Google’s Pixel chip dream faces delays and difficulties

Google has postponed its plan to launch a custom Pixel chip until 2025, at least according to a report by The Information. The delay is supposedly caused by the challenges faced by the Tensor team, which is developing the chip in-house, in terms of employees, coordination, and design. The Tensor team had to cancel several projects and license some of its features to Samsung, which makes the modified Exynos chipsets for Pixel phones. 

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Win a Barbie Dreamhouse Xbox Series S and more from Xbox

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Do you love Barbie and Xbox? If so, you’re in luck. Xbox is giving away some amazing prizes that combine Barbie’s iconic style with Xbox’s gaming power. You could win a custom Xbox Series S that looks like a Barbie Dreamhouse, a set of Xbox Wireless Controller faceplates inspired by Barbie and Ken’s outfits, or one of 10 special Barbie dolls with Xbox accessories.

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Twitter threatens to sue Meta, accuses of poaching employees and copying its platform with Threads app

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Meta may face legal action from Twitter over its new text app Threads, which Twitter says is a "copycat" of its platform. Twitter claims Meta hired former Twitter employees who used Twitter's trade secrets and intellectual property to develop Threads. Meta denies the allegations and says none of the Threads engineers are ex-Twitter staff. Threads is a text-based companion to Instagram that resembles Twitter and other text-based social platforms. It launched on Wednesday and attracted 30 million users in one day, posing a serious challenge to Twitter's dominance. Twitter's owner Elon Musk accused Meta of "cheating" and vowed to protect his intellectual property rights.

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Threads hits 30 million signups, 95 million threads

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People seem to be taking to Meta's new text-based app Threads. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared that the app hit over 30 million sign-ups as of Thursday morning. And The Verge reports that internal data shows users have posted over 95 million threads and dropped around 190 million likes. All this happened less than 24 hours since the Twitter competitor launched.

The app isn't without faults or flaws, though. For now, you can't access features like direct messaging, a reverse-chronological following feed (you have a messy home feed for now), planned integration with decentralized ActivityPub protocol, and more. There's also the issue of not being able to delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram one. However, you can deactivate the former without deactivating the latter. For now, they're tied together.

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