When it was first unveiled in the summer of 2021, Xiaomi’s CyberDog designed was best described as a more nightmarish version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot.
Announced this past summer, CyberDog 2 looks a bit more friendly than its predecessor.
The robot dog is still no Sony Aibo.
Watching it do its little dance really did remind me of a scaled down version of Boston Dynamics’ familiar robot.
The above video also suggests that the robot dog might one day replace the real thing, owing to its ability to speak back.
Most will have been defaulted to the “new” Gmail view long ago, so unless you have been specifically requesting the “basic HTML” view, nothing should change for you.
The company is sunsetting Gmail’s basic HTML view, which allows users to look at their emails in a bare-bones state, starting January 2024.
“We’re writing to let you know that the Gmail Basic HTML view for desktop web and mobile web will be disabled starting early January 2024.
The Gmail Basic HTML views are previous versions of Gmail that were replaced by their modern successors 10+ years ago and do not include full Gmail feature functionality,” the email reads.
The HTML version lacks a lot of features such as chat, spell checker, search filters, keyboard shortcuts, and rich formatting.
Apple Music just debuted a monthly version of its Replay experience, Apple’s yearly recap that shows users their top songs, artists, albums and more.
Starting today, users can now see their monthly music habits, giving them additional access to their listening insights.
In addition to top tracks, subscribers can see their monthly listening time and Apple Music will even tell them when they reached a certain milestone, like the total minutes played.
There’s also an option to share Replay insights with family and friends, as well as revisit monthly and yearly stats in Apple Music’s archive.
Additionally, Apple’s Replay Mix playlist for 2024 is available today in the Apple Music app.
OpenAI is always making slight adjustments to its models and pricing, and today brings just such an occasion.
It’s also a popular API, being lower cost and faster than GPT-4 on a lot of tasks.
Hence the steady ratcheting down of prices — though it’s also a natural result of streamlining the models and improving their infrastructure.
GPT-3.5 Turbo also gets a new model version, 0125 (i.e.
And the company also released a new version of its free moderation API — which identifies potentially harmful text.
When it launched in 2019, Dusty’s FieldPrinter added a clever new dimension to the world of construction automation.
The little robot is smaller than the first gen, thus allowing it to better move around obstacles.
The 23-pound robot sports a wider print head and a bevy of on-board sensors for improved navigation.
Today’s news also marks the arrival of FieldPrint Platform, which is centered around BIM-to-field — that’s effectively bringing digital information into real-world construction sites.
“Our new FieldPrint Platform supports the seamless flow of data from the design phase, to the field, and back to the trailer,” cofounder and CEO Tessa Lau notes.
Apple will pay artists more to have a spatial audio version on Apple MusicApple will pay additional royalties starting this month to artists if they have a spatial audio version on Apple Music, according to multiple reports.
The company will pay up to 10% additional royalty if an artist has all their songs in spatial audio, per a report by 9to5Mac.
The extra money doesn’t depend on users playing the spatial audio version, though.
In December, Bloomberg reported that Apple was planning to introduce incentives for artists to add songs to Apple Music that are mixed on Dolby Atmos technology.
Apple Music rivals including Amazon Prime Music, Tidal, and Deezer offer spatial offers.
Netflix isn’t planning on releasing a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro, nor will the company modify its iPad version to run on the headset.
Instead, users will have to resort to the web version, meaning they can’t access features like downloading titles for offline viewing.
“Our members will be able to enjoy Netflix on the web browser on the Vision Pro, similar to how our members can enjoy Netflix on Macs,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement provided to TechCrunch.
One user wrote:Mixed reality headsets are still niche products and Netflix likely believes the Vision Pro won’t be a huge hit with customers – at least not right away — especially given the outrageous price point ($3,500).
The Apple Vision Pro will be available for purchase on February 2 and will include the ability to download and stream movies and TV shows from popular services like Disney+, Apple TV+, Max, Discovery+, Paramount+, Prime Video, Peacock, Pluto TV and Tubi, among others.
Today, the company unveiled its new generation of GPS device, Tack GPS Plus, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024.
The company claims Tack GPS Plus reduces search time in high-rise cities by offering vertical distance and geographical coordinates.
The Tack GPS Plus can be widely used by parents, caregivers, pet owners, and more.
Tack GPS Plus follows the company’s second product, a palm-sized autonomous flood-detection device called Tack EVO FloodFinder.
Tack GPS Plus is now available on the company’s official website and will then be sold on Amazon, Lazada, and Shopee around mid-January.
You may be looking to switch out your current budgeting app for a better one, or perhaps you’re someone who has traditionally relied on spreadsheets.
For individuals, a good budgeting app can help you save money by creating and sticking to a monthly budget.
For startups and small businesses, a good budgeting app can help you understand your company’s financial health and make informed decisions.
Best apps for startups and small businessesFreshBooksFreshBooks is a simple tool that can help startups and small businesses create a budget and stick to it.
Although it’s marketed as a personal budgeting app, Toshl can be a good tool for new startups looking to understand and manage their finances for a fraction of the cost of budgeting apps marketed toward small businesses.
Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday.
The company says it has sold six million units of its hardware wallet, and Ledger Live, its software equivalent, is used by 1.5 million users.
That would allow the hackers to drain the crypto inside users’ wallets — so long as the users accepted the push to connect their wallets to the malicious Ledger version.
ZachXBT, a well-known independent crypto researcher, wrote on X that one victim had more than $600,000 in crypto drained from their account.
Several blockchain security researchers, as well as people who work in the web3 industry, warned users on social media of the supply chain hack against Ledger.
