This screenshot of the National Weather Service and CDC’s new HeatRisk tool reflects the severity of potential health risks from heat on Tuesday, June 18th, 2024. | Screenshot: National Weather Service Extreme heat is in store for communities across the US this week, and the CDC and National Weather Service (NWS) have new tools to
Read MoreAfter two years of testing, McDonald’s has ended its use of AI-powered drive-thru ordering. “The company was trialing IBM tech at more than 100 of its restaurants but it will remove those systems from all locations by the end of July, meaning that customers will once again be placing orders with a human instead of
Read MoreThat is one quirky-looking camera. | Image: Ricoh Imaging I used to lambaste the very idea of half-frame cameras when I was a college student obsessed with medium- and large-format film (who wants even less resolution than 35mm?), but electing to shoot film today is already a conscious decision to compromise quality for the sake
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later, its buy now, pay later service, the company confirmed to 9to5Mac. The service, which lets you take out “pay later” loans that can be paid in four payments over six weeks, only launched fully in the US in October 2023. In its place, Apple says
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Larry Hryb, aka “Major Nelson,” has his next job. Following his departure from Microsoft last year, where he was a public face for the Xbox brand, Hryb will be joining Unity’s Community team, he announced on Monday. At Microsoft, he, among other things, hosted the Official Xbox Podcast
Read MoreThe U.S. government on Monday sued Adobe, accusing the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat of harming consumers by enrolling them in its most lucrative subscription plans without clearly disclosing important terms. From a report: In a complaint filed in the San Jose, California, federal court, the government said Adobe failed to adequately disclose hefty early
Read MoreVideo-to-audio research uses video pixels and text prompts to generate rich soundtracks
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has announced a new experimental YouTube notes feature. This tool allows the public to add context to YouTube videos. So far, it is only available on mobile in the US in English and only for a “limited number of eligible contributors.” A good presenter in a well-produced YouTube
Read MoreThe Italian scheme aims to reduce the cost of shore-side electricity to stop ships from producing their own onboard electricity with fossil fuels. Read more: EU approves €570m scheme to cut emissions in Italy’s ports
Read MoreMacworld In an alternate WWDC keynote that wasn’t dominated by Apple Intelligence, the new iPad Pro could have been launched as Apple’s slimmest device ever and captured all the attention. Indeed, back in the day, the company would often build an entire launch event around the message “last year’s device, only thinner.” That hasn’t been
Read MoreTikTok says the new tools are aimed at helping brands and creators develop global audiences. | The Verge TikTok is introducing some new generative AI tools that aim to help organizations and content creators grow their global audiences using customizable digital avatars and language dubbing features. Building on the Symphony generative AI ad suite unveiled
Read MoreA fit professional firefighter is crediting his Apple Watch for helping to save his life when he suffered a heart attack after playing road hockey with his son. While the Apple Watch cannot diagnose a heart attack, its warnings should encourage seeking medical attention. During the game, Travis Chalmers of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia said he
Read MoreWith some “special magic” some iOS 18 developer beta users claim to have been able to turn on an extremely limited and very early version of RCS messaging between iPhone and Android. iPhone sometime in 2024″ height=”738″ >RCS support will be added to the iPhone sometime in 2024 Apple confirmed during its WWDC keynote that
Read MoreMacworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Cross-platform software available on all relevant operating systems.Offers some advanced PDF manipulation tools.Supports signature collection from other users. Cons Mac app is bloated and lags even when performing basic tasks like scrolling.Free version is too limited when compared to macOS’ built-in tools.Paid subscriptions are expensive and don’t offer
Read MoreAnalytics platforms have evolved considerably over the last decade, adding capabilities that extend far beyond the last generation’s on-premises reporting and business intelligence (BI) tools. Modernized data visualization, dashboarding, analytics, and machine learning platforms serve different business use cases, end-user personas, and data complexities. While analytics platforms have reached mainstream adoption, many businesses in
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google has brought a “listen to this page” feature to Chrome on Android. This is a text-to-speech feature that reads out your current webpage. Google Chrome for Android doesn’t exactly offer loads of accessibility options, but it looks like the web browser has just gained a key feature in
Read MoreCCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
Read More“At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines…” reports Reuters. “It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found.” Reuters
Read MoreThe crypto community is going through a rough period this month, with the majority of the meme coins now trading “in red”. The prices of several well-popular meme coins have taken a hit in recent weeks. However, even days like this do not stop us from researching new meme coins. Let’s look into the details
Read MoreASUS has suddenly agreed “to overhaul its customer support and warranty systems,” writes the hardware review site Gamers Nexus — after a three-video series on its YouTube channel documented bad and “potentially illegal” handling of customer warranties for the channel’s 2.2 million viewers. The Verge highlights ASUS’s biggest change: If you’ve ever been denied a
Read MoreASUS has suddenly agreed “to overhaul its customer support and warranty systems,” writes the hardware review site Gamers Nexus — after a three-video series on its YouTube channel documented bad and “potentially illegal” handling of customer warranties for the channel’s 2.2 million viewers. The Verge highlights ASUS’s biggest change: If you’ve ever been denied a
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp shared this warning from a long-time AI researcher arguing that data science “is due” for a reckoning over whether results can be reproduced. “Few technological revolutions came with such a low barrier of entry as Machine Learning…” Unlike Machine Learning, Data Science is not an academic discipline, with its own set
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp shared this warning from a long-time AI researcher arguing that data science “is due” for a reckoning over whether results can be reproduced. “Few technological revolutions came with such a low barrier of entry as Machine Learning…” Unlike Machine Learning, Data Science is not an academic discipline, with its own set
Read MoreAttention, slackers — if you do remote work for a financial institution, using a mouse jiggler might not be the best career move. That’s what a dozen people learned this week as they became former employees of Wells Fargo after allegedly being caught “simulating keyboard activity” while working remotely. Having now spent more than twice
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google is rolling out a new option called “Listen to this page” that can read a webpage out loud to you from within the Android Chrome browser. The feature comes with playback controls similar to those you’d find in music or podcast players, letting you pause, change the reading speed, scrub forward,
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