iPhone 16 gets two new buttons and a new camera layout
The iPhone 16 has a new rear camera arrangement. [credit: Apple ] Apple’s new iPhone 16 isn’t a revolution by any means, but it’s a solid upgrade with a handful of new features (including two new...
View ArticleApple’s iPhone 16 Pro boasts a bigger screen and better camera zoom
These are the new colors and finishes for the iPhone 16 Pro. As expected, Apple announced the new iPhone Pro models today during a livestream: the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. The iPhone 16...
View ArticleApple updates both of its new iPhones with A18 and A18 Pro chips
Enlarge (credit: Apple) For the last couple years, Apple has reserved its most significant silicon updates for its iPhone Pro models, while the less expensive non-Pro iPhones have made do with...
View ArticleApple will release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, other updates on September 16
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple plans to release the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to the general public on September 16, the company announced via its website following its...
View ArticlePeter Molyneux thinks AI will allow people to create video games with just a...
Are you waiting for the AI bubble to burst so you can go back to enjoying art and entertainment products created by human beings who can actually make a living from it? You’d better get comfortable....
View ArticleiPhone 16 goes all-in on AI, adds new camera controls, available September 20
Pre-orders for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro open on Friday, and the device will hit stores on September 20. While the new model’s focus on AI features is unsurprising, Apple also introduced various...
View ArticleThese household brands want to redefine what counts as “recyclable”
Enlarge (credit: Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images) This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
View ArticleApple Watch Series 10 and entry-level SE model debut next week for $399 and $259
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Series 10 during its Monday “Glowtime” event. The new wearable features a thinner design and a larger screen. The Series 10 is about 10 percent thinner than last year’s...
View ArticleDOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial
Enlarge / Karen Dunn, one of the lawyers representing Google, outside of the Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse at the start of a Department of Justice antitrust trial against Google over its advertiing...
View ArticleRoblox announces AI tool for generating 3D game worlds from text
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images) On Friday, Roblox announced plans to introduce an open source generative AI tool that will allow game creators to build 3D environments and objects using...
View ArticleArtist tells Rockstar to “Go f**k yourself” after lowball offer to use band’s...
Grand Theft Auto VI is still around a year away from release, assuming the game isn’t delayed, but there’s little doubt it will be an enormous success that adds many more millions to Rockstar and...
View ArticleSky Calls Out IPTV Piracy Facilitators, Including Cloudflare & Facebook
In an article published yesterday, we featured the Motion Picture Association’s submission to the European Commission (EC) for its next Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. While still calling out...
View Article“MNT Reform Next” combines open source hardware and usable performance
Enlarge / More streamlined (but still user-replaceable) battery packs are responsible for some of the Reform Next’s space savings. (credit: MNT Research) The current booting prototype of the MNT...
View ArticleAudible is inviting narrators to train AI voices for faster audiobook production
The resulting AI “voice clones” can then be used to quickly produce new audiobook recordings, with human narrators still involved to oversee quality control. Read Entire Article
View ArticleAmazon tried to buy a stake in Valve long before Steam became a reality
While working at Microsoft as a group marketing manager in the Consumer division, Monica Harrington helped Gabe Newell and her husband, Mike, create a small video game studio near Seattle, Washington....
View ArticleHuawei’s $2,800 trifold phone is a real thing it wants people to hold and use
Enlarge / In the U.S., a folding phone has you carrying around nearly $2,000 of fragile, folding OLED phone. In China and export-friendly countries, the Mate XT adds $1,000 and yet another hinge....
View ArticleThe CIA and MI6 are now using generative AI for modern espionage
CIA director Bill Burns and UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Richard Moore recently co-authored a Financial Times article discussing the “special” partnership between their agencies. The duo...
View Article“HAIL HOLY TERROR”: Two US citizens charged for running online “Terrorgram...
The US government recently announced multiple charges against the alleged leaders of the “Terrorgram Collective,” which does just what it sounds like—it promotes terrorism on the Telegram messaging...
View ArticleAI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warn
Enlarge (credit: Westend61 | Westend61) Nevada will soon become the first state to use AI to help speed up the decision-making process when ruling on appeals that impact people’s unemployment...
View ArticleWoman drips with sweat from a bite of food due to rare nerve-wiring mix-up
Enlarge (credit: Getty | MICHAEL KAPPELER) The human body is full of marvels, some even bordering on miraculous. That includes the limited ability for nerves to regenerate after injuries, allowing...
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