Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK
Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it.
Read MoreFace recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it.
Read MoreBessie Liu / Blockworks: Ritual, which is building a network for decentralized AI models, emerges from stealth with a $25M seed led by Archetype, and plans to launch in early 2024 — The Ritual platform is set to launch in early 2024 — Decentralized AI platform Ritual came out of stealth after securing $25 million
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge Hollywood actors may soon be back to work. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have approved a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — the trade association representing Hollywood studios — to end their strike. “In a
Read MoreMike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Twilio reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.03B, vs. $985M est., 306K+ active customer accounts, vs. 280K+ YoY, and a Q4 guidance above estimates; TWLO jumps 7%+ — Shares of the communications and customer engagement platform provider Twilio Inc. rose more than 7% in late trading today …
Read MoreThe Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists reached a tentative agreement with the studios on Wednesday, ending a 118-day strike.
Read MorePhoto illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty Images Google has confirmed in court that Epic was offered a $147 million deal to launch its hit game Fortnite on Android’s Google Play store. The deal, which Google’s VP of Play partnerships Purnima Kochikar says was approved and presented
Read MoreRebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal: Citrix-owner Cloud Software Group plans to cease all new business transactions in China, including Hong Kong, on December 3, citing rising costs in the market — Cloud Software Group cites rising costs of business in the market — HONG KONG—Cloud Software Group, which owns enterprise …
Read MoreTop-Level PPE Conceptual Ion Propulsion System (IPS) Block Diagram. (Credit: NASA) Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) – which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched – has passed a number of qualification tests, after a rather tumultuous
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Samsung announces Galaxy AI, a “comprehensive mobile AI experience” that includes a translation feature called AI Live Translate Call, coming “early next year” — Samsung wants to make sure you know it cares about AI, too. In a new blog post, the company previewed what it calls …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung has introduced Galaxy AI, the new comprehensive artificial intelligence coming to Galaxy phones early next year. Samsung will use both on-device and cloud-based AI processing for Galaxy AI. The company has also given a small example of how Galaxy AI will enable real-time call translations. Samsung has finally
Read MoreSuzanne Smalley / The Record: A US judge rules that automakers’ use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners’ texts and call logs doesn’t violate Washington state law — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington …
Read MoreApple’s smartphones rarely go on sale, but if you’re looking to upgrade (or you’re gift shopping), here are a few cost-saving options.
Read MoreLike many other popular apps, Instagram includes a dark mode you can enable to make the majority of its interface black. You might want to turn on the option for a couple of reasons. One of the more practical ones is that using dark mode across your apps can help your device save on battery
Read MoreIllustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge After the Online Safety Act’s arduous multiyear passage through the UK’s lawmaking process, regulator Ofcom has published its first guidelines for how tech firms can comply with the mammoth legislation. Its proposal — part of a multiphase publication process — outlines how social media platforms, search engines, online
Read MoreSamsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung wants to make sure you know it cares about AI, too. In a new blog post, the company previewed what it calls “a new era of Galaxy AI” coming to its smartphones and detailed a forthcoming feature that will use artificial intelligence
Read MoreThe company added 7 million Disney+ subscribers in the past three months, many of them opting for ad-supported tiers. Can it turn a profit?
Read MoreAndy Chalk / PC Gamer: Activision Blizzard is transitioning away from the Overwatch League to evolve the esports competition in a “new direction”; exiting teams may get a $6M payout — Competitive Overwatch may return, but not in its current form. — Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt …
Read MoreTypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that adds support for import attributes for ECMAScript modules, has moved to a release candidate (RC) stage. The RC, announced November 3, adds an option to prefer type-only auto-imports when possible. Previously, when TypeScript generated auto-imports for something in a type position, it would add
Read MoreAfter the Pi 4 released, a discovery was quickly made that the internals of the popular single-board computer use PCIe to communicate with each other. This wasn’t an accessible PCIe bus normally available in things like desktop computers for expansion cards, though; this seemed to be done entirely internally. But a few attempts were made
Read MoreA January 13, 2020 picture from a right to repair hearing in Boston, Massachusetts. | Photo: David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe / Getty Images The right-to-repair movement gained a significant victory yesterday as a Maine law regarding auto repair rights won over 84 percent public support, according to Ballotpedia’s unofficial tally. As 404
Read MoreMichael Kan / PCMag: Signal is testing usernames, allowing users to set the phone number linked to their account as private and not share it on their profile — Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect with others on the messaging
Read MoreOfcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its first set of proposed rules under a new online safety law, with strict penalties for noncompliance.
Read MoreCloseup of a Lego Batcave set. | Image: Lego BrickLink, the unofficial online Lego parts marketplace, is back online after several days of downtime due to a cybersecurity incident that apparently targeted some merchant accounts. The company said it received a “threat and ransom demand” last Friday, presumably in regard to company or user data,
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: Docs: Humane’s $699 Ai Pin will have a $24/month subscription including a phone number, cell data, cloud storage, and access to Microsoft and OpenAI AI models — It’s scheduled to launch the Pin on Thursday, but The Verge has obtained documents detailing practically everything about the device ahead of its
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