Meeting bots have crashed one too many calls, so Microsoft is giving IT departments a bouncer. Microsoft is rolling out a Teams policy that can automatically block detected external bots from joining meetings, removing the need for organizers to approve or reject them manually. The feature builds on Teams’ existing bot-detection system, which currently sends…
Today’s Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you have a farm. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE…
Nights are feeling crisp, it’s getting darker earlier, and kids are back at school—for most people, vacation meals and casual picnics are over, and it’s time to get back to business with meal and menu prep. If you’re dusting off your pots, pans, and air fryers and thinking you could use an upgrade, Labor Day…
Generalist, a robotics startup, is now valued at $3 billion after raising additional capital led by 8VC, according to two people with knowledge of the funding. The fresh capital totals nearly $200 million according to a regulatory filing. That additional capital is an extension of a $400 million Series B led by Radical Ventures that…
Sony’s Xperia 10 VIII will cost £549 in the UK and €599 in Europe when it arrives in mid-to-late September. That’s a £150/€150 increase over the Xperia 10 VII’s launch price, despite much of the core hardware staying the same. The biggest changes are a brighter display, upgraded stereo speakers, and quicker access to payment…
TL;DR: Babbel helps you learn a new language naturally, and lifetime access is just $159 with code LEARN. Every language-learning app is a little different, but many of them have the same issue. Instead of learning a language naturally, you just end up memorizing vocabulary and obscure grammar rules. Steady conversation practice matters more than…
At the San Diego City Council’s most recent budget meeting, Sith Lord Darth Vader had some points to make. Between gasping breaths, Vader praised the council’s recent votes to renew its contract with the surveillance company Flock Safety, which has been making headlines recently as more and more stories of police officers abusing its tools…
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening the X app, has received cease-and-desist letters from X demanding that it shut down. The news was shared via a brief message posted to the project’s website, and follows X’s earlier attempts to knock Nitter offline by…
Taiwan has exposed another alleged route into China’s restricted AI supply chain, indicting nine people accused of helping divert Nvidia-powered servers. Prosecutors in Taiwan’s port city of Keelung said Monday that eight defendants were charged with breach of trust and document forgery over the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers made by Super Micro…
Food photos are supposed to make you hungry, but the ones currently haunting social media look more likely to crawl off the menu than end up on a plate. Over the weekend, tech reporter Sam Biddle shared a deli sign featuring what appears to be a dozen glossy, shrimp-shaped bagels sitting on a pile of…
