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New YouTube ‘app’ w/ remote control, Android TV-like UI appearing for more Chromecast users

July 22, 2021
Since March of this year, we’ve been tracking a brand new Cast experience for YouTube on regular, non-Google TV-powered Chromecast dongles. It looks like the YouTube app on Android TV with better remote control options and is now rolling out to more users. Over the past four months, a handful of users have encountered a new experience when Casting a YouTube video from their phone to older…
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GamingNews

Roblox CEO podcasts about the rise of the metaverse

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. If you ever wondered about science fiction inspiring tech in real life, look no further than Roblox. Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki and chief technology officer Dan Sturman started an official Tech…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX holds Bitcoin, ribs Jack Dorsey at conference

July 21, 2021
“SpaceX, Tesla, and I own Bitcoin,” Elon Musk said at a Bitcoin conference today. Though Tesla no longer allows people to pay for cars using Bitcoin, the automaker hasn’t sold its Bitcoin, he said. “We’re not selling any Bitcoin, nor am I selling anything personally or nor is SpaceX selling any Bitcoin.” In addition, Musk disclosed that he owned Ethereum and — unsurprisingly —…
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GamingNews

Epic Games acquires 3D content marketplace Sketchfab

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Epic Games has acquired the 3D content marketplace Sketchfab, as it needs a ton of art to fill up the metaverse that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney loves to talk about. Sketchfab makes it easy to…
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Hubble Captures Stunning Photos After It Was Offline for Over a Month

July 21, 2021
NASA has released two new stunning images taken by Hubble after the legendary telescope was forced offline for a month. Originally launched in April of 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured more than one million images, including detailed photos of the birth and death of stars, galaxies billions of light-years away, and even comets colliding into Jupiter. Effectively making the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

DNSFilter nabs $30M to fight DNS threats with AI

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. DNSFilter, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of DNS content filtering and threat protection solutions, today announced that it closed a $30 million series A funding round led by investment firm…
AI & RoboticsNews

How Pinterest built a more representative shopping experience with AI

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Artificial intelligence and augmented reality can work hand in hand to support innovations that can change the shopping and advertising game. Pinterest combined artificial intelligence with augmented reality and incorporated diversity and inclusion in a way that helped the company’s bottom line, Jeremy King, head of…
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