News Google Is Working on an AR Headset Codenamed Project Iris Macro Strategist: James Sterling Like upcoming headsets from Meta and Apple, Google's headset uses outward-facing cameras to bring computer graphics into the real world, creating a more immersive mixed reality experience.
News YouTube CEO Hints at NFT Features for Video Creators Macro Strategist: James Sterling The use of crypto and non-fungible tokens can significantly strengthen the connection between content creators and their viewers. YouTube plans to expand its ecosystem to help video creators benefit from such technologies.
News Google Abandons FLoC and Replaces Third-Party Cookies With Topics Macro Strategist: James Sterling With Topics, the new concept will assign users five interests per week based on their web activity. These interests will be stored for up to three weeks. To do this, Google created a list of about 350 topics available in its advertising taxonomy.
News Apple Pays $100K to a Student Who Revealed a Mac Webcam Bug Macro Strategist: James Sterling Pickren explained that this hack could ultimately allow the attacked to access the entire filesystem of the device by exploiting Safari's webarchive files, the system used to save local copies of websites. A user has to download such a file and then open it.
News Instagram Is Testing Paid Subscription Features in the US Macro Strategist: James Sterling Creators who take part in the test will be able to offer their subscribers exclusive access to select Instagram Live videos and Stories, which will be marked with purple circles for better recognition.
News Tesla Accepts Dogecoin as Payment for Some of Its Merchandise Macro Strategist: James Sterling A new section on the company's website says that Dogecoin can be used to purchase selected items from the Tesla Shop, making it the only cryptocurrency that Tesla customers can use to buy goods.
News Twitter Is Testing TikTok-Like Reaction Videos Macro Strategist: James Sterling The company says the new feature is now being tested on a limited number of iOS users. If you have access to this feature, you will see a corresponding button in the retweet menu. Once you tap it, you’ll be able to take a video or photo to reply to a tweet.
News Baby Shark Is the First Video on YouTube to Hit 10 Billion Views Macro Strategist: James Sterling The music video now has over 100 variations and has been translated into 11 different languages. At the time of writing, the video has over 32 million likes, and comments are disabled.
News Sony Announced Plans to Enter Electric Vehicle Market Macro Strategist: James Sterling The company also unveiled a prototype of its updated Vision-S 02 electric vehicle, emphasizing that its priority is safety and security: the prototype is equipped with 40 sensors to ensure safety.
News Indian Regulator Ordered an Antitrust Probe Against Google Macro Strategist: James Sterling The Competition Commission of India (CCI) suspects Google is violating the country's antitrust laws. The investigation should help determine whether Google imposes any discriminatory conditions or price on digital news publishers.
News Instagram Is Testing Three Feed Sorting Options Macro Strategist: James Sterling Mosseri announced the return of the chronological feed in mid-December of last year. Back then, it was reported that the social media platform had been testing two options of feeds on a limited number of users.
News BlackBerry Officially Ends Support for Its Classic Phones Macro Strategist: James Sterling BlackBerry announced that it would end the support of its smartphones from the beginning of 2022 more than a year ago, announcing a shift in focus to software solutions in the field of corporate security.
