Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images All US federal agencies will now be required to have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use, as the government wants to ensure that AI use in the public service remains safe. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the new OMB guidance in a
Read MoreA Sony phone showed up on the FCC website, hinting at a possible upcoming launch. The phone (model PY7-75946U) might be LTE only, likely not the Xperia 5 V many have been waiting for. Sony smartphones may not always be at the top of the best Android phone charts, but they represent the last
Read MoreThe AI field has seen massive growth over the years, and the trend doesn’t seem to end or slow down. Today, hundreds of AI chatbots are on the market; some are very popular, whereas others are yet to be explored by the public. Even tech companies are integrating AI features on their sites and apps
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Assistant on Pixel phones is deleting all alarms instead of turning them off. The bug doesn’t seem to affect other Android phones. Google is aware of the problem and is working on a fix. Update: March 28, 2024 (1:44 AM ET): Google has acknowledged the Pixel alarm bug.
Read MoreAccording to a new study published in the journal Nature, timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks around 2029 because the planet is rotating faster than it used to. The Associated Press reports: “This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal,” said study lead author Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at
Read MoreQualcom’s managing director Ken Ryan discusses how the IT sector has evolved over the years, the technology that will shake up industries and the shift from reactive support to proactive managed services. Read more: Finding the ‘delicate’ balance of security and innovation in IT
Read MoreAndroid, the popular mobile phone OS, is essentially just Linux with a nice user interface layer covering it all up. In theory, it should be able to do anything a normal computer running Linux could do. And, since most web servers in the world are running Linux, [PelleMannen] figured his Android phone could run a
Read MoreA Sony phone showed up on the FCC website, hinting at a possible upcoming launch. The phone (model PY7-75946U) might be LTE only, likely not the Xperia 5 V many have been waiting for. Sony smartphones may not always be at the top of the best Android phone charts, but they represent the last
Read MoreHow do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS, running the railroad took paper. Lots of paper, ranging from a train’s history, assignments, and all the other bits of data required
Read MoreB&H’s exclusive flash deals knock $170 off Apple’s new M3 MacBook Air in the popular 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD spec, delivering the lowest price on record. To snap up the exclusive $170 discount, shop through this activation link from a desktop or laptop computer (not valid through mobile apps) and look for the
Read MoreThe macOS Photos app uses AI to detect details like addresses in images. Here’s how to open the addresses in Apple Maps. Apple Maps If you’ve ever browsed maps online in a web browser, such as to use mapping sites like MapQuest, you may have taken screenshots of a location’s address for later use. Apple’s
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Oregon Governor Tina Kotek today signed the state’s Right to Repair Act, which will push manufacturers to provide more repair options for their products than any other state so far. The law, like those passed in New York, California, and Minnesota, will require many manufacturers to
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Samsung has started rolling out the One UI 6.1 update to older Galaxy flagships. The update brings Galaxy AI features to the phones. It is now available in the US. Other regions should also get it soon. True to its promise, Samsung has started rolling out the One UI
Read MoreNeil Irwin reports via Axios: The dearth of productivity growth over the last couple of decades has held back incomes in the U.S. and other rich countries, according to a report out Wednesday from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the global consultancy. Productivity growth has been weak in the U.S. and Western
Read MoreChris Plante reports via Polygon: Phil Spencer doesn’t just want Xbox games on other consoles. He wants other video game retailers on Xbox, too. In an interview with Microsoft’s CEO of Gaming during the annual Game Developers Conference, Spencer told Polygon about the ways he’d like to break down the walled gardens that have historically
Read MorePoland has fined Amazon close to $8 million for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketplace. The sanction “also calls out the e-commerce giant for deceptive design elements which may inject a false sense of urgency into the purchasing process and mislead shoppers about elements like product availability and delivery
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Bennett and Simon Phipps sit down with Simon Kelley to talk about Dnsmasq! That’s a piece of software that was first built to get a laptop online over LapLink, and now runs on most of the world’s routers and phones. How did we get here, and what does the future of Dnsmasq
Read MoreImage: Exputer Microsoft appears to be readying a white version of its Xbox Series X console without a disc drive. Exputer has published a series of leaked images of the white Xbox Series X, showing that it’s a disc-less system with the same design on the exterior as the existing black Xbox Series X. The
Read MoreThe Dbrand Ghost Case for the iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand is scrapping plans to fix its anti-yellowing Ghost Case, but not because it yellows — it’s that it scratches very easily. The company had promised in November to ship free replacements with scratch-resistant coatings, but now it’s telling customers via email they’ll
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool
Read MoreTikTok is being investigated by the FTC over its data and security practices, “a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company,” reports the Associated Press. From the report: In its investigation, the FTC has been looking into whether TikTok violated a portion of federal law that prohibits “unfair and
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple’s password reset feature. In this scenario, a target’s Apple devices are forced to display dozens of system-level prompts that prevent the devices from being used until
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple’s password reset feature. In this scenario, a target’s Apple devices are forced to display dozens of system-level prompts that prevent the devices from being used until
Read MoreDespite Apple lobbying hard against the bill, Oregon has passed its right-to-repair bill that outright bans the controversial practice of parts pairing in repairs. Oregon signs its right-to-repair bill into law On Wednesday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 1596 into law. The law is designed to make it easier for consumers to repair their
Read MoreTwo Texas-based bitcoin miners have turned to the foothills of the Andes mountains in Argentina to mine bitcoin using flared natural gas. CNBC reports: Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh, both graduates of Texas A&M University, have been mining bitcoin on the oil fields of East Texas since 2019. That’s when they founded Giga Energy with
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