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[ad_1] How does one of the world’s most powerful companies please powerful Republicans — without actually doing that much?Mark Zuckerberg figured out that trick in the summer of 2024. That’s when he sent a letter to Congress that sort-of-but-not-really apologized for behavior conservatives have accused Big Tech platforms of for years — but also said the real bad actors were Joe Biden and his administration.Now, we’re seeing Google use the same playbook, with one twist, which we’ll get to in a minute.But the very big picture is that Google, like Meta in 2024, is attempting to give a win to…

[ad_1] As Google’s project manager for developer tools, Ryan Salva has a front-row seat to the ways AI tools are changing coding. Formerly of GitHub and Microsoft, he’s now responsible for tools like Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist, nudging developers into the new world of agentic programming. His team released new third-party research on Tuesday showing how developers actually use AI tools — and how much progress is left to make. I sat down with Salva to talk about the report and his personal experience with AI coding tools. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Every year,…

[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel is back on ABC, but Bob Iger’s reputation might not get a ratings boost.Disney’s decision to reinstate Kimmel’s show after benching him over comments he made in the wake of the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk might have quieted some critics, but it didn’t signal the final act for the drama starring Disney’s CEO.Soon after Disney announced the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” two top ABC affiliate operators, Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group, said they would continue to air alternative programming in place of the show.While the creative class that Iger has long courted…

[ad_1] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC this week that the chipmaker’s AI infrastructure plan with OpenAI is “monumental in size.” Their plan is so big that it will push the boundaries of what is possible. The chipmaker and the AI lab are aiming to build at least 10 gigawatts of data centers. This will sap a massive amount of power at a time when the electric grid is already strained . Attempts to deploy more power have faced economic and political constraints that make a fast fix unlikely. Ten gigawatts is roughly equivalent to the annual power consumption of…

[ad_1] I think after yesterday’s blockbuster announcement of Nvidia’s $100 billion investment into OpenAI, our heads are still spinning a bit trying to make sense of it all. Is AI really going to change our lives as the thought leaders claim such as curing cancer, solving climate change, fixing the education system, mining asteroids and making available personal robots far more capable than us mere mortals? I have no idea. But being the optimist I am, I’m going to lean towards yes. After all, I have not met too many rich pessimistic investors. To select the best investment idea for this week’s…

[ad_1] Android users are now able to edit their photos with AI, Google announced on Tuesday. In Google Photos, users will be able to talk to the AI using natural language to describe how they want to edit their photo via either voice or text, Google says. The feature is designed to make it easier to edit photos without having to understand which editing tools to use or where they can be found in the app. The Gemini-powered feature was initially made available to those with the newly launched Pixel 10 devices in the U.S., introduced in August. Image Credits:Google…

[ad_1] Another major TV company says it won’t air the return of Jimmy Kimmel’s show on its more than two dozen ABC stations.Nexstar Media Group, one of the nation’s largest local TV station owners, said it will continue to air other programming in place of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on its ABC affiliates ahead of the show’s return on Tuesday night.”We made a decision last week to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at a critical time in our national discourse,” Nexstar said in a statement Tuesday. “We stand by that…

[ad_1] A roster of high-profile conservative voices could soon return to YouTube.YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, said in a letter published Tuesday that it intends to “provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform” whose accounts had been terminated over repeated violations of its COVID-19 and election integrity policies.The letter, written by Alphabet lawyer Daniel Donovan to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said that YouTube “values conservative voices on its platform” and recognized their reach and role in civic discourse. (Read the letter in full below.)The House Judiciary Committee published the letter on its website…

[ad_1] This month, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Flint, Paul Ballew, the National Football League’s chief data and analytics officer, said that Nielsen — widely regarded as the top media-audience measurement company — is not equipped to accurately capture the number of people watching each of the league’s games.”There are millions of viewers that we believe they are systematically undercounting,” Ballew told Flint.Ballew’s comments came as Nielsen rolled out its new audience-engagement tool, called Big Data + Panel, which is meant to more accurately count program viewership in the nascent ad-supported streaming era. For now, television…

[ad_1] While many vibe coding startups have become unicorns, with valuations in the billions, one area where AI-assisted coding has not yet taken off is on mobile devices. Despite the numerous apps now available that offer vibe coding tools on mobile platforms, none are gaining noticeable downloads, and few are generating any revenue at all. According to an analysis of global app store trends by the app intelligence provider Appfigures, only a small handful of mobile apps offering vibe coding tools have seen any downloads, let alone generated revenue. The largest of these is Instance: AI App Builder, which has…