Meta is updating its AI-generated content policy and will add a “Made with AI” label beginning next month, the company announced. The policy will apply to content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. From a report: Acknowledging that its current policy is “too narrow,” Meta says it will start labeling more video, audio, and image content
Read MoreImage: The Verge | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Meta is asking a federal court to dispense with the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-monopoly lawsuit against it, arguing it’s failed to unearth evidence to support its claims. In a motion for summary judgment filed Friday, Meta argues that the lawsuit should be thrown out because the
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge In this week’s edition of his Lowpass newsletter, Janko Roettgers covered a Roku patent that seems to telegraph that the company is planning some heavy advertising tactics for those who purchase Roku TV televisions. The patent centers around the idea of displaying ads on these TVs whenever they’re tuned to an HDMI
Read MoreDid you update your iPhone and find that the Face ID isn’t working? Well, you’re not alone in facing the problem. While iOS updates are supposed to improve things, sometimes they do the opposite. Face ID not working on iPhone after updating iOS is a very common problem and can be easily fixed. If you
Read MoreOn paper, the motors from both an electric bicycle and a drone can both take about 500 watts or so of power. Of course, their different applications make them anything but equivalent, as the bike motor is designed for high torque at low speed while the drone motor has very little torque but plenty of
Read MoreAMD plans to document and open source its Micro Engine Scheduler (MES) firmware for GPUs, giving users more control over Radeon graphics cards. From a report: It’s part of a larger effort AMD confirmed earlier this week about making its GPUs more open source at both a software level in respect to the ROCm stack
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Xbox executive Kareem Choudhry is leaving Microsoft after more than 26 years at the company. Windows Central reports that Choudhry’s last day is today, and his departure has triggered a shake-up of some teams inside Xbox. Choudhry’s departure comes just six months after a big shake-up of Xbox
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photo: Getty Images Congress has been trying to crack down on data brokers — and the data brokers are fighting back. In late March, the House unanimously passed a bill that would prevent Americans’ data from being sold to foreign adversaries. And an amendment on data collection is mixed
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority In the UK, a Zenfone buyer sued ASUS over the company’s broken promise to provide bootloader unlocking support for its phones. The buyer won, getting a full refund for the £770 (~$973) purchase. If you have similar issues, this case proves you have a shot at getting a refund,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Streaming was supposed to kill physical media, and has come very close. The DVD and Blu-ray market fell from $4.7bn in revenue in 2017 to barely $1.5bn in 2022. In September, Netflix ended its movie-by-mail service. Best Buy has removed physical media from its brick-and-mortar stores, and Target and
Read MoreMacworld Rumor has it that Apple is getting ready to launch a new set of iPads soon. The latest reports to support that idea come all the way from India. 91mobiles says that two new iPads are been registered in the Bureau of Indian Standards website, while MySmartPrice found another different pair of iPads on
Read MoreThis week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos convened once again to give the lowdown on this week’s best hacks. First up in the news — it’s giga-sunset time for Gigaset IoT devices, which simultaneously became paperweights on March 29th. And all that Flipper Zero panic? It has spread to Australia, but still remains exactly
Read MoreAI will lead to many companies employing fewer people in the next five years, staffing provider Adecco Group said on Friday, in a new survey highlighting the upheaval AI will bring to the workplace. From a report: Some 41% of senior executives expect to have smaller workforces because of AI technology, Adecco said in a
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Tesla Model 2 may be no more. According to Reuters, Elon Musk has canceled the company’s plans to build a low-cost electric vehicle in favor of going all in on a robotaxi. The news outlet, citing three sources in the know, said the decision was communicated
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google Books, which indexes published material and has become essential for academics, has begun indexing low-quality books, which could impact how it informs its language tracking tool, Ngram. 404Media reports Google Books included several books that AI could have written. The publication searched Google Books with the term “as of my last
Read MoreAn Ethiopian bank has put up posters shaming customers it says have not returned money they gained during a technical glitch. From a report: Notices bearing their names and photos could be seen outside branches of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) on Friday. The bank says it has recovered almost three-quarters of the $14m
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Surface Laptop 5 is a beautiful, well-built laptop that’s great for Windows users. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge With Apple’s latest MacBook Air hogging all the attention as of late, it’s easy to forget that there are other laptops that might be better suited for your needs. Microsoft’s Surface Laptop
Read MoreMacworld The new M3 iMac may be faster than the original model, but otherwise, it’s the same great iMac we loved in 2021. And if you didn’t buy one then, you should grab one now: Best Buy is selling the M1 iMac in several configurations for up to $650 off. Our favorite pick is the
Read MoreThe UK government has admitted its negotiating power over billions of pounds of cloud infrastructure spending has been inhibited by vendor lock-in. From a report: A document from the Cabinet Office’s Central Digital & Data Office, circulated within Whitehall, seen by The Register, says the “UK government’s current approach to cloud adoption and management across
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook has sold shares in his company worth about $33 million, and received just under half that after tax. As detailed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cook sold 196,410 shares, and did so in multiple batches. Based on stated prices received per share, Cook earned between $33.04 million
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is updating its AI-generated content policy and will add a “Made with AI” label beginning in May, the company announced. The policy will apply to content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. Acknowledging that its current policy is “too narrow,” Meta says it will start labeling more video,
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Fairphone’s new CEO says he wants to release a €400 smartphone. That would be a €300 price drop from the Fairphone 5. The CEO also said he wants the company to expand to 23 new markets. Update, April 5, 2024 (12:00 PM ET): Fairphone responded to our request
Read MoreAn anonymous reader writes: Variety reports that following the massive box office success of Dune: Part Two, Legendary has tapped Denis Villeneuve for a third installment that would presumably continue the story of how Paul Atreides goes on to conquer the galaxy. Earlier this year, Villeneuve told Empire that he had already “put words on
Read MoreOnymos CEO Shiva Nathan explains the pitfalls of putting too much trust in your SaaS provider and gives advice to strengthen your data privacy and security posture. Read more: Who’s getting SaaS-y with your data?
Read MoreImage: Roland Quandt DJI’s next drone launch event is just around the corner on April 11th, but that hasn’t stopped the leaks from flowing. A new set of images from reliable leaker Roland Quandt gives us an even more detailed look at what appears to be the new Avata 2 drone, the RC Motion 3
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