TikTok, the popular China-based short-video sharing platform, is reportedly developing its own photo-sharing app to compete with Instagram. TikTok Is Working On Its Own Photo Sharing Platform The new app, called “TikTok Photos,” was discovered in the code detective AssembleDebug of the APK version 33.8.4 (com.zhiliaoapp.musically) of the TikTok app by TheSpAndroid. Some of the strings
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is launching its Copilot for Security next month, bringing its generative AI chatbot to the cybersecurity space. Copilot for Security is designed for cybersecurity professionals to help them protect against threats, but it won’t be a one-off monthly charge like Copilot for Microsoft 365. Instead, Microsoft will charge businesses $4 per hour
Read MoreThe U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban. From a report: The bill passed 352-65, with bipartisan support, but it faces a more
Read MoreA worksman left his car keys on the dash, and the vehicle was promptly stolen. Apple’s AirTag came to the rescue. Builder Paul Conway from Leeds in England has told local news site Leeds Live that at Christmas, his wife had bought a four-pack of AirTags for their keys. With one spare, he had decided
Read MoreWristwatches come in many shapes, sizes, and types, but most still have at least one thing in common: they feature a battery that needs to be swapped or recharged somewhere been every other day and every few years. A rare few integrate a solar panel that keeps the internal battery at least somewhat topped up,
Read MoreMacworld After a string of OS updates last week that patched billions of devices with hundreds of security fixes, Apple released one more this week targeting a very specific vulnerability in GarageBand. The GarageBand 10.4.11 update is for users running the app in macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma and wasn’t patched in macOS
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Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge A new Illinois bill called the Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591) that’s currently sitting in the state’s Senate would require online companies to pay local news publishers for work viewed by residents on their platforms. This follows in the footsteps of national laws in Canada and Australia, as
Read MoreThe researchers claim gendered terms associated with men appear 109 times in the Irish Constitution, while terms associated with women only appear seven times. Read more: Machine learning study spots gender bias in Irish Constitution
Read MoreBest Buy is clearing out M2 15-inch MacBook Air inventory to make way for M3 models, allowing for impressive discounts that knock up to $400 off the closeout laptops. Save up to $400 on M2 MacBook Air models. Matching the lowest price on record, Best Buy’s $400 markdown on Apple’s high-end M2 MacBook Air 15-inch
Read MoreEuropean lawmakers approved the world’s most comprehensive legislation yet on AI (non-paywalled link), setting out sweeping rules for developers of AI systems and new restrictions on how the technology can be used. From a report: The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to give final approval to the law after reaching a political agreement last December
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Banning TikTok in the US is back on the table after the House voted Wednesday to pass a measure that would do just that unless the app separates from Chinese parent company ByteDance. The bill passed with 352 votes, needing a two-thirds majority to advance.
Read MoreThe Keychron Q1 Max is a 75% mechanical keyboard filled to the brim with foam with a smooth typing experience, featuring exclusive — and pricey — Gateron Jupiter switches and a 1,000 Hz polling rate. Keychron Q1 Max review Keychron is not slowing down as it keeps shipping iterations of its popular keyboard lineup. The
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority If you haven’t used Microsoft Copilot in a while, you might have not realized that the company has added several new features in recent months. Besides the rebranding exercise from Bing Chat, Copilot has also brought over many features from ChatGPT’s paid Plus tier and opened them up for
Read MoreJob scammers are wiley, even using AI to con people into falling for their fake job postings on websites such as LinkedIn. Here’s how to avoid them. Read more: Applier beware: How to avoid online job scams
Read MoreSan Francisco-based startup, Cognition AI, is trying to completely rehaul the software engineering landscape through its new AI assistant, Devin. The AI assistant can plan and execute complex engineering tasks, learning from its experiences and rectifying mistakes along the way. Equipped with essential developer tools like a shell, code editor, and browser, Devin operates within
Read MoreMacworld Following the news in December that the two most recent models of Apple Watch were banned from sale in the U.S. over a patent dispute, Apple moved quickly to get around the ban by removing the offending feature. The result was that the Series 9 and Ultra 2 Watches returned to sale, but without
Read MoreThis is an example of the kind of content Sora can produce. | Image: OpenAI You’ll soon get to try out OpenAI’s buzzy text-to-video generator for yourself. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati says Sora will be available “this year” and that it “could be a few
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Recently published documentation has revealed how Apple might bring blood oxygen tracking back to affected Apple Watches. The documentation suggests that Apple could re-enable the feature via a software update. Apple suffered a serious blow back in January when it was forced to remove blood oxygen tracking capabilities from
Read MoreAna Carballosa/Netflix It’s been a while since we had a really satisfying live-action feature focused on people piloting futuristic robots, but the first trailer for Netflix’s Atlas from director Brad Peyton makes it seem like it could be the mech genre’s next big splash. Set in a wild future where humanity’s begun using massive AI-powered
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority There’s more to consider when buying a phone than the hardware and software. A flagship-tier processor, impressive cameras, and lengthy update pledge are all great. But there’s something else you should consider too. Customer support is a crucial factor for many people when buying a phone. After all, who
Read MoreAfter years of negotiations the AI Act is finally here to rein in this popular technology, but it still faces some criticisms. Read more: The EU finally adopts the AI Act in landslide vote
Read MoreEvery smartphone has a mobile hotspot feature that allows you to share the internet with other nearby devices. The hotspot works by converting your 4G or 5G data stream into a WiFi signal that nearby devices can share. While the feature is helpful in sharing a phone’s internet connection, it may sometimes work weirdly. At
Read MoreApple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 is very close, price-wise, to the 14-inch MacBook Pro. With similar core specifications, here’s what to consider when you have to choose between the two. M3 15-inch MacBook Air [left], M3 14-inch MacBook Pro [right] Apple’s revision of the MacBook Air with M3 now brings the lineup to
Read MoreNow EU MEPs just need to figure out how to implement and enforce it. | Cath Virginia / The Verge European Union lawmakers have officially approved the bloc’s landmark AI regulation, paving the way for the EU to prohibit certain uses of the technology and demand transparency from providers. In a majority vote on Wednesday,
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