Intel accuses AMD of misleading branding in a presentation deck, subsequently removed.

• Intel criticized AMD for using 2019 chip architecture in current-gen Ryzen processors, while Intel uses its 13th gen architecture released in 2023.
• AMD unveils its Ryzen 8040 series of laptop chips, similar to the previous year's 70/40 series, but with higher clock speeds and optimizations.
• Intel's criticism of AMD's confusing naming conventions is seen as hypocritical, given Intel's own past actions.

Google launches its new multimodal AI model Gemini, claiming it beats GPT-4 on various benchmarks.

• Gemini is trained on images, text, and video, and comes in three versions: Nano, Pro, and Ultra.
• As of the video, Gemini Pro powers Google's AI chatbot Bart.
• Gemini Pro will be available to developers and enterprise customers via Google's AI Studio or Google Cloud Vertex AI.
• In 2024, Gemini Ultra will replace Gemini Pro within Bart.

Twitch announces it will cease all business in South Korea, citing prohibitively expensive operational costs.

• Twitch has been running at a loss in South Korea, with network fees said to be ten times more expensive than most other countries.
• The company will help affected streamers migrate to alternative platforms like YouTube and the Korean-based Africa.
• The 2016 South Korean law requiring both sending and receiving parties pay a fee to telecoms is believed to be part of the high cost.

Some of the earliest videos posted to Instagram have been losing audio when played in-app.

• The error message claims that the video has no sound, causing distress to users who have memories stored in these videos.
• The audio is not lost forever and can be heard when played through a browser.
• Meta is aware of the issue and is working on a solution.

A lawsuit against Amazon for selling spy cams is allowed to proceed by a judge.

• The plaintiff claims that Amazon should have foreseen that a hidden camera could be used to illegally record people.
• The judge agrees that this claim is credible enough for the suit to go forward.

Microsoft announces that individuals can now pay for extended security updates for Windows 10 past its expiry date.

• This comes over 10 years after Windows 10 was launched, and is seen as an admission that users prefer not to have basic features worsened.
• Microsoft also commits to bringing co-pilot and other previously Windows 11 exclusive AI features to the older OS.

The UK government considers using face scanning technology to age-gate access to pornography.

• The government admits that there is little evidence that the AI method of age estimation will be fair, reliable, or effective.
• The plan is to have adult websites estimate a person's age from a selfie.