Macworld If you spend any time online, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ll encounter adverts for VPN services that offer to keep your data and activities while on the web safe and secure. But is this really the case and should you add VPN software to your Mac? We explain what a
Read MoreBruce66423 writes: The data watchdog has ordered a leisure centre group to stop using facial recognition tech to monitor its staff. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says Serco Leisure has been unlawfully processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 UK leisure facilities. It did so to check staff attendance – a
Read MoreDallas Liu as Prince Zuko. | Image: Robert Falconer / Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender actor Dallas Liu opens up about turning to YouTube and co-star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee to figure out who the new Prince Zuko really is. Continue reading…
Read MoreNo one seems to know what causes it. | Photo by @inphenite / Reddit Vision Pro owners are posting near-identical reports of a crack appearing on the front glass of their headsets. None of them seem to know how it happened, either. The issue was first spotted by MacRumors, and so far, there have been
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority AT&T experienced an outage yesterday that left tens of thousands of customers without service. The carrier and government agencies investigated the issue to see if the cause was the result of technical problems or a cyberattack. It appears the cause was the result of an update error. Yesterday, AT&T
Read MoreThe four programmes will focus on medtech, agtech, cybersecurity and digital health, with the goal of creating new talent and enterprises. Read more: Irish Innovators’ Initiative gives €28m to four training programmes
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia has officially hit a $2 trillion market capitalization, making it the first chipmaker to cross the threshold. It’s also the third US company to reach over a $2 trillion valuation, right behind Apple ($2.83 trillion) and Microsoft ($3.06 trillion). The California-based company has seen rapid growth over
Read MoreJSTOR: At the end of 2023, JSTOR — a vast digital library of secondary and primary sources to support teaching and learning — reached a once unimaginable goal: providing JSTOR access in 1,000 prisons. Spread across four continents, the JSTOR Access in Prison initiative now supports the education and growth of more than 550,000 incarcerated
Read MoreIllustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Investigations into “child influencer” accounts on Facebook and Instagram have found that Meta is knowingly allowing parents who sexually exploit their children for financial gain on the platform — and in some cases, using Meta’s paid subscription tools to do so. According to separate reports published by The New
Read MoreYou’ve heard the recommendations from cyber experts that a VPN (virtual private network) is the best way to reduce your risk by keeping your devices secure. Here’s the ultimate guide for how you can install a Surfshark VPN app on your iOS device, like the iPhone and iPad. Surfshark VPN – take 79% off VPN
Read MoreImage: Alex Parkin / The Verge When you ask an AI bot for an image of the Founding Fathers or a group of German soldiers from 1943, you expect… something. You probably don’t expect what Google Gemini has been delivering, which is a set of images that goes heavy on diversity and light on historical
Read MoreU.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was compromised likely by government-backed hackers. From a report: In a filing Thursday, UHG blamed the ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting Change Healthcare on suspected nation state hackers but said it had no timeframe for when its
Read MoreThousands of Iranians have been scammed out of a total of $35 million in a con offering half-price iPhones, backed by celebrity endorsement. Apple’s iPhone 15 is highly sought-after in Iran Apple does not do business in Iran itself, following US sanctions, but businesses do buy iPhones and import them, sometimes individually, and sometimes in
Read MoreCredit: Google MediaTek has announced that its Dimensity 8300 chip now supports Google’s Gemini Nano model. This means mid-range phones can now run generative AI features on-device. Gemini Nano is Google’s smallest AI model, designed to run locally on smartphones and other low-power devices. The model is already used to power features on flagship phones,
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin, Getty Images Look, I’ve been following the adventures of xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, and I’ve come to a conclusion: its only real idea is “What if AI, but with Elon Musk this time?” What’s publicly available about xAI makes it seem like Musk showed up
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Stability AI is out today with an early preview of its Stable Diffusion 3.0 next-generation flagship text-to-image generative AI model. The new Stable Diffusion 3.0 model aims to provide improved image quality and better performance in generating images from multi-subject prompts. It will also provide significantly better
Read MoreThe announcement was made at the official opening of Galway’s new tech innovation centre, Platform94. Read more: Galway’s Buymedia to create 100 jobs over four years
Read MorePhoto by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The ruling could impact other publishing industries and future social media regulation. Continue reading…
Read MoreChrome OS currently does not support peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, but it looks like that will change soon. This will allow Quick Share (formerly Nearby Share) to work faster than it currently does on Chrome OS. Android devices already support peer-to-peer Wi-Fi. Google’s Chrome OS operating system has many neat features that help integrate your Android phone
Read MoreHere’s a warning we never thought we’d have to give: when you’re in an audio or video call on your phone, avoid the temptation to doomscroll or use an app that requires a lot of swiping. Doing so just might save you from getting your identity stolen through the most improbable vector imaginable — by
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Self-hosting your data and services with Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a great way to free yourself from the spiraling costs and tangled web of subscription fees. Whether you’re simply looking to back up your photos or stream 4K movies on your travels, there’s a wide range of products
Read MoreThe worldwide total sales of 5G smartphones has now exceeded 2 billion, spearheaded by Apple’s iPhone 12 and newer models. Apple introduced 5G with the iPhone 12 in 2020 The iPhone 12 was Apple’s first 5G smartphone and despite it launching late in October 2020, its high sales made it the world’s most popular 5G
Read MoreSamsung is rolling out the first update to the Galaxy S24 series. The company had previously announced that it would roll out an update with a Vividness slider in Display settings and plenty of camera fixes and improvements. The update also comes with a February 1, 2024, security patch level. Whenever a new phone is
Read MoreUpdate: February 23, 2024 (5:00 AM ET): We’ve updated our Galaxy Z Fold 6 rumor hub with new claims regarding the device’s design, storage, RAM, and more. Original article: February 22, 2024: We’re deep into 2024, and it’s about time we learn more about Samsung’s next wave of foldables. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6
Read MoreThe partnership between the multinational technology company and social news aggregation is set to strengthen as an ‘expanded partnership’ has been announced. This pairing will work together to create more content-forward displays of Reddit information, in the hope this will make Google products more helpful for users and easier to participate in the forum’s conversations
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