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Elon Musk Is Rebranding Twitter to “X”
Twitter has officially begun its rebranding process to "X."Elon Musk announced the news on the social media platform in the late hours of the evening, with his first tweet reading, "And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," and his second tweet reading, “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make [it] go live worldwide tomorrow.” He also joined a Twitter Spaces conversation but did reveal much more, except for the fact that Twitter's logo will be changed the next day.As of writing and in accordance to another tweet of Musk's, x.com now directs to Twitter.The Verge also adds that Musk supposedly sent a company wide email to confirm the rebranding. He noted that the email will be the last one he will send out from a Twitter address.Stay tuned...
Apple Is Reportedly Building an AI Chatbot and TikTok Launched Its “Elevate” Music Program in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, AI dominated headlines once again. Google, which already has its own Bard chatbot, was reported to be developing AI that writes news articles and pitching the program to major newspapers. Over at Apple, the company reportedly is aiming to catch up to OpenAI and Google with its own version of a chatbot, which is being internally referred to as “Apple GPT.”On the product side, Apple tapped A-COLD-WALL*’s Samuel Ross for a new model of the Beats Studio Pro headphones, a design-forward take on the longrunning model. And as for apps, TikTok is building on its efforts to support creators with a music-focused program called Elevate that amplifies the content of rising artists.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the in...
Twitter is being rebranded as X
/ After Elon tweeted about it all night, the bird site is shedding its feathers. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images X.com now redirects to Twitter.com, following a tweet from Twitter owner Elon Musk today, and an “interim X logo” will replace the Twitter bird logo later today. Leading up to the change, Musk spent a lot of time tweeting about it. Around 12AM ET last night, he started tweeting — and did so for hours — about the Twitter rebrand to X, the one-letter name he’s used repeatedly in company and product names fore...
Apple is already using its chatbot for internal work
/ The company’s chatbot reportedly helps its employees work, and Apple GPT may be considering using it to help with customer support. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Apple is using an internal chatbot to help its employees “prototype future features, summarize text and answer questions based on data it has been trained with,” says Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in Power On today. Apple hasn’t been sure what it wants to do with its Apple GPT chatbot project on the customer-facing side yet, but Gurman’s report shed some light on at least its internal chatbot uses. A...
Netflix isn’t planning to make a native Vision Pro app yet
/ The company will allow its iPad app to run on Apple’s mixed reality headset instead. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Netflix isn’t planning to make a native version of its app for the Vision Pro, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. Instead, he says, the company will allow its existing iPad app to run, unmodified, on Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset. As Gurman’s piece points out, developers who don’t want to build Vision Pro software from the ground up have two choices: let their iPad apps run as is on the ...
Ghost Trick is a summer beach read in video game form
/ Ghost Trick feels like Ace Attorney but is nothing like Ace Attorney while also being as enjoyable as Ace Attorney. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Use your ghost tricks to move objects and cause reactions that can save lives and thwart enemies.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The lamp will break your heart.
The Nothing Phone 2 is mostly fine on Verizon — if you’ve got good 5G coverage
/ Pop a SIM from another Verizon phone into Nothing’s Phone 2 and you’ll be off to the races. Just use some caution if you’re in an area that’s mostly limited to LTE. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Well look at that. It just kinda… works.
Paramount Plus dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early
/ If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>This photo is technically a spoiler, but it was released months ago by the studio, so is it actually a spoiler?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is getting a musical episode
/ Also, that Strange New Worlds / Lower Decks crossover is happening a few days early. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
A Google Workspace update makes alt text easier to add
/ Moving the option to the sidebar of Google Workspace documents is a good accessibility update. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Google Adding alt text to an image in a Google Workspace project is getting much easier after an update included the accessibility improvement. Until recently, adding alt text to images was hidden behind a right-click menu. Now, the option will show up in the “Image options” sidebar — not only that, but the option now comes with an explanation for the feature, telling users what the purpose of alt text is. Alt text is used in media and beyond to d...
Blizzard devs know their Diablo IV patch was bad
/ In a Campfire Chat, the devs say they messed up the rollout of a rebalancing update and talk about how they’ll keep from doing that in the future. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>A Campfire Chat about Diablo IV’s 1.1.0 update.
The Sony Project Q handheld is running Android in a leaked video
/ The new video may answer at least one of our many burning questions about Sony’s confusing answer to the Switch and Steam Deck. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Leaked image of the PlayStation Q.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The Sony Project Q with the screen off.
