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tl;dr: chatgpt for android is now officially available to register for download in the play store

tl;dr: samsung confirms the z fold 5, z flip 5, tab 9, & both watch 6 models. with the foldables, they're adopting a new hinge design that will finally remove the hinge gap from the previous models. they also hint at even more cross-device connectivity in one ui.

tl;dr: a biotech startup named conception has made breakthroughs in the field of in vitro gametogenesis, a process which allows labs to grow an induced pluripotent stem cell into a full-fledged human egg. this technology can allow women who can't produce eggs to still be able to have kids, & for same-sex couples to have babies with both partners' dna.

conception claims to have gotten farther in this process than any other lab so far, creating mini-ovaries with follicle cells that the eggs need to thrive. however, given the secrecy & lack of evidence so far, some doctors & academics doubt that conception has actually made this breakthrough. some are also concerned about the ethical & moral implications of this project.

tl;dr from the article:

What you need to know

• The FTC is trying to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion.
• After having a preliminary injunction denied, the FTC appealed the decision to the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, appealing the decision and seeking injunctive relief.
• The injunctive relief, which would've extended the existing temporary restraining order, has been denied. 
• Microsoft can legally acquire Activision Blizzard in the U.S. very shortly.

tl;dr from the article:

What you need to know

• The FTC is trying to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion.
• After having a preliminary injunction denied, the FTC appealed the decision to the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, appealing the decision and seeking injunctive relief.
• The injunctive relief, which would've extended the existing temporary restraining order, has been denied. 
• Microsoft can legally acquire Activision Blizzard in the U.S. very shortly.

tl;dr: passkeys, as proposed now, will fill up existing fido2/webauthn authenticators if the feature becomes widespread enough. this is because the feature of "passkeys" actually refer to resident keys, which most authenticators today can only store a limited amount of (some, none at all!). preventing this will require changes to either webauth, fido, or passkey libraries.

nice update for canary today. tl;dr:

• the branch has switched back from zn_release to rs_prerelease & the dev semester is now gallium
• all new features from moment 3/4 & dev have been foward-ported & re-enabled including:
  • dev drive
  • the new windows app sdk file explorer UI
  • windows backup
  • rgb lighting settings
  • passkey support
  • action center improvements (seconds on clock, new vpn experience)
  • emoji 15 support
• rust code is actually (unlike the false alarm before) in the windows nt kernel now (gdi region, win32kbase_rs.sys)
• 3d/gradient emojis are finally here (with a new emoji font format)
• windows arm32 support is dead

tl;dr: after pushing rcs so hard for years, killing hangouts well after forgetting about it, & hiding it from gmail, google now wants you to use its (and google allo's) successor, google chat.

highlights:

• windows copilot is now rolling out & replaces microsoft teams in the taskbar
• settings has a new homepage
• libarchive is in file explorer
• the fluent volume mixer (introduced in canary a while back) is now in dev

highlights:

• windows copilot is now rolling out & replaces microsoft teams in the taskbar
• settings has a new homepage
• libarchive is in file explorer
• the fluent volume mixer (introduced in canary a while back) is now in dev