AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi
…Every Apple demo ends with trip planning. Every Google demo ends with trip planning that ends in buying shoes. You realize the audience is partially Verge readers who just love tech and…
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Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
…plans to bring Halo to PlayStation — something game industry insiders thought was basically impossible just five years ago. But as you’ll hear Tom explain, the game industry has been changing…
Sony
…Sony, TSMC plan new Japan joint venture for next-generation image sensors [ Reuters ] Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis Tom Warren May 8 Jess Weatherbed May…
Fortnite
…That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg , which delves into just how important the Disney deal is for Epic, especially given the current state of Fortnite . The extraction shooter is…
AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it
…The tools exist to create this, but today’s smart home remains complicated, unreliable, and often invasive — still a long way from truly “ambient.” But, just as it’s changing every other…
Online Shopping
Online Shopping E-commerce giants of the late ’90s and early ’00s like Amazon and eBay changed how the world shopped. Some of those companies have stuck around, but a new generation…
Mobile
…It was reported last week that Intel and Apple struck a deal for unknown chips. Now supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports Intel is manufacturing “low-end/legacy” chips for iPhones…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
…Altman lays out a five-part plan involving an AI lab with a mission to “create the first general AI and use it for individual empowerment—ie, the distributed version of the…
TVs
…The company is planning to discontinue certain consumer electronics products in the region — including home appliances and televisions — amid intensifying competition from domestic brands. Phone sales will be unaffected. As popular as…
Politics
…Apparently, some officials want government first access to new AI models without blocking their release, but any plans may come from a working group of industry and government officials that has yet…