Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats
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Read moreMozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December
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Read moreUrsa Major nabs $12.5M from U.S. Navy, DoD for 3D printed rocket motors
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Read moreSnap’s extremely large Spectacles bring impressive AR to developers at $99 a month
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Read moreAWS shuts down DeepComposer, its MIDI keyboard for AI music
AWS’ weird AI-powered keyboard experiment, DeepComposer, is no more. In a blog post today, the company announced it’s shutting down the 5-year-old DeepComposer, a physical MIDI piano and AWS service that let users compose songs with the help of generative AI. “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to
Read moreSnap’s new AI feature lets you create Snapchat Lenses by simply describing them
Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, is expanding its suite of AI tools for creators. At this year’s Snap Partner Summit in Santa Monica, California, Snap announced a new feature, Easy Lens, that translates plain-English descriptions into Lenses, Snap’s brand of augmented reality (AR) objects, 3D effects, characters, and transformations for photos
Read moreSnapchat launches video comments and tools for creators seeking brand deals
At Tuesday’s annual Snap Partner Summit, the Snapchat maker unveiled new tools for creators designed to bring its app more in line with its competitors, like TikTok and Instagram. The company also said it will make it easier for creators to connect with brands for sponsored deals and partnerships. Catching
Read moreExploding pagers kill at least eight and injure thousands in an attack on Hezbollah
Ambulances rush wounded people to a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Saida on September 17th. | Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP via Getty Images Thousands of people have reportedly been injured by exploding pagers across Lebanon and Syria in what appears to be an attack targeting Hezbollah
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: It’s never been easier to migrate your Spotify playlists to Apple Music
A pair of friends turned founders, Thomas Magnano and Benoit Herbreteau, have created a service that can make your life a little easier if you want to migrate your music listening between streaming services. They founded their company Soundiiz in 2013, which was originally supposed to be a music search
Read moreiOS 18 lets you replace Apple’s camera app with Halide or Obscura on the lock screen: Here’s how
With iOS 18, users can replace the default camera app on the lock screen with a third-party app. Halide and Obscura — two popular camera apps designed as alternatives to Apple’s default camera app with manual controls and different image processing algorithms — have already taken advantage of that possibility
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