Topic: platform development
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Bluesky Tests Live Features to Rival X
Bluesky is prioritizing new features to create a more dynamic, real-time user experience, shifting from a passive feed to an interactive space for live conversation and events. A core development goal is enhancing the platform's "liveness" to make it feel like a place for shared experiences durin...
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ChatGPT's App Store Is Now Live
OpenAI has launched a ChatGPT App Directory, transforming the chatbot into a platform for third-party tools and providing developers with an SDK to build within the interface. The platform introduces new app categories and rebrands integrations, with apps able to access user Memory data and, for ...
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Virtuware's Vision: The Future of Immersive Tech
Virtuware is a UK-based technology studio that creates accessible virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences, focusing on human-centered design to foster meaningful interaction. The company evolved from consulting to developing its own product, StageTime, a social VR app designed to be saf...
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Founders Race Noosa Triathlon Using Their Own AI Training Tech
Kitt Companion is an AI training platform created by Noosa Triathlon competitors Leigh Kelson and Freya Simmonds, designed to optimize athletic performance through personalized plans, nutrition, and injury prevention. The system integrates data from wearables and apps to provide professional-grad...
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OpenClaw's AI Builds Its Own Social Network
The AI assistant project has been rebranded to **OpenClaw** after a previous legal challenge, with the founder proactively securing the name through trademark research and permission from OpenAI to honor its origins and community. The project's community has created **Moltbook**, a social network...
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Microsoft's New Agentic OS Sparks Major Windows Overhaul
Microsoft is reuniting its core Windows engineering teams under the Windows organization, reversing a 2018 split that had placed them under Azure, to improve alignment and focus on key priorities. This reorganization supports Microsoft's strategic vision to transform Windows into an "agentic oper...
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I Found the Perfect Reddit Alternative: Friendly & Paywall-Free
Digg has relaunched as a community-focused, transparent alternative to platforms like Reddit, aiming to reduce toxicity and prioritize user control. The platform uses AI primarily for moderation support and spam detection, while emphasizing human community governance and a nostalgic, forum-like a...
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Chinese dev denies AI made Zoopunk, defends human creation in Xbox showcase
Zoopunk's developer TiGames clarified that AI is used only as a player assistance tool for user-generated content, not for creating core artistic assets, which are entirely human-made. Speculation about AI's role arose from confusion with an Nvidia demo, but the game's AI strictly supports player...
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I Found the Perfect Reddit Alternative: Friendly & Paywall-Free
Digg has relaunched under its original founder and a Reddit co-founder, aiming to be a more community-focused and transparent alternative to Reddit. The platform differentiates itself by using AI primarily to combat spam and assist moderators, not to curate feeds, and emphasizes user control and ...
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Mastodon Adopts Bluesky's Starter Packs With Opt-Out Option
Mastodon is introducing "Packs," a feature to help users discover accounts and build engaging feeds through curated lists organized by topic, similar to Bluesky's Starter Packs. The feature emphasizes user control by allowing individuals to opt out, receive notifications when added, and remove th...
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Microsoft Expands AI-Powered App Access on Windows
Microsoft has launched the Windows ML platform for general use, enabling on-device AI capabilities in Windows applications for devices running Windows 11 24H2 or later, which enhances responsiveness, privacy, and cost efficiency. The platform works with hardware partners to distribute execution p...
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