Where Memory Ends and Generative AI Begins
New photo manipulation tools from Google and Adobe are blurring the lines between real memories and those dreamed up by AI.
Read MoreNew photo manipulation tools from Google and Adobe are blurring the lines between real memories and those dreamed up by AI.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube is killing Stories on June 26. Stories that are already live on that date will expire seven days after they were originally shared. YouTube now wants creators to focus on Community posts and Shorts. Google is putting an end to YouTube Stories, a feature it borrowed from platforms
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google has released the OTA and factory images for the Pixel Watch. This software lets users flash to the vanilla firmware. Unfortunately, you need a Google-issued adapter to connect your watch to a PC. The Google Pixel Watch has been available for half a year now, launching alongside the
Read MoreAs the main candidates head to a runoff, disinformation is running riot on Turkish social media.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app is now available in over 40 countries. It comes with Whisper integration for voice inputs. The ChatGPT app for Android is also in the works and will release soon. Update: May 26, 2023 (2:01 AM ET): The ChatGPT iOS app is now available in over
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon Prime Video took to Twitter to mock Netflix’s new password sharing restrictions. However, the service quickly hedged its bets by saying, “hoping we don’t do the same.” Netflix just made its new account sharing restrictions live across the US. That means you can no longer freely share your
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It seems like transparent gadgets are making a comeback as Nothing earbuds, the Nothing Phone 1, and Beats Studio Buds Plus have all been released in the last few years. Are you a fan of this trend or do you hate it? That’s what we want to find
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority The 512GB Pixel Fold is no longer available to pre-order on Google’s storefront. Google notes that this variant is out of stock for now, suggesting higher-than-expected demand. The Pixel Fold was unveiled earlier this month at Google I/O, and the company’s first foldable phone looks like an intriguing rival
Read MorePeople trying to preserve digital artifacts held on old media often not only have to contend with the media themselves decaying, but also with obscure media formats for which there’s seemingly little chance of finding a working reader. [Kneesnap] had this problem with a tape containing the only known copy of all the assets for
Read MoreScott J. Shapiro / IEEE Spectrum: How three US teenagers built Mirai, a DDoS botnet that exploited IoT devices, and avoided prison by helping the FBI with cybercrime and cybersecurity matters — First-year college students are understandably frustrated when they can’t get into popular upper-level electives. But they usually just gripe.
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority The Google Pixel Fold finally launched earlier this month, marking the company’s first foray into the foldable phone arena. We asked Android Authority readers at the time for their thoughts on the Pixel Fold as well as its $1,799 price tag. Well, the poll results are in, and here’s
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon Prime Video took to Twitter to mock Netflix’s new password sharing restrictions. However, the service quickly hedged its bets by saying, “hoping we don’t do the same.” Netflix just made its new account sharing restrictions live across the US. That means you can no longer freely share your
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app is now available in over 40 countries. It comes with Whisper integration for voice inputs. The ChatGPT app for Android is also in the works and will release soon. Update: May 26, 2023 (2:01 AM ET): The ChatGPT iOS app is now available in over
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / The i Paper: Email: Twitter tells researchers to delete all Twitter data stored on their systems within 30 days after their agreement expires, or sign a new contract — EXCLUSIVEMove to hike price of academic access compared to ‘book burning’ amid fears it will harm fight against misinformation online
Read MoreAs electric cars continue to see increased adoption, one associated technology that was touted long ago that still hasn’t seen widespread adoption is vehicle-to-grid or vehicle-to-home. Since most cars are parked most of the time, this would allow the cars to perform load-levelling for the grid or even act as emergency generators on an individual
Read MoreEmily A. Vogels / Pew Research Center: A survey conducted in March 2023: 58% of US adults have heard of ChatGPT but only 14% have tried it themselves; roughly four in ten say it’s somewhat useful — About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) are familiar with ChatGPT, though relatively few have tried it themselves, according to
Read MoreIt might seem quaint through the lends of history we have the luxury of looking through, but in the mid 1980s it was a major symbol of status to be able to communicate on-the-go. Car phones and pagers were cutting-edge devices of the time, and even though there were some mobile cellular telephones, they were
Read MoreBloomberg: DCG is shutting down its institutional crypto trading platform TradeBlock, citing the crypto winter and regulatory uncertainties, effective May 31, 2023 — Digital Currency Group, the digital-asset conglomerate that is negotiating with creditors of its bankrupt lending business …
Read MoreMicrosoft Dev Box, providing software development workstations in the Azure cloud, will be generally available in July, the company said on May 24. The service is currently available for preview. Microsoft Dev Box offers project-specific development workstations, preconfigured and centrally managed. Dev Boxes can be accessed from Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices, and support
Read MoreScreenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink says it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study. If this is true, it means that actual humans could be getting a device from Neuralink implanted in their heads. The news follows Elon Musk’s
Read MoreBloomberg: 3D printing companies Stratasys and Desktop Metal agree to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at ~$1.8B and expect to generate $1.1B in revenue in 2025 — Stratasys Ltd. agreed to acquire Desktop Metal Inc. in an all-stock deal that will create a leading 3D printer company valued at about $1.8 billion.
Read MoreImage: THQ Nordic Following Resident Evil and Dead Space, the year of horror remakes continues with the upcoming launch of Alone in the Dark. The new version is described as a “re-imagining” of the initial trilogy, which kicked off with the seminal survival horror original in 1992. It’s being developed by Pieces Interactive and published
Read MoreScreenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink says it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study. If this is true, it means that actual humans could be getting a device from Neuralink implanted in their heads. The news follows Elon Musk’s
Read MoreBloomberg: 3D printing companies Stratasys and Desktop Metal agree to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at ~$1.8B and expect to generate $1.1B in revenue in 2025 — Stratasys Ltd. agreed to acquire Desktop Metal Inc. in an all-stock deal that will create a leading 3D printer company valued at about $1.8 billion.
Read MoreThe IKEA OBEGRÄNSAD is a pixel-style LED wall lamp that comes with a few baked-in animations, and [ph1p] improved it immensely with an ESP32 board and new firmware. The new controller provides all kinds of great new abilities, including new modes and animations, WiFi control, and the ability to send your own images or drawings
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