Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images US lawmakers have proposed letting people sue over faked pornographic images of themselves, following the spread of AI-generated explicit photographs of Taylor Swift. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act would add a civil right of action for intimate “digital forgeries” depicting an identifiable person without their
Read MoreBack in the hazy days of the early home computers, many of us would rejoice at running our first BASIC applications, some of us even built our own 8-bit system from a handful of ICs and felt elated the moment the connected LEDs, screen or other output device would show signs of life. It is
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The first lab-grown freshwater eel meat has been produced, potentially solving a diner’s dilemma. Rampant overfishing has caused eel populations to plummet and prices to soar, but the cultivated eel could provide the delicacy guilt-free. The eel meat was produced by Forsea Foods in Israel from
Read MoreApple’s budget-friendly MacBook Air just got a steeper price drop, making the M1 model even more affordable at $749.99. The MacBook Air 13-inch with Apple’s M1 chip hit shelves in 2020, but it still offers Apple Silicon performance at a budget-friendly price. At only $749.99, it’s the lowest MacBook Air price you can find for
Read MoreGoogle has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that you can now customize what games you can watch in your Multiview window. The keyword here is “games” because this feature is still limited to just sporting events at this time. From the report: One of YouTube TV’s best features is the ability to offer the option
Read MoreFor the first time, Microsoft’s Q2 earnings report includes the impact of the company’s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition. “While Microsoft isn’t breaking out specific numbers, it says that its overall gaming revenue increased by 49 percent, 44 points of which came from the ‘net impact’ of the Activision deal,” reports Engadget. From the report:
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep coming: in just the one month of 2024 so far, the company has already spent $700 million on employee severance charges as part of layoffs
Read MoreOver the last five years or so there has been a quiet take-over of the ports on laptops, phones, and other devices, as a variety of older ports as well as the familiar USB A and micro USB sockets have been replaced by the now-ubiquitous USB-C port. It’s a connector which can do so many
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: With help from the FBI, German police managed to secure nearly 50,000 bitcoin (USD $2 billion) from the operators of the defunct movie streaming portal, Movie2k. […] Movie2K was another pirate site that showed an early interest in bitcoin. In its heyday, the site was the dominant
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep coming: in just the one month of 2024 so far, the company has already spent $700 million on employee severance charges as part of layoffs
Read MoreFantasy players and sports bettors should be salivating right now. | YouTube Since its launch last spring, YouTube TV’s multiview functionality has been a huge quality-of-life improvement for sports fans. You can use it to watch multiple games concurrently without making space for extra TVs — but until now, you could only watch the predetermined
Read Moresdinfoserv writes: UPS is cutting 12,000 jobs, or about 2.5% of its global workforce. The cuts mostly effect managers and contractors. Meanwhile, as the company wrestles with struggling profits and sales, workers are to return to the office five days a week and the company is “investing in artificial intelligence (AI) as it pushes to
Read MoreTomo, the AI avatar | Luka, Inc. AI companion company Replika partnered with the team behind the AI dating simulator Blush to release Tomo, a wellness and meditation app with an AI-generated avatar guiding users. Its the kind of concept that seemed destined as soon as generative AI took off, but in the time I’ve
Read MoreImage: 2K We finally know why Spec Ops: The Line was delisted — it’s the licensing. Video game newshound Wario64 first sounded the alarm on social media that the game had been removed from Steam and other PC storefronts seemingly without explanation. On X, Cory Davis, the game’s designer and director, was also out of
Read MoreApple has lifted the embargo on the first wave of non-curated reviews of its Vision Pro headset, and the results are somewhat surprising. The initial “high” experienced upon first impressions, where reviewers laud the headset’s “incredibly impressive displays” and “near perfect” tracking capabilities, has waned. In real-world conditions outside of Apple’s heavily-regulated demos, the Vision
Read MoreI have some proposed enhancements. | Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images In a case of life imitating Saturday Night Live, Peter Thiel has invested in a seed round of the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that does not have drug testing.” It does seem to
Read MoreSamsung is releasing an update to its Quick Share app on Galaxy devices. The update adds support for Google’s Nearby Share. Sharing with Nearby Share-enabled devices via Samsung’s Quick Share app doesn’t work yet. Every day, we’re getting that much closer to the moment when Samsung’s Quick Share and Google’s Nearby Share merge into a
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk isn’t going to get that $55 billion pay package after all, a Delaware Court of Chancery judge has ruled. The ruling means Tesla’s board will need to come up with a new proposal. The ruling threatens Musk’s fortune if it makes it through an
Read MoreFor Apple fans in the market for a new pair of premium wireless headphones, the AirPods Max are the standout choice. The quality of these cans isn’t in dispute, but as with all Apple devices, you better have a hefty budget to afford them. Despite being released over three years ago, they still maintain a
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The business arm of Raspberry Pi is preparing to make an initial public offering (IPO) in London. CEO Eben Upton tells Ars that should the IPO happen, it will let Raspberry Pi’s not-for-profit side expand by “at least a factor of 2X.” And while it’s “an
Read MoreData integration platform provider SnapLogic has unveiled GenAI Builder, a no-code development tool for creating applications and automations powered by large language models (LLMs). GenAI Builder, announced January 24 and accessible from the company website, leverages conversational AI to allow business users to create LLM-powered applications and workflows for customers, employees, and partners, SnapLogic said.
Read More[Kagen Sound] is a woodworker and artist who gives a great behind-the-scenes look at his amazingly high-quality puzzle boxes (video). Not only do his varied puzzle box designs show his math background, but they are all made entirely of wood. There are no nails or fasteners; just intricately-fitted wood and some glue. There’s a lot
Read MoreIt’s not just Spotify that has a year-end wrap-up feature — Apple Music does too! Here’s how to get your Apple Music Replay playlist, today. Apple Music Replay 2024 Spotify has a unique feature called Spotify Wrapped that shows off your top artists, songs, and genres of the year. It is a trendy function that
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft just posted the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $62 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q2. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 33 percent. This is the first quarter Microsoft
Read MoreAn outage of some of Apple’s iCloud services is causing problems for users, with users having issues using iCloud Mail and iCloud Web Apps. Mail icon [Apple] On Tuesday, users of iCloud Mail discovered they were having problems using the service. A number of people could not access iCloud Mail at all, with some having
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