Image: Google With generative AI exploding everywhere, Google will start requiring that Android apps include a way to report offensive AI-generated content and follow new moderation rules around what kind of AI content is acceptable. Apps using AI-generated content will be required to add a button to flag or report offensive material early next year
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Google rolls out “About this image”, which provides background information and context about images in Search, to English-language users globally — Google is starting to roll out its new “About this image” tool, which aims to provide essential background information and context about images in Google Search.
Read More[crispernaki]’s opening comments to this VCR head scroll wheel project lament that overall technical details aren’t “complex, ground-breaking, or even exciting.” Since when does that matter? The point is that not only did the thing finally, eventually get built, it gets daily use and it sparks joy in its owner. This feel-good story is one
Read MoreDouble tap officially arrives on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 today as part of the watchOS 10.1 public release. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Swipes and buttons are the norm, but Apple’s double tap gesture opens a future where your
Read MoreWith the Series 9 and Ultra 2, you can double-tap to use the primary function of an app without touching the display. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Double tap has arrived with watchOS 10.1. The gesture allows you to control your supported Apple Watch (Series 9 and Ultra 2) with a pinching
Read MoreThis year’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has officially released iOS 17.1, the latest version of its iPhone operating system. The update has been available in beta since late last month, during which time its biggest new feature has arguably been the ability to continue
Read MoreApple has now fully launched Apple Pay Later. The service was initially soft-launched earlier this year with a staggered release. Apple Pay Later allows users to break up payments into four separate installments paid every 14 days. Yesterday, Apple surprised us with an announcement of an upcoming product event. Now, the company is surprising us
Read MoreImage: Puzzmo / Angie Wang Game designer Zach Gage is leading a team in building a modern space to enjoy your crossword puzzle. Continue reading…
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Amazon launches a generative AI tool for advertisers to create “lifestyle imagery” backgrounds or scenes for their products in beta — Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers, offering an easy way to create backgrounds or scenes around whatever product ad buyers are hoping to sell.
Read MoreImage: Sony I’m very intrigued by Sony’s revamped PS5 and its removable disc drive. It streamlines the console’s manufacturing process, and the new model is a good amount smaller than the original, even if it doesn’t necessarily look so from every angle. But there might be one noteworthy quirk with the new $499 Disc version:
Read MoreImage: The Verge / Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried will testify at his criminal fraud trial on Thursday as he faces charges of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering related to his failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. During a conference call on Wednesday, attorney Mark Cohen confirmed Bankman-Fried will take the stand. The move isn’t much of a
Read MoreLexus LF-ZC concept. | Image: Lexus Lexus announced new concept electric vehicles for Japan’s Mobility Show, including the new LF-ZC, which is a four-door luxury car that the company plans to use as a basis for a real one that will launch in 2026. The luxury Toyota brand also presented a second concept called the
Read More[Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)] is at it again with the foil tape, and this time he’s whipped up a stealthy mobile sunroof antenna for the amateur radio operator with the on-the-go lifestyle. You may recall [Ben]’s recent duck tape antenna for the 70-cm ham band, an ultra-lightweight design that lends itself to easy packing for portable
Read MoreImage: Viz Media As Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, a continuation of the popular Bleach anime — one of the “Big Three” of shonen anime series — continues its run, viewers were excited to see fan-favorite character Yoruichi make her first appearance in the show. But that excitement soured as fans and voice actors argued on
Read MoreThe new “About this image” feature will help you discern whether a photo search result can be trusted. But it’s not a surefire safeguard against misinformation.
Read MoreThe tool is accessible from the three-dot menu on image search results. | Image: Google Google is starting to roll out its new “About this image” tool, which aims to provide essential background information and context about images in Google Search. The feature was first announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, and now
Read MoreImage: The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. In pursuit of profit, Spotify looks to AI rather than original content for its podcasting future Spotify shareholders are thrilled with the company reporting an operating profit for the first time in a year,
Read MoreLily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese. | Image: Apple Scorsese’s latest demands — not asks — us to witness the horrors the US has wrought upon the Osage Nation and understand some of what it means for Indigenous people to survive in this country today. Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Apple announced it is raising prices for some of its subscription services. The services affected include Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, and Apple News Plus. Apple One bundles are also getting more expensive. Subscription prices seem like they are just getting more and more expensive every day. Netflix recently
Read MoreBloomberg: How telecoms and media giant Altice, led by billionaire Patrick Drahi, became weighed down by scandals and debt-fueled acquisitions during low interest rates — He built his telecoms empire in an era of low interest rates. Now, with soaring debt costs and a corruption case in the corporate suite …
Read MoreAlexa won’t work with IFTTT anymore soon. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge The team behind IFTTT (short for “if this, then that”) wrote in a blog post that Amazon is cutting the service off from Alexa beginning October 31st. Once the integration is severed, users won’t be able to ask Alexa to trigger
Read MoreThe foldable iPhone still isn’t here and it might not be for a while, but that doesn’t mean other companies like Motorola aren’t working on what’s next.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sam Bankman Fried’s lawyers say SBF plans to testify in his own trial when they start their case later this week, after damaging testimony from his inner circle — – Former crypto mogul fighting portrayal as criminal mastermind — Decides to go for risky move often avoided in criminal cases
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Pro Max is an excellent phone and, despite that huge price, I don’t regret upgrading to the iPhone 12.
Read MoreTotal War: PHARAOH is the latest historical title in the Total War series, we put the Mac version through its paces to see what’s what.
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