Here's a list of all the new features and updates in the Google I/O 2024 Event:

• Google Photos' "Ask Photos"
• NotebookLM's Audio Overviews
• New Model: Gemini Nano
• New Gemini Upgrades
• Gemini Live
• Project Astra
• More Gemini Updates
• Gmail on Phone Updates
• Gemini 1.5 Pro-powered side panel
• Gemini in Android Studio
• Gemini Nano in Chrome
• New Google Play features
• Veo - AI Video Generation Tool
• Imagen 3
• New 'Web' filter in Google Search as AI answers can't be disabled

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Credits for the individual posts: 9to5Google, Mishaal Rahman

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Instagram and Facebook under EU investigation for causing child addiction and harm

The probe announced will assess whether Meta has breached rules under the EU’s Digital Services Act, noting that Facebook and Instagram’s UI and algorithms may cause behavioural addictions in children and create "rabbit-hole effects." The EU is concerned that Meta isn’t doing enough to prevent minors from accessing inappropriate content and that its age-verification tools may not be effective.

It will additionally assess whether Meta’s content recommendation systems and default privacy settings provide enough privacy, safety, and security for minors.

If Meta is found to be in violation of DSA rules, it could face fines of up to six per cent of the company’s global revenue

🔗 TheVerge
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FFmpeg has been sponsored by Sovereign Tech Fund

FFmpeg announced that Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund has become its first government sponsor. This funding will help sustain the project's maintenance.

• Investment Amount: €157,580.00
• Investment Year(s): 2024, 2025

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund also supports other open-source projects including Bundler & RubyGems, OpenJS Foundation, Pendulum, Fortran, curl.

🔗 Sovereign Tech Fund | FFmpeg
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Winamp's source code will be available on September 24

Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.

Winamp will open up its code for the player used on Windows, enabling the entire community to participate in its development. This is an invitation to global collaboration, where developers worldwide can contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this iconic software evolve.

• Interested people can submit their information here: FreeLLama

🔗 Winamp
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Twitter is officially X.com now

Twitter has officially adopted X.com for all its core systems. That means typing twitter.com in your browser will now redirect to X.com

A message also now appears at the bottom of the X login page that reads, “We are letting you know that we are changing our URL, but your privacy and data protection settings remain the same.”

🔗 TheVerge
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Want to block Google AI Overviews? This is how you can do it

Note: This is for PCs only

Here, we change the search engine's URL so that it opens the "Web" filter instead of "All" in Google

• Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines for Chromium-based browsers, and
• Go to about:preferences#search for Firefox
• Click on "Add" to add a new search engine, which is the custom URL in this case.
• Fill the following:
• Name: Google - Web (or anything else)
• Shortcut: google.com (or anything else)
• URL: https://google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s (you can change the domain according to your region if you want to, like google.in or google.au)
• Now, set it as the default search engine.

Here's how this works:
• The custom URL that we are using includes ?udm=14 which opens the Web filter, and %s is the query that you type in the "Search or Enter address" bar.
• You can try this URL as an example: https://google.com/search?udm=14&q=is+chrome+the+worst+browser+ever%3F

Video tutorial?
• Sure thing mate, here you go: Video Tutorial

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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - Giveaway!

Its been a while since I've given away something, lol.

Anyways, the winner of this giveaway will be given a key, which can be redeemed and installed through GOG Galaxy.
Also, you can see the details of the game on: Steam

This giveaway ends on 18th May 2024 at 11:50PM, so enter right now!
The giveaway has ended.

🔗 Enter the giveaway

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Since our previous winner didn't respond, here's our new winner!

Please pm @agam778.

Thank you for participating!

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Alright, redeemed.

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Tesla vs Tesla: US carmaker sues Indian namesake for copying trademark

Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla has sued an Indian battery maker for infringing its trademark by using the brand name "Tesla Power" to promote its products, seeking damages and a permanent injunction against the company from a New Delhi judge.

Tesla in a hearing said the Indian company had continued advertising its products with the "Tesla Power" brand despite a cease-and-desist notice sent in April 2022.

During the hearing, the Indian company, Tesla Power India Pvt Ltd, argued that its main business is to make "lead acid batteries" and does not intend to make electric vehicles.

🔗 Reuters
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