It’s like Samsung is finally ready to launch paid subscription for their AI-powered smartphones, but it may not look the way we expected. According to ETNewsSamsung Electronics Vice Chairman Han Chung-hee confirmed that the company’s AI Subscription Club, which launched last December for select Samsung home appliances in South Korea, coming soon to both Galaxy phones and future robot Ballie with artificial intelligence. “We will apply the subscription service to Galaxy smartphones starting next month,” he says. “Ballie will be launched in Korea and the US first, and we plan to provide it as a subscription service in Korea.” Edge
January 10, 2025
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best iPhones are capable of recording ProRes video at incredibly high quality, but this means you’ll often find your device quickly running out of memory. Fortunately, SanDisk Just Released a Tiny SSD (Solid State Drive) which attaches to the back of your iPhone using MagSafe. Named Solid State Drive for Creator PhoneThe SanDisk drive magnetically attaches to your iPhone using a cable that connects to the USB-C port. This blue SSD comes in 1TB and 2TB sizes and supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 connectivity. This means you’ll get read speeds of up to 1000MB/s and write speeds of up to 950MB/s. And since it has a USB-C cable, you can connect it directly to your laptop and transfer recorded files. Technical radar
Elon Musk reportedly discussed removal of Sir Keir Starmer from Downing Street until the next elections. The US tech billionaire, who will play a major role in Donald Trump’s administration from this month, is among the harshest critics of Sir Keir and the Labor government. This week Musk accused the prime minister of “deep complicity” in the grooming gang scandal and said he should be in jail. Just over six months after Sir Keir’s landslide election victory, the Tesla owner has also called for either his replacement as Labor Party leader or a new UK national election. Telegraph
Meta’s updated hate speech rules allow users calling people mentally ill based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The guidelines, which were updated on Tuesday, still prevent Facebook, Instagram or Threads users from harassing people based on their mental health – except in this new, specific scenario. The guidelines now state: “We tolerate allegations of mental illness or deviance if they are based on gender or sexual orientation, taking into account political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality, as well as the common frivolous use of words such as “queer.” Sky News
Sweeping changes to Meta’s control of social media platforms have put the tech company on a collision course with UK and UK lawmakers. European UnionThis was stated by experts and politicians. Lawmakers in Brussels and London criticized Mark Zuckerberg decision to abandon fact checkers in the US for Facebook, Instagram and Threads, with one calling it “pretty scary.” Changes to Meta’s global hate content policy now include allowing users to refer to transgender people as “it.” Guardian
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