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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Humane's Ai Pin seems like a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps feels extremely limiting, and the $699 price is hard to understand — The Humane AI pin has no screen, no apps, and a creepy in-your-face camera. — Not since Magic Leap has a “next-generation” … Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Humane's Ai Pin seems like a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps feels extremely limiting,…

A federal judge in Oakland on Tuesday blocked a Biden administration rule that limits migrants’ access to asylum at the southern border, casting doubt on the future of a key policy aimed at limiting crossings.The order from federal Judge Jon S. Tigar, who was appointed by President Obama, won’t take effect for two weeks. The Biden administration is expected to appeal quickly — first to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals then, if unsuccessful, to the U.S. Supreme Court.The policy, which restricts access to asylum for…

Twitter has again made its platform a little less usable for people who choose not to pay for a Blue subscription. The company has announced that it will soon implement a new rule that puts a limit on the number of DMs unverified accounts can send per day. In a tweet, Twitter said the change is part of its efforts to reduce spam in direct messages, which has seen a sharp uptick recently.  On July 14th, the website added a new message setting that sends DMs from accounts people follow to their primary inbox and DMs from…

China has decided to limit some rare earth metals that are vital to the manufacturing of semiconductors like gallium and germanium. Although this was in retaliation to the ongoing US-China chip war, this move may backfire on China…

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sought to block a judge's order that barred some federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media firms about moderating content on their platforms in a decision stemming from a Republican-backed lawsuit against President Joe Biden's administration.The department asked the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay of the order last week by Louisiana-based U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty.Federal agencies including the Department of Health…

Twitter has been even more of a mess than usual over the last few days, in part because it limited the number of tweets users could read each day. The decision came as a surprise to many, but the company said it was unable to give folks a heads up. "We temporarily limited usage so we could detect and eliminate bots and other bad actors that are harming the platform," a Twitter Business blog post reads. "Any advance notice on these actions would have allowed bad actors to alter their behavior to evade detection." While…

Elon Musk's decision to limit the number of Tweets non-paying users can see will create problems for advertisers, Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, regular users, as well as Twitter Blue subscribers. It seems Musk is hellbent on gutting Twitter and destroying it…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETUsing VR experiences on Apple's $3,499 Vision Pro headset will be confined to a 10 feet x 10 feet guardian space, as raised by Hans Karlsson, chief technology officer of VR at Mimir, and supported by Apple's own documentation for VisionOS developers. Also: Apple releases VisionOS SDK, developers can apply for Vision Pro hardware kitAccording to both sources, virtual reality or immersive experiences on the Vision Pro will limit users to moving 1.5 meters (5 ft) forward, backward, left, and right. That…

Congress apparently has strict limits on the use of ChatGPT and similar generative AI tools. Axios claims to have obtained a memo from House of Representatives administrative chief Catherine Szpindor setting narrow conditions for the use of ChatGPT and similar large language AI models in congressional offices. Staff are only allowed to use the paid ChatGPT Plus service due to its tighter privacy controls, and then only for "research and evaluation," Szpindor says. They can't use the technology as part of their everyday…

Fishing boat dwarfed by icebergs that came off Greenland’s largest glacier, Jakobshavn Isbrae. Credit: Jonathan Bamber, Author provided The Paris Climate agreement represented a historic step towards a safer future for humanity on Earth when it was adopted in 2015. The agreement strove to keep global heating below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels with the aim of limiting the increase to 1.5℃ if possible. It was signed by 196…