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Google introduces a revamped Family Link app along with a web version
Google introduced a refreshed Family Link app today with three tabs for highlights, controls, and location along with a central hub for notifications. The company also launched a web version of Family Link for both parents and children. The company first introduced Family Link in 2017 to allow parents to monitor and set limits on … Read more
Google TV is getting parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions for kids
Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts from the Android-maker as it attempts to broaden the offerings of its TV operating system for family consumption. The company said it is adding these features to the kids’ … Read more
Google’s updated Family Link app can tell parents when their kids leave school
Highlights gives you a quick overview of what your kid is up to, and Location can now alert you when your kid leaves or arrives at certain locations. | Image: Google Google is redesigning its parental control Family Link app with an easier interface and new features, like the ability to get alerted when their … Read more
Google TV now lets parents create watchlists for their kids
Image: Google Google TV added kids profiles to the platform in 2021, giving young viewers their own portal designed to showcase only age-appropriate content. Today, the company is building upon kids profiles with new features, including parent-managed watchlists, recommendations on the homescreen, and supervised usage of the normal YouTube app. All of these software capabilities … Read more
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Stability AI, proponent of hands-off AI image generation, gets a $1 billion valuation
Sample images generated by Stable Diffusion. | Image: The Verge via Lexica Stability AI, the company behind popular text-to-image AI program Stable Diffusion, has raised new funding that values the company at around $1 billion (according to a report from Bloomberg citing a “person familiar with the matter”). It’s a significant validation of the company’s … Read more
Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units
The European Commission is facing fresh calls to make good on its 2017 antitrust decision against Google Shopping by banning Google from displaying its own shopping comparison ads units in search results — boxes which Google populates with revenue-generating ads — as they argue the self-preferencing units constitute an ongoing competition abuse by the adtech … Read more
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FedEx is shutting down its robot delivery program
FedEx’s Roxo robot was able to navigate autonomously, but was overseen by human operators at all times. | Image: FedEx FedEx is stopping development of its last-mile delivery robot, Roxo. The news was first reported by Robotics 24/7, with FedEx confirming to the publication that the company would be shifting focus away from the bot … Read more
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Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent
The Ear 1 earbuds released last year for $99. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Nothing is hiking the price of its debut Ear 1 earbuds from $99 to $149, the company’s CEO Carl Pei has announced. Citing “an increase in costs,” Pei said that the new price will come into effect on … Read more
Terra’s Do Kwon says South Korea’s charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated
Do Kwon says charges levelled against him by the South Korean prosecutors are not legitimate and politically motivated, sharing a rare update on what has become one of the most high profile events in the crypto industry this year in the aftermath of the $40 billion wipeout of his Terra blockchain. Kwon said he has … Read more
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Fortnite’s Halloween update will turn you into a werewolf
Image: Epic Games Spooky season has arrived in Fortnite. The game’s most recent patch has ushered in Fortnitemares, the annual Halloween event, and it includes the ability to turn into a werewolf. As part of the update, there’s now a DJ hanging out at the Reality Tree, and players can perform a ritual to get … Read more
UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year
The United Kingdom is known for many things, but rocket launches are not one of them. Spaceflight startup Orbex is part of a slew of U.K.-based companies hoping to change that by bringing vertical launch to U.K. soil for the first time. Orbex is aiming to conduct its first orbital rocket launch as early as … Read more