The Morning After: Samsung reveals the Galaxy S24 Ultra

The Morning After: Samsung reveals the Galaxy S24 Ultra

Samsung’s big Unpacked event yesterday unashamedly focused on the company’s annual flagship phone refresh. No smart speakers, no tablets, no wearables (pretty much…) just three more phones, each with entirely different unique features. Just kidding: It’s mostly just changes to cameras and screen size. Same as it’s been since the Galaxy S20. While introducing the … Read more

Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims

Last December the state of New Mexico sued Meta for failing to protect children, claiming that Facebook and Instagram algorithms recommended sexual content to minors. Now, an unredacted internal Meta presentation has been revealed, with the company’s own employees estimating that 100,000 child users were harassed daily, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to a … Read more

Google CEO says more layoffs expected ‘throughout the year’ in internal memo

Following Google’s recent rounds of layoffs affecting over a thousand jobs, CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly told remaining employees to expect further downsizing later this year. According to The Verge, Pichai sent out an internal memo on Wednesday, in which he stated that “to be upfront, some teams will continue to make specific resource allocation … Read more

Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta’s board

Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta’s board of directors after 12 years, ending her last official role with the company. In a post on Facebook, she said that “this feels like the right time to step away” and that she would continue to advise the company. Sandberg spent 14 years as Meta’s COO and Mark Zuckerberg’s … Read more

Notion turns its Cron acquisition into an integrated calendar app

Notion launched a calendar app Wednesday, built and reskinned from Cron, the calendar startup the company bought in 2022. Tight platform-wide integration will be the appeal for Notion’s “tens of millions” of users. Notion Calendar includes a built-in scheduler and makes it easy to merge content from the productivity ecosystem’s notes, docs and project dates. … Read more

Sony is making an Until Dawn movie

Sony is continuing to mine its back catalog of games for movie adaptations while persistently forgetting that Bloodborne is right there. Its next game that’s bound for the big screen is Until Dawn, a 2015 interactive horror title that Supermassive Games developed and Sony published. David F. Sandberg (Lights Out and the Shazam! movies) will direct … Read more

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