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🤣 Elon Musk Painted over the ‘W’ on the Twitter HQ Sign, Which Now Reads Titter

Elon Musk has covered up the "w" in Twitter's name with a white tarp once again, leading to the creation of the new name "Titter", which has been met with praise from Musk fans but not from the Twitter landlord, who stated that the company must keep the name "Twitter" on its sign.

💸 FTC orders supplement maker to pay $600K in first case involving hijacked Amazon

The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered supplement maker The Bountiful Company, the maker of Nature's Bounty vitamins and other brands, to pay $600,000 for deceiving customers on Amazon by using a feature to merge the reviews of different products to make some appear to have better ratings and reviews than they otherwise would have had if marketed under their own listings.

🤖 Ron Conway to convene tech execs on AI policy

Tech investor Ron Conway's firm, SV Angel, is convening top staff from AI companies in San Francisco to discuss responsible AI, public policy frameworks and standards, and share best practices to keep use of the technology responsible.

💻 More Google Assistant shutdowns: Third-party smart displays are dead

Google is shutting down support for third-party smart displays, including Lenovo Smart Display, JBL Link View, and LG Xboom AI ThinQ WK9 Smart Display, impacting the quality of video calls and meetings, although Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max will remain on the market.

🌊 Miami and New Orleans face greater sea-level threat than already feared

Coastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston, and New Orleans, are facing an even greater peril from sea-level rise than previously thought, as twinstudies reveal an "acceleration" of sea-level rise underway, with an increase of almost 5in (12.7cm) since 2010, more than double the global average, which is fueling ever-more powerful cyclones, according to analysis by the universities of Arizona and Tulane.

💸 Tesla’s strategy to fuel EV sales? Keep cutting prices

Tesla continues to cut prices in order to boost sales, lowering the sticker price on its higher-end and aging Model S and Model X vehicles by $5,000 each, as well as decreasing the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y by $1,000 and $2,000, respectively, potentially chipping away at its profit margins in the hope of scaling its operations to produce 1.8 million vehicles in 2023.

🤖 Khan Academy founder explains why GPT-4 is ready to be a tutor

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan says the latest version of the GPT-4 AI engine makes a pretty good tutor, and the AI-assisted tutor Khanmigo is being piloted by two more school districts, with a total of 425 teachers and students testing it, but concerns over the engine's propensity to be confidently wrong and worries about students using the systems to write their papers remain.

💬 A better ChatGPT app: Poe wants to build the universal AI messaging client

Quora, the question-and-answer site owned by Adam D’Angelo, has launched an app called Poe that allows users to interact with six chatbots, including ones built on the OpenAI GPT system, with plans to integrate more bots for different functions in the future, in the hope of creating “the universal AI messaging client”. The aim is to make it easier for companies building chatbots to offer them without the resources required to make a high-quality chat experience themselves. Poe would allow developers to build bots for use on one platform that users can access through a universal app.

🍕 Domino’s now lets you order pizza via Apple CarPlay

Domino's has now introduced a feature that allows customers to order pizza directly from their car's infotainment screen via Apple CarPlay, enabling a simplified version of the Domino's app to be displayed on the dashboard screen and allowing customers to order an "Easy Order" or "Call to Order" hands-free.

💰 Profits at Apple’s Irish subsidiary rise to $69B

Apple's Irish subsidiary, Apple Operations International, paid €7.7bn ($8.1bn) in corporation tax, but distributed around triple that amount in dividends to its Californian parent last year, generating over $69bn in profit, according to financial filings. In 2020, Apple was ordered to pay a record €13bn in back taxes to Ireland by the European Commission due to its tax arrangements. Apple Operations International employs around 56,600 people, of whom 6,000 are based in Ireland.

🎉 A decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship

After a decade in development, Virtuix's Omni One, an omnidirectional treadmill for use in virtual reality (VR) setups, is finally available for shipment, with a price tag of $2,595, and is designed to work with the company's customised Pico Neo 3 headset.

🐋 Talking to whales: can AI bridge the chasm between us and other animals?

Scientists are utilizing the latest technology to attempt to understand and communicate with whales, with the goal of exchanging ideas and experiences with the creatures, according to a book by a wildlife filmmaker. The researcher explores past and present scientific endeavors to communicate with animals, and the profound changes in inter-species relationships that could result from successful communication.

🐝 Bees are sentient: inside the brains of nature’s hardest workers

New "fringe" research suggests that bees have emotions, dreams, and even PTSD, which may lead to ethical concerns about the way these animals are treated in agriculture, as they are critical to the production of approximately one-third of the American diet, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The research also reveals the complex emotional lives of bees and may force an ethical reckoning with how they are treated, as evidence supporting insect sentience offers clues to what may be driving the recent decline in bee populations.

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