Meta finally made a proper WhatsApp app for Apple Watch
Call notifications, full messages, voice message support and other features are included in the app, which is available today.
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Google may put giant AI installations in low-earth orbit, DJI drones might soon be banned in the US, and a UK High Court sided with Stability AI
-Putting AI in space may sound like a sci-fi nightmare, but Google is thinking about the idea with a research endeavor called Project Suncatcher. The idea is to put power-hungry data centers into orbit on solar-powered satellites, so they can be powered by unlimited, clean energy available 24 hours a day.
-Since being placed on a Department of Commerce entity list in 2020 over national security fears, China’s DJI has faced the threat of a US ban on its hyper-popular drones.
-Stability AI has partially succeeded in defending itself against accusations of copyright infringement. As reported by The Guardian, Stability AI prevailed in a high-profile UK High Court case, following Getty first suing the company in 2023 for allegedly using its copyright images to train its Stable Diffusion AI art tool without permission.
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Waymo is launching in three new cities next year
San Diego, Detroit and Las Vegas are next for the Google subsidiary's driverless taxis.
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OpenAI signed a $38 billion cloud contract with Amazon, Google removed its Gemma AI model after it allegedly accused a senator of sexual assault, and TikTok announced its first-ever awards show in the US
-On Monday, Amazon announced a new multi-year, $38 billion cloud partnership with OpenAI. Amazon expects to deploy all the capacity OpenAI has agreed to buy by the end of 2026, with the option to purchase additional capacity in 2027 and beyond. Amazon says the partnership “will help millions of users continue to get value from ChatGPT.”
-Google has pulled the AI model Gemma from its Studio platform after a Republican senator said it "fabricated serious criminal allegations" against her, as reported by The Verge. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, sent a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai to accuse the company of defamation after the model allegedly created a story about her committing sexual assault.
-TikTok just announced that it will be hosting its first-ever awards show in the US. The appropriately-named TikTok Awards will take place on December 18, starting at 9PM ET.
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Pentagon will reportedly award SpaceX a $2 billion contract to help develop the 'Golden Dome'
SpaceX could build up to 600 satellites that will be used for a high-tech aerial defense system.
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