ICYMI: the week's 8 biggest tech stories from ChatGPT's meltdown to the biggest Computex announcements

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Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:00:03 +0000

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Here's the biggest tech news stories from Meta, Samsung, OpenAI, and more in our ICYMI round-up for June 8, 2024.

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I would call this the week the quiet before the storm thatll be Apples WWDC 2024 event coming on Monday where its expected to show off its AI, or Apple Intelligence as theyre apparently set to rename it.

But its been another week in the world of tech, so of course its been a busy one with ChatGPT meltdowns, Galaxy Ring legal dramas, and Meta VR headset leaks from Meta itself.

To help you get caught up lets go through this weeks biggest tech news stories, and be sure to come back in seven days for another quickfire catch-up. 8. We attended Computex for all the announcements (Image credit: Future)

Computex is the world's biggest computing showcase, and it's been running
all week - and we've traveled all the way to Taipei, Taiwan, to bring you all the latest news and coolest tech. Major players such as Nvidia , AMD and
Intel all had big presentations where they showed off their visions of the future of PCs and unsurprisingly a lot of it was AI focused.

Not everyone loved this direction computing editor John Loeffler was particularly concerned about Nvidias AI ambitions and what that means for our planet and jobs.

Meanwhile, Qualcomm emerged the clear winner of Computex 2024 thanks to the hype surrounding Windows laptops built on its ARM processors. Weve also
listed all the best laptops that were announced at Computex 2024 . Read more: Computex 2024: the latest news from Intel, Nvidia, and more 7. ChatGPT had
its biggest outage of the year (Image credit: OpenAI)

Fans of ChatGPT had to find another way to get their essays, coding and brainstorming done this week, after the AI assistant went down twice in the same day on June 4.

OpenAIs popular chatbot was out of action for several hours in what the company accurately branded a major outage. Strangely, there was no real official explanation given for the problems, and some of ChatGPTs rivals including Claude and Perplexity also had minor issues on the same day.

Whatever caused the outage, it did confirm one thing some of us have become as hopelessly dependent on AI sidekicks as we are on the internet. Lets hope ChatGPT stays fit and doesnt need to take any more sick days soon. Read more: ChatGPT was down heres what we know about the huge outage 6. Spotify raised its prices and angered everyone (Image credit: Spotify)

Sonos had quite the week of making friends and influencing people, ranging from its customers to the musicians who power it.

Specifically, we saw a powerful one-two punch this week of Spotify raising
the price of its Premium subscription in the US, right after CEO Daniel Ek
had claimed the content that powers the service costs close to zero to make. We at home might wonder why the price keeps rising in that case, while musicians struggling to keep music as their full-time gig might have a different idea of what the costs is than he does.

Despite that, a data company claimed Spotify has the lowest churn rates of
the major streaming services, meaning that its users are the least likely to cancel and move elsewhere and despite a rocky week, that probably wont
change will it? Read more: Spotify announces price hike, right after CEO enrages music fans 5. Meta leaked its next VR headset... again (Image credit: Meta)

Meta is keeping the Quest 3S a secret as well as a sieve holds water as for the second time in as many leaks an official channel has teased the rumored budget Quest 3.

Last week the Quest 3S was referenced on some Meta Quest Store pages , while on Tuesday it appeared in background of a Threads video posted by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth. The headset looks identical to the leaked Quest 3S design (and crucially unlike any other Meta VR headset) with Luna the person
sharing a large chunk of the leaked Quest 3S info pointing out the error on Twitter .

Perhaps confirming the error Bosworth then replied to Lunas tweet saying,
love that higher quality video over on Threads

So folks, if youve been after a cheap VR headset it might be time to mark
your calendars for Meta Connect 2024 on September 25 and 26 as its now all
but certain the Quest 3S will appear there. Read More: Meta can't stop
leaking its next VR headset 4. The Samsung Galaxy Ring date was revealed (Image credit: Future)

Mark your calendars, because the Samsung Galaxy Ring will be launched around August, the first indication weve had yet of a date beyond a vague back half of 2024 intimation. While this information was technically revealed by Samsung, it wasnt part of a splashy presentation or press release.

Instead, It was revealed in a lawsuit filed by Samsung against Oura Health, makers of the Oura Ring, to prevent Oura suing Samsung. Oura is quite litigious, and in recent months, has filed several infringement claims
against other smart ring manufacturers such as Ultrahuman and Ringconn. Samsung, which did not want Oura potentially tying up its planned release
date in red tape, has moved to sue Oura first in order to prevent the
start-up from suing Samsung first. Its very cyclical, almost like its moving in some sort of ironic circular shape Read more: Samsung sets Galaxy Ring release date for August 3. Sonos re-added a few features to its divisive app (Image credit: Sonos)

You may remember that last month, swathes of Sonos owners took to the
internet to voice their frustration with the new and controversial Sonos app
. Why? It was a significant overhaul of an app that Sonos customers used on a daily basis, and it didn't include some pretty basic features theyd been happily using before the update, thats why.

Now (and to give the multi-room audio giant its dues), Sonos has listened to customer feedback and has re-added some of the most requested features in
this second update since the big update. (Got it? Good.)

Sonos said: "We realize there are beloved features our listeners are eager to continue enjoying now. We are working diligently to reintroduce them in the coming months, alongside additional enhancements that will make for an even better app experience."

Following on from the first update, which arrived in late May, the new update delivers three key features: sleep timers, "play next" and "add to queue", plus support for the new Sonos Ace headphones .

It doesn't tick off everything on the to-do list, mind. Sonos intends to add more features in June, so you can expect a second update this month. And that refresh should add improved playback controls and search for your local music library too. Read more: Sonos appeases user outcry by updating its controversial app 2. Panasonic unveiled the new GH7 video camera (Image credit: Panasonic)

Panasonics new Lumix GH7 updates the GH6 a camera that we already gave 5 stars to with crucial improvements that ensures its Micro Four Thirds format system lives to fight another day.

A new 25.2MP sensor is equipped with phase detect autofocus and new skills that include target areas, improved image stabilization that we expect to be the best in the business, plus theres some powerful video recording features that have no right to be on a sub $2,200 / 2,000 camera, such as internal Pro Res raw 5.K video recording and unlimited record times.

Theres also an impressive world-first: 32-bit float audio recording, though youll need the optional XLR adaptor and external mic to gain this
high-quality and flexible audio in your video files. Put simply, the GH7 can do things that most other video cameras at the price point can do. Read more: Panasonics new Lumix GH7 is a seriously powerful video camera 1. A new Venom movie trailer dropped

Venom: The Last Dance probably not going to be one of 2024s best new movies indeed, if weve learned anything about Sonys Spider-Man spin-off movies, its that theyre not very good. That doesnt mean that people arent hyped for its release, though, as proven by the excitement-laced discussions that emerged following Venom 3 s first teaser.

If the three minutes worth of footage is anything to go by, itll be as chaotically messy as its predecessors, too. Venom: The Last Dance s first trailer teases everything from new symbiotes and a Spider-Man villain's
return , to surprise MCU ties and even a Venom Horse (yes, you read that right). Expect the Tom Hardy-starring superhero flick to rake in the money in Eddie Brock and Venoms last big-screen hurrah. Read more: Venom: The Last Dance teases new symbiotes, a Spider-Man villain's return, and ties to the MCU



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