News FDA Rejects Neuralink's Request to Test Brain Chip Implants in Humans Macro Strategist: James Sterling While the sources declined to give Reuters the FDA's written denial, explaining it was a confidential document, they described the features of the devices that caused the regulator's concerns.
News Apple's Dedicated Classical Music App Will Launch on March 28 Macro Strategist: James Sterling Apple Music Classical will feature hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of exclusive albums, as well as editorial notes, including insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for key works, and more.
News Winamp Is Now Also a Streaming Service Macro Strategist: James Sterling One of the main advantages of the new platform will be a relatively high level of income for musicians. In particular, creators will be able to receive an 85% share of the revenue generated from their fan subscriptions.
BigTech YouTube Will No Longer Run Overlay Ads on Desktop Starting April 6 Macro Strategist: James Sterling YouTube will no longer display overlay ads atop videos that users are watching on the desktop app and web browsers, the company announced in a YouTube Help forum post. This ad format has long been unavailable on mobile devices, too.
BigTech Meta Is Testing a Paid Verification Scheme on Facebook and Instagram Macro Strategist: James Sterling To sign up to become Meta Verified, users must be 18 or older and provide an official government-issued ID that matches the profile name and photo they have on Facebook or Instagram.
News Apple Unveiled New iPhone 14 and 14 Plus in Yellow Macro Strategist: James Sterling Both iPhone versions will still feature a lightweight design, a durable Ceramic Shield front cover, a dual-camera system for pro-level photos and videos, the powerful A15 Bionic chip, and innovative safety capabilities.
News Google's Magic Eraser Feature Is Coming to iPhones and More Androids Macro Strategist: James Sterling The Magic Eraser feature will now be available on the Google Photos app to all Google One subscribers on both iOS and Android devices. All Pixel smartphone owners will have access to the feature without having to sign up for a paid Google One subscription.
News New AI Tool Scribble Diffusion Can Turn Your Sketches into Art Macro Strategist: James Sterling Scribble Diffusion is designed to convert hand-drawn sketches, along with a text prompt, into beautiful art pieces. For the AI to understand exactly what you have drawn, it is important to specify at least a few descriptive words.
News WhatsApp Is Working on a Newsletter Feature Macro Strategist: James Sterling The references to the feature have been spotted in beta version 2.23.5.3 of the app for Android devices. It should be noted that the feature is currently in the early stages of development and is slated to ship in the app's future update.
News YouTube Launches a New Revenue Sharing Model for Shorts Macro Strategist: James Sterling YouTube has announced that from February 1, 2023, the platform will expand its content monetization options. Users who publish Shorts videos will now be able to monetize their content.
News Microsoft Permanently Disables Internet Explorer on Windows 10 Macro Strategist: James Sterling Microsoft released an update to Microsoft's Edge browser on February 14, which permanently disabled the Internet Explorer browser in some versions of Windows 10. The company officially discontinued Internet Explorer last June.
News Google to Blur Explicit Images in Search Results by Default Macro Strategist: James Sterling SafeSearch will soon become the default setting for all users, even if they don't have the SafeSearch filtering technology turned on. Before this change, the filter was already enabled by default for signed-in users under 18.
