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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
DJI will announce two new drones on April 23rd.

It’s a busy month for DJI. In addition to announcing a new Osmo Pocket model on the 16th and a new portable power solution on the 20th, the company is teasing an April 23rd reveal for a new drone lineup. Not much is known as leaks have been few and far between, but the new drones will be called the DJI Lito and Lito X1.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel takes shots at the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

In a podcast with David Senra, Spiegel says, “I think Meta needed to partner with [Essilor]Luxottica because the Meta brand, I think, is not something people want anywhere near their face.” He’s not wrong. I hear that all the time from y’all in my smart glasses coverage — and the facial recognition controversy hasn’t helped.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Recently, someone asked me if Silicon Valley was still into weird sex stuff…

I haven’t been keeping close track of the AI set’s various perversions — maybe they’re into chatbots, idk — but swinging, orgies, and open relationships were a major thing among the Gen X and older Millennial sets out here. Anyway, here’s an anonymous look back at sex in the Valley during the rise of Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement that followed.

I was a Silicon Valley sex pet

[Oakland Review of Books]

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Gemini with Personal Intelligence is rolling out in more regions.

The feature, which allows Gemini to pull information from your Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube watch history, is now available globally — except in the UK, Switzerland, and the European Economic Area, according to Google spokesperson Elijah Lawal.

Personal Intelligence is coming to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in these areas first before launching for free users.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Microsoft says its latest AI image model is a ‘production workhorse.’

MAI-Image-2-Efficient is debuting on Microsoft Foundry and MAI Playground today, as Microsoft’s “best text-to-image model” yet. It’s essentially a faster and cheaper version of MAI-Image-2 that Microsoft claims is a “production workhorse” for businesses. “Use it when you need volume, speed, and tight cost control — product shots, marketing creatives, UI mockups, branded assets, batch pipelines,” says Microsoft.

Cameron Faulkner
Cameron Faulkner
Sony’s wireless gaming earbuds now come in transparent purple.

The InZone Buds lineup made for PS5 and PC have a third color option: Glass Purple. Next to white and black, purple is easily the most stunning choice, albeit the most fingerprint-prone. The sometimes glossy, sometimes matte-textured see-through plastic is used on every component, from the charging case and USB-C transmitter to the earbuds themselves. The gorgeous set is now available for $239.99 from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony.

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