hit in the US. Season two will hit Netflix December 26, with…
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Bending Spoons snaps up WeTransfer as its enterprise software spree continues
Italian app developer Bending Spoons has acquired online file transfer platform WeTransfer as its plan to bolster its portfolio continues. The companies announced the acquisition in a joint statement, confirming plans to continue supporting give-back campaigns and editorial content by reserving 30% of the platform’s advertising space for such content.…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
After Samsung announced the $649.99 Galaxy Watch Ultra on July 10th, I saw a few posts floating around on Threads. The gist was the same. Each post had two images: on the one side, there was the Apple Watch Ultra, and on the other, the Galaxy Watch Ultra. Hmm, users…
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8 Best Cheap Smartphones (2024): iPhone, Android, 5G
There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing. Source
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Watch ChatGPT’s new voice mode mimic accents and correct pronunciation
It’s been a couple of days since OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT’s new advanced voice mode, and the small group of ChatGPT Plus subscribers given access to it seem pretty impressed so far. Various clips of the feature in action have appeared online, demonstrating its ability to sing, imitate accents, correct…
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