More aid parcels dropped over Gaza as smoke from explosions rises into the sky
Airdrops of aid continued over the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, as the Israel-Hamas war continues. (AP video: Joeal Calupitan)
Airdrops of aid continued over the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, as the Israel-Hamas war continues. (AP video: Joeal Calupitan)
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A new sculpture going live on Wednesday in the Flatiron South Public Plaza in New York is not your typical artwork. The Portal itself is an impressive piece of work, weighing in at 3.5 tons, with a footprint of around 11.5 by 11.5 feet. While the concept is cool, the underlying software technology that drives it comes from Video Window, a British company that originally created software and hardware for the purpose of connecting employees in remote locations — at home or in other offices — with an always-on connection.
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Uber plans to deliver more perks to Uber One members, like member-exclusive events, in a bid to gain more revenue through subscriptions. “You will see more member-exclusives coming up where members have exclusive access to events and experiences, which will kind of surprise and delight our members,” said Uber chief financial officer Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah Wednesday morning during Uber’s first-quarter earnings call. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber One’s membership fees are “in excess of $1 billion” run-rate.
Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded Replay, a company that created a video format for 360-degree replays -- the sorts of replays that have become part and parcel of major sports broadcasts. Replay caught the attention of Intel, which acquired the company in 2016 for a reported $175 million, and led Aviv and Matteo to a chance meeting with Rubi Liani, the founder of Israeli's official drone racing league (FRIL). Liani turned the brothers on to drone racing and planted the seed of the idea for their next startup, Xtend, which he helped found.
Get caught up on this morning’s news: Israel seizes control of Rafah crossing, Trump fined again and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
The biggest news stories this morning: Google announces the $499 Pixel 8a early, Apple’s M4 chip arrives with a big focus on AI, Nintendo to announce Switch successor before March 2025.
Bluesky should launch a DMs feature in the next couple months, among other updates.
Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning to introduce direct messages, support for videos, improved custom feeds, and new moderation controls. In a blog post, the company said it is developing a direct messaging (DM) service that will be integrated into the Bluesky app, off the decentralized AT Protocol — the protocol that Bluesky uses — initially, and would later develop an on-protocol DM.
Meta’s Oversight Board is taking up a new set of cases that touch on the commentary surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Columbia canceled its main commencement ceremony, the University of Mississippi launched a student conduct investigation and Princeton students announced a hunger strike.
Google has debuted its $499 Pixel 8a smartphone with generative AI capabilities.
Junior has worked for NBC since retiring at the end of the 2017 season but isn't returning to the network in 2024.
Fujifilm’s X100 VI is a near-perfect update to the X100 V, keeping everything buyers liked while adding some desirable features.
Newsletter platform Substack is ramping up its video ambitions and trying to lure TikTok stars to its service.
India's Election Commission has issued an advisory to all political parties, urging them to refrain from using deepfakes and other forms of misinformation in their social media posts during the country's ongoing general elections. The move comes after the constitutional body faced criticism for not doing enough to combat such campaigns in the world's most populous nation. The advisory, released on Monday (PDF), requires political parties to remove any deepfake audio or video within three hours of becoming aware of its existence.
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