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It's a post-Digital Markets Act (DMA) world, and Spotify continues to test what that means for its iOS app. The music streamer announced that it submitted an update for Apple's approval that would allow Spotify to display "basic pricing and website information" on its app in Europe and "the bare minimum outlined under the European Commission's ruling in its music streaming case." "Apple continues to break European law, and unfortunately that means we still cant give EU consumers the information they need and the choices they deserve in our app. Heres what we mean. pic.twitter.com/tkcXQkRqLy Spotify News (@SpotifyNews) April 24, 2024 In the news, shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter), Spotify's chief public affairs officer Dustee Jenkins further stated, "By charging developers to communicate with consumers through in-app links, Apple continues to break European law. It's past time for the Commission to enforce its decision so that consumers can see real, positive benefits." Apple and Spotify have consistently butted heads over what the latter can and can't do with its iOS app. Following the DMA going into effect, Spotify submitted an update to Apple that would have allowed users to purchase plans directly from the app, but Apple rejected it. Apple did so even though the European Union had just hit it with a nearly $2 billion fine for "blocking" alternative music apps. The EU is also investigating Apple, Meta and Google for self-preferencing and charging developers additional fees. As for how Apple will react to Spotify's latest test, we'll just have to wait and see.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/spotify-tests-apples-resolve-with-new-pricing-update-in-the-eu-120004754.html?src=rss
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Back in January, startup Rabbit revealed its first device at CES 2024. The R1 is an adorable, vibrant orange AI machine with a camera, scroll wheel, and ambitious demos. Now, the device is being sent out to early adopters (and tech reviewers), and weve got some proper hands-on experience to tide you over until weve wrapped up a full review. Its definitely cute, designed by Teenage Engineering, which has put its design talents to use on the Playdate as well as Nothings most recent phones as well as music gadgets. Like all those things, it combines a retro-futuristic aesthetic with solid build quality, shiny surfaces, glass and metal accents. Engadget Then again, the Humane AI Pin was a beautiful piece of tech too, but it was also rubbish. The Rabbit R1 is a different device. First, it costs $199 less than a third of the AI Pins $700. Humane also requires a monthly $24 subscription fee to use the thing you dont need a sub for the R1 at all. Immediately, thats much better. The category of AI assistant-centric devices is very new, however. Rabbits device is different to Humanes in both hardware and features, but we know the R1 isnt launching with all its features just yet. There are a few curiously simple tools missing, like alarms and calendar support. Make sure you check out our first impressions here. Review incoming! Mat Smith You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest stories you might have missed Mercedes-Benz quad-motor G-Class could be the ultimate EV off-roader TikTok Lite axes addictive as cigarettes reward-to-watch feature The best ereaders for 2024 JetBlues in-flight entertainment system just got a watch party feature Joe Biden signs the bill that could ban TikTok The company has called the law unconstitutional. That thing thats been happening since Saturday is still happening. But, well, TikTok still isnt banned. In a statement, the company said it would challenge the law in court, which could delay an eventual sale or ban. Continue reading. Threads has 150 million monthly users Mark Zuckerberg has speculated it could be Metas next billion-user app. Threads is still growing. During the company's first-quarter earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest user numbers of Metas latest spin-off social network, saying the app continues to be on the trajectory that I hope to see. Notably but perhaps not surprisingly Threads seems to outperform X (formerly Twitter), with analytics firm Apptopia indicating Threads has more daily users than X in the United States. Continue reading. Windows 11 now comes with its own adware App promotions in the startup menu are enabled by default. Microsoft The latest update to Windows 11 comes out this week and includes ads for apps in the recommended section of the Start Menu. The Recommended section of the Start menu will show some Microsoft Store apps, says the release notes. Apps are apparently from a small set of curated developers. Thankfully, you can restore your previously ad-free Windows experience by going into Settings and selecting Personalization > Start and toggling off Show recommendations for tips, app promotions and more. Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-testing-the-rabbit-r1s-ai-assistant-skills-111505087.html?src=rss
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Most new features and experiments Adobe has announced recently involve AI, like object addition and removal for Premiere Pro and text-based image generation in Photoshop. Now, the company has unveiled VideoGigaGAN, an experimental AI feature it says can upscale video by eight times without the usual artifacts like flickering or distortion, The Verge reported. VideoGigaGAN beats other Video Super Resolution (VSR) methods because it avoids the usual artifacts and flickering introduced by GAN (General Adversarial Networks), according to Adobe. At the same time, it adds sharpness and detail where most other systems fail to do do both of those things at once. Adobe Of course, the system is making up detail that doesn't exist out of whole cloth, so this wouldn't be suitable for things like forensic video enhancement, la CSI-style crime shows. But the detail it does add looks impressively real, like skin textures, fine hairs, swan feather details and more. The model builds on a large-scale image upsampler called GigaGAN, according to to Adobe's researchers. Previous VSR models have had difficulty generating rich details in results, so Adobe married "temporal attention" (reducing artifacts that accumulate over time), feature propagation (adding detail where none exists), anti-aliasing and something called "HF shuttle" (shuttling high-frequency features) to create the final result. Adobe If added to products like Premiere Pro or After Effects, it could allow video producers to make low-resolution shots look a lot better, though using AI too enhance people is a controversial practice. There's no word yet on whether Adobe plans to do this (currently, the clips are short and only play at 12fps) but plenty of companies including NVIDIA, Microsoft, Blackmagic Design and others are working on AI upscaling technology as well. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/adobes-new-upscaling-tech-uses-ai-to-sharpen-video-103431709.html?src=rss
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