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January 26, 2021

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Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates

Apple is introducing a feature to let Vision Pro control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes [...]

‘Survivor’ stars Kyle Fraser and Kamilla Karthigesu introduce a goal-tracking app, Paprclip

A new app from Survivor 48 winner Kyle Fraser and castmate Kamilla Karthigesu aims to turn goal tracking into a social experience, pairing users for accountability, daily challenges, and shared [...]

Forget the feed: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment

Interactive social media site Status announced Tuesday $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding, with investors including General Catalyst, YC, LightShed Ventures, and Abstract. [...]

Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had

Stilta announced Tuesday a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include YC and operators from companies like OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable. [...]

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets. [...]

America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here

A law requiring social networks to quickly remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual imagery is now fully in force. But experts warn the policy could do little to help victims [...]

Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing

Apple's annual update about accessibility features on its platforms has new additions for the iPhone, Mac, and especially Vision Pro, with a focus on how on-device AI processing is being [...]

Anker fixes the two worst things about power stations

Anker's Solix S2000 solves two major pain points with power stations: idle power draw that can leave a battery unexpectedly dead, and the large footprint required to hold so much [...]

Nintendo keeps finding new ways to reinvent platformers

In most platforming games, you're fighting against the world around you. You're trying to beat a level, nail a seemingly impossible series of jumps, or defeat a powerful boss. But [...]

Microsoft launches Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 8 with Intel chips

Almost exactly two years ago, Microsoft introduced Arm-powered versions of the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7, with Intel models not ready until more than six months later. This [...]

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