Laura Normand / The Verge Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a controversy over sexually explicit AI-made fake images of Taylor Swift. In an interview with NBC Nightly News that will air next Tuesday, Nadella calls the proliferation of nonconsensual simulated nudes “alarming and terrible,” telling interviewer Lester Holt that “I think it behooves
Read MorePhoto by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Legislation needs to be passed to protect people from fake sexual images generated by AI, the White House said this afternoon. The statement, from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, came in response to a question about the spread of fake sexualized photos of Taylor Swift on social
Read MoreWhen [Unethical Info] was looking at air purifiers a while back, their eye fell on a Xiaomi 4 Pro, with a purchase quickly made. Fast-forward a while and suddenly the LCD on top of the device was showing a threatening ‘0% filter life remaining’ error message. This was traced back to an NFC (NTAG213) tag
Read MoreApple’s new rules in the European Union mean browsers like Firefox can finally use their own engines on iOS. Although this may seem like a welcome change, Mozilla spokesperson Damiano DeMonte tells The Verge it’s “extremely disappointed” with the way things turned out. From a report: “We are still reviewing the technical details but are
Read MorePhoto by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Legislation needs to be passed to protect people from fake sexual images generated by AI, the White House said this afternoon. The statement, from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, came in response to a question about the spread of fake sexualized photos of Taylor Swift on social
Read MoreApple’s new rules in the European Union mean browsers like Firefox can finally use their own engines on iOS. Although this may seem like a welcome change, Mozilla spokesperson Damiano DeMonte tells The Verge it’s “extremely disappointed” with the way things turned out. From a report: “We are still reviewing the technical details but are
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Google appears to have quietly launched its eSIM transfer tool which was announced at MWC 2023. Users are discovering that they can now swap their eSIM from one Android phone to any other Android phone. It appears the functionality is limited to T-Mobile eSIM profiles. Every day, we move
Read MoreThe Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Fossil Group has decided to call it quits on smartwatches. The company announced this afternoon that it would leave the smartwatch business and redirect resources to its less-smart goods instead. The company has been one of the most prolific makers
Read MoreIs this what Gen Z really looks like? | Image: Getty Okay, Gen Z. Sit down, babes. It’s time to talk. I have seen multiple reports that you are worried about whether you are “aging like milk.” (I guess this is a thing on TikTok, an app I am too old to care about.) Like,
Read MoreImage: Mozilla Apple’s new rules in the European Union mean browsers like Firefox can finally use their own engines on iOS. Although this may seem like a welcome change, Mozilla spokesperson Damiano DeMonte tells The Verge it’s “extremely disappointed” with the way things turned out. “We are still reviewing the technical details but are extremely
Read MoreImage: Beeper In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Beeper announced it’s removing the Beeper Mini app from the Google Play Store and moving the iMessage bridge to the “Labs” section of its cloud version. No new users will be able to use Beeper Cloud to gain entry into Apple’s messaging service, but the chat
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! I’ll be writing today’s Insider edition of Hot Pod while Ariel Shapiro is getting some R&R in sunny Puerto Rico with her family (meanwhile, it’s been an uncharacteristically rainy and gray week here in
Read MoreThe Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify — one of Apple’s biggest critics — says Apple’s new plan to comply with the European Union’s tech regulations is “a complete and total farce.” In a post published on Spotify’s website, the company calls Apple’s new app installation fee “extortion, plain and simple” and says Apple
Read MoreMacworld If you live in the European Union, iOS 17.4 is going to be a massive upgrade for you. Apple began beta-testing the update on January 25 and outlined many of the changes in a press release. The primary aim of this release is to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the EU, which
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Mozilla is reportedly working on tablet UI for Firefox. Mozilla’s response to a user review suggested that the Firefox team was not currently working on tablet UI. Tablet UI is not a high priority for the company, but it does have a prototype that’s available. Last week, multiple outlets
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers are drawing up multiple plans to require watermarks on content created by AI to curb the abuses within the emerging technology, which has affected sectors from political races to the stock market. From a report: At least five lawmakers have promised or are considering different proposals that would require AI companies to implement
Read MoreMost of us have played with a Cartesian-style 3D printer. Maybe you’ve even built a rigid delta. In this case, [Diffraction Limited] decided to a little further away from the norm with a cable-based delta design. This delta design uses direct cable drives to control the end effector, with preloading rods effectively decoupling the preload
Read MoreA California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Is it a joyous outage where you get to relax, or something mission critical going wrong? Either way, “a portion” of Microsoft Teams is down — with outages in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, according to the latest status update from Microsoft’s official account. So yeah, if
Read MoreApple could announce an AI-powered version of Siri as soon as June, and there are signs inside the iOS 17.4 beta that it exists. Apple is testing its in-house Chatbot Siri against ChatGPT Apple has yet to release an equivalent to ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence tools, but that doesn’t mean it’s not coming. The company has
Read More[Augusto Marinucci] liked the classic Cartier Tank series of dress watches aesthetic, but wanted something a bit more techy, with a decent runtime on a single battery. E-Ink displays are often used in such applications, but finding one to fit a custom case design, is a tall order. When ordering one off the shelf is
Read MoreOnePlus’ no-frills flagship stands tall against the competition. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge With the impending launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series, OnePlus surely hopes to hitch a ride on the buzz train as upgrade season begins. The newly announced OnePlus 12 arrives on February 6th, however, you can currently get a
Read MoreApple will allow friends and family to control music playing on the HomePod or Apple TV in its next update — and here’s how you can do it in the beta. Apple Music SharePlay is a feature tied to FaceTime and iMessage that allows users to interact with apps and media simultaneously. It was revealed
Read MoreGenerative AI juggernaut OpenAI has introduced new ways for developers to manage and track the use of API keys. The company also updated its GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 large language models, and unveiled two new text embedding models. OpenAI made the rollout on January 25. Two API key managment platform improvements aim to give developers
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