Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge PimEyes, a public search engine that uses facial recognition to match online photos of people, has banned searches of minors over concerns it endangers children, reports The New York Times. At least, it should. PimEyes’ new detection system, which uses age detection AI to identify whether the person is
Read MoreKashmir Hill / New York Times: PimEyes, a paid facial recognition service, blocks searches of children’s faces via age detection AI to identify photos of minors, as part of a “no harm policy” — The change came in response to worries that the service could be used nefariously by a stranger.
Read MoreZenhub has updated its Zenhub Enterprise project management platform for internal deployments. Zenhub Enterprise 4.0 both deploys on-premises and eliminates the need for a GitHub account. Zenhub Enterprise 4.0 was announced October 17 and is available now. Teams can use Zenhub Enterprise with GitHub or instead use the built-in Zenhub Issues capability. Zenhub Issues functions
Read MoreAMD and Qualcomm Surface devices. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nvidia and AMD are both reportedly planning to launch Arm-based CPUs for Windows-based PCs. Reuters reports that Nvidia has started designing Arm-based CPUs in what could be a major expansion of Microsoft’s Windows on Arm work. Nvidia and AMD could both
Read MoreImage: Murena The Murena 2, the follow-up to last year’s de-Googled and privacy-focused Murena One smartphone, is now available to back on Kickstarter and has pulled in more than $156,000, far exceeding its $26,437 goal. The big update for this new model is a physical privacy switch that, when toggled on, disconnects the front and
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Instagram is testing a toggle in its app that lets users only see posts from Meta Verified subscribers, as “a way for businesses and creators to get discovered” — Instagram is testing a toggle that lets you only see posts from Meta Verified users, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The long-awaited EU AI Act is still under debate as European lawmakers can’t agree on how to regulate foundation models, and it’s unlikely to pass regulation before December. As first reported by Reuters, Spain, which currently heads the EU, is pushing for more regular vetting for vulnerabilities and
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The long-awaited EU AI Act is still under debate as European lawmakers can’t agree on how to regulate foundation models, and it’s unlikely to pass regulation before December. As first reported by Reuters, Spain, which currently heads the EU, is pushing for more regular vetting for vulnerabilities and
Read MoreImage: Murena The Murena 2, the follow-up to last year’s de-Googled and privacy-focused Murena One smartphone, is now available to back on Kickstarter and has pulled in more than $156,000, far exceeding its $26,437 goal. The big update for this new model is a physical privacy switch that, when toggled on, disconnects the front and
Read MoreImage: Square Enix Earlier this year, Final Fantasy XIV fans were treated to a first look at the next expansion, Dawntrail. Over the weekend, during the London leg of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival event, Square Enix shared a bit more detail about the expansion, including a new trailer revealing the newest class: Viper.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge In a post earlier this month, Valve announced the Steam Link app will “no longer be available on Samsung TV after November 30th, 2023.” The service lets users wirelessly stream PC games from their Steam library to other devices, such as a TV or phone. It launched with the Steam Link dongle
Read MoreInterpolation and digital cropping are two techniques which are commonly used by marketing folk to embellish the true specifications of a device. Using digital cropping a fictitious zoom level can be listed among the bullet points, and with frame interpolation the number of frames per second (FPS) recorded by the sensor is artificially padded. This
Read MoreA screenshot of the Meta Verified toggle. | Image: Meta Instagram is testing a toggle that lets you only see posts from Meta Verified users, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Monday. “We’re exploring this as a new control for people and a way for businesses and creators to get discovered,” Mosseri wrote on
Read MoreBloomberg: SK Hynix’s stock surged 67% in 2023 due to its Nvidia deal, while Samsung’s stock is up 24%, on track to underperform SK Hynix by the most in nearly a decade — – SK Hynix has jumped 67% this year on HBM chip; Samsung up 24% — Samsung needs big client like Nvidia, good
Read MoreHere’s a Ram truck at CES 2018. | Image: Sean O’Kane / The Verge Stellantis — the gigantic international automotive conglomerate that owns everything from Jeep to Ram to Alfa Romeo and Opel — has canceled its plans for CES 2024, we are told via a short press release. The company blames the current United
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Nvidia has begun designing ARM CPUs for Windows PCs, and AMD also plans to build ARM chips; source: Nvidia and AMD could start selling them in 2025 — Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers.
Read MoreApple’s budget iPad is getting ready for its 11th generation but how different will it be from the 10th-generation version that came before it?
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: A look at YouTube’s negotiations with record labels over an AI tool that lets creators perform using major musicians’ voices, a pivotal moment for AI in music — Negotiations between the video site and record labels could be a key moment in the spread of AI technology.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google is adding some new features to the Google Play Games Beta on PC, its service that lets you play Android games on a PC, including support for 4K screen resolution on “supported monitors” and for popular console gaming controllers. Google detailed the updates in a blog post from Arjun Dayal, Google
Read MoreNBC News: The White House announces 31 communities across the US as regional Tech Hubs that can compete for $40M to $75M each in grants — The hubs are located in 32 states and Puerto Rico and will be able to compete for $40 million to $75 million each in grants. — WASHINGTON — The
Read MoreImage: Marvel / Wizards of the Coast The great IP crossover experiment continues with Marvel showing up in yet another place you don’t typically expect Marvel to be. Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that Marvel’s bringing its iconic (and inescapable) heroes to Magic: The Gathering with new “collectible products and tentpole sets” that will
Read MoreBloomberg: Adyen, an Amsterdam-based PayPal rival, has had its stock fall ~25% since August 17, when it dropped 35%+ following its report of lower-than-expected sales — – Adyen shares halved since its semi-annual earnings report — Co-CEO Pieter van der Does’ stake is worth about €620 million
Read MoreKa-chunk. Let’s face it, 8-tracks were not that great. But the players, that’s another story. The Panasonic RQ-830S, aka the dynamite or TNT player is just one of many lovely designs that used to grace the shelves of electronics stores. Hackaday alum [Cameron Coward] came across a non-working model and used it to create the
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok tests the ability to upload 15-minute videos, after adding 10-minute videos in February 2022, as it looks to attract longer-form video creators — TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15 minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday.
Read MoreThe M3 chips are coming and the 13-inch MacBook Pro is sure to be one of the first to get it. But what else will the black sheep of Apple’s laptop family have to offer?
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