Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Like the Samsung Galaxy S25, Google’s new Pixel 10 series is adopting C2PA metadata for digital media authenticity. Anytime the phones take a photo or edit it, they embed a watermark in the final image that traces its origin and any changes made to it. Google, like Samsung,
Read MoreMacworld Need to scan something but don’t have a printer or laptop nearby? That’s where iScanner comes in. This app turns your phone into a portable scanner — perfect for busy professionals, students, or anyone who’s tired of dealing with clunky machines. Until September 7, get lifetime access for a one-time payment of $24.99 with promo code SCAN.
Read MoreMacworld Need to scan something but don’t have a printer or laptop nearby? That’s where iScanner comes in. This app turns your phone into a portable scanner — perfect for busy professionals, students, or anyone who’s tired of dealing with clunky machines. Until September 7, get lifetime access for a one-time payment of $24.99 with promo code SCAN.
Read MoreAs we all look across a sea of lifeless, nearly identically-styled consumer goods, a few of us have become nostalgic for a time when products like stereo equipment, phones, appliances, homes, cars, and furniture didn’t all look indistinguishable. Computers suffered a similar fate, with nearly everything designed to be flat and minimalist with very little
Read MoreAs we all look across a sea of lifeless, nearly identically-styled consumer goods, a few of us have become nostalgic for a time when products like stereo equipment, phones, appliances, homes, cars, and furniture didn’t all look indistinguishable. Computers suffered a similar fate, with nearly everything designed to be flat and minimalist with very little
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the
Read MoreBirds are pretty amazing creatures, and one of the most amazing things about them and their non-avian predecessors are feathers. Engineers and scientists are finding inspiration from them in surprising ways. The light weight and high strength of feathers has inspired those who look to soar the skies, dating back at least as far as
Read MoreLibby will soon officially roll out a new AI-powered discovery tool called Inspire Me. The feature suggests five titles based on saved books or selected prompts. Some users and librarians are skeptical about privacy concerns and AI replacing human curation. Libby, the popular library app for borrowing e-books and audiobooks, has introduced a new discovery
Read MoreMeta is rolling out temporary restrictions on its AI chatbots for teens after reports revealed they were allowed to engage in “romantic” conversations with minors. A Meta spokesperson said the AI chatbots are now being trained so that they do not generate responses to teens about subjects like self-harm, suicide, disordered eating or inappropriate romantic
Read MoreMeta is rolling out temporary restrictions on its AI chatbots for teens after reports revealed they were allowed to engage in “romantic” conversations with minors. A Meta spokesperson said the AI chatbots are now being trained so that they do not generate responses to teens about subjects like self-harm, suicide, disordered eating or inappropriate romantic
Read MoreOn Friday, Apple filed another response to the 9th Circuit Court’s App Store antisteering injunction, citing that it can’t stand and, at the least, must be reduced in scope to be constitutional. Apple’s pushback against Epic’s one win continues. Image source: Epic Apple won 9 out of 10 rulings in an extended legal battle with
Read MoreLess than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL came out yesterday. Everyone who pre-ordered them was able to get a free gift card with the phone, but you’re not too late if you haven’t gotten yours. Amazon is still offering the same $100-$200 gift
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL came out yesterday. Everyone who pre-ordered them was able to get a free gift card with the phone, but you’re not too late if you haven’t gotten yours. Amazon is still offering the same $100-$200 gift
Read MoreEvery platform wants to be the place you hang with friends — even Spotify as of this week — so it’s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct messaging feature! It told TechCrunch that over the next few weeks, all users should see voice messages and image sharing options arrive in their DMs.
Read MoreArsTechnica: Today’s video game consoles are hundreds of dollars more expensive than you’d expect based on historic pricing trends. That’s according to an Ars Technica analysis of decades of pricing data and price-cut timing across dozens of major US console releases. The overall direction of this trend has been apparent to industry watchers for a
Read MoreArsTechnica: Today’s video game consoles are hundreds of dollars more expensive than you’d expect based on historic pricing trends. That’s according to an Ars Technica analysis of decades of pricing data and price-cut timing across dozens of major US console releases. The overall direction of this trend has been apparent to industry watchers for a
Read MoreIf you’re a tabloid reporter, don’t bother with your own iPhone troubleshooting steps, and instead invent a global conspiracy that Apple is destroying society. Apparently all of those buttons on an iPhone can get stuck, and that’s Apple’s fault for trying to destroy the world. Maybe this is why Apple wants to move to solid-state
Read MoreConnecting an LED to a battery seems trivial. If you have any knowledge of using breadboards, knowing that red goes with red, and that black goes with black, it’s as easy as tying your shoes. Except there’s one problem: what if you can’t see the difference between red and black? [Tara] had a student who
Read MoreConnecting an LED to a battery seems trivial. If you have any knowledge of using breadboards, knowing that red goes with red, and that black goes with black, it’s as easy as tying your shoes. Except there’s one problem: what if you can’t see the difference between red and black? [Tara] had a student who
Read MoreMore than 450 game developers on Blizzard’s Diablo team have formed a union, making them one of the largest and latest groups of Microsoft workers to do so. The new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, which
Read MoreMore than 450 game developers on Blizzard’s Diablo team have formed a union, making them one of the largest and latest groups of Microsoft workers to do so. The new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, which
Read MoreThe UK seemed to give in over demanding Apple give it backdoor access to iPhone users’ encrypted data, but it may still be pressing for it — and it wanted much more than was previously believed. UK Parliament — image credit: UK Government The UK government previously passed a law allowing itself to demand Apple
Read MoreProject Pivo lets you swivel the laptop screen to view things in portrait mode. | Image: Evan Blass Lenovo is gearing up to show off its latest products at Europe’s IFA tech tradeshow next week, but leaks may have just given us a first look at what’s being announced. The most notable gadget shared by
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