Samsung is apparently trying to trademark the word for foldable OLED panels, as reported by Android Central. My guess is that it’s some marketing term for more durable foldable screens — perhaps for the next Z Fold and Z Flip?
Some of Orange Spain’s network traffic was taken over in part because of a weak password and no two-step verification on an important account. Whoops! Check out Kevin Beaumont’s story about what happened.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CTO Mira Murati are all on the list to meet with European Commission executive vice president Margrethe Vestager, according to a report from Reuters. We’ll be on the lookout for what (if anything) comes out of the meetings.
Child safety on Twitch continues to be a problem. Bloomberg reports that Twitch’s “clips” feature is being used to share child sexual abuse material that’s being viewed by users.
While Twitch has handed down stricter rules around sexual content in recent weeks, it seems that the company is more hands-off with clips moderation:
At the moment, Twitch focuses most of its monitoring efforts on its livestreams, which the company says are reviewed using human moderators, artificial intelligence and other tools. By contrast, when it comes to moderating clips, Twitch relies solely on its users to report instances of suspicious or upsetting material.
AI gadgets are about to be everywhere. But who owns the AI, and who should benefit when you use it? Who gets paid when my fridge recommends a recipe, is really the question I’m asking. We get into the battle between The New York Times and OpenAI, get excited about what’s coming at CES, and wonder about what happens when your movie theater projector just can’t hang anymore.
but it would only be for those subscribed to Netflix’s ad-supported plan, according to a report from the WSJ.
The streamer’s executives have also reportedly tossed around the idea of adding in-app purchases to games and charging extra for its more “sophisticated” titles. However, the WSJ notes “Netflix encourages open debate internally on its strategy,” which means these discussions may not come to fruition.
Playlists like Spotify’s RapCaviar were once a path to a hit song, and the curators in charge of them were key influencers in the music industry. That era appears to be on its way out.
Streams originating from top playlists are down anywhere from 30 to 60 percent as Spotify pushes listeners towards algorithm-powered personalized recommendations. Some playlists previously created by humans have been replaced with algorithmic versions, like Indie Pop and Housewerk.
The automaker recalled 2 million cars in the US last year to issue an Autopilot fix, and now it’s doing the same in China. An over-the-air software update will roll out to the affected vehicles, which is supposed to help prevent drivers from misusing its driver-assist system.
Consumer Reports is back with another sobering investigation into the bisphenols and phthalates — chemicals known as plasticizers — in common supermarket and fast foods. CR found that despite growing evidence that these chemicals ain’t too great for your health, they were found “in almost every food” at high levels.
The report is a good read into how these chemicals get into our food, what it means, and what’s being done about it. Personally, I’m mourning that Wendy’s crispy chicken nuggets have a whopping 33,980 phthalates per serving.
[Consumer Reports]
