Morgann Book reads a lot of books. And, as a literary creator and podcaster, makes a lot of content about books. She joins the show to explain why BookTok loves all things romance and romantasy, why physical books are an important balance to digital life, and why she’s not worried at all about the future of reading.
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In its latest earnings report, Co-CEO Dave Gilboa also hinted at when the glasses will ship, saying, “on November 12, we’ll begin accepting pre-orders for our first Intelligent Eyewear collection and look forward to delivering customer orders during the holiday season.” Gentle Monster’s Android XR glasses are also expected to arrive this fall.
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Apple has updated a support page to say that, when you’re trying to set up Siri AI, you “might” get put on a waitlist — previously, the document indicated that you would get added to a waitlist, as spotted by 9to5Mac.
CEO Peter Stern hinted at the upcoming product in an earnings call, saying it will combine “state-of-the-art software powered by AI,” premium equipment, human instruction, and community features. It will be the first in a new category for Peloton, but probably won’t be a wearable.
Bloomberg has a breakdown of how Starlink Mobile will operate — and what SpaceX still needs to do to get its hybrid 5G network up and running.
EA’s latest American football game is joining the Luna standard tier alongside NBA The Run, Mixtape, and Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Amazon announced today.
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The new version of Google’s video generation model allows you to generate clips at a specific length, from three to 15 seconds. Google says Omni 1.2 Flash can also make edits to a video without re-generating the entire clip, and is better at generating scenes with continuous camera movements and “natural-sounding” dialogue.
The companies filed separate lawsuits arguing that that the law violates the First Amendment and Section 230 by forcing them to present content to kids under 16 in a way that the government finds acceptable, Reuters reports. California DOJ spokesperson Elissa Perez said they’re “committed to defending California’s commonsense laws to protect kids online.”
Update: Added California DOJ statement.
