You hardly need ChatGPT to generate a list of reasons why generative artificial intelligence is often less than awesome. The way algorithms are fed creative work often without permission, harbor nasty biases, and require huge amounts of energy and water for training are all serious issues. Putting all that aside for a moment, though, it … Read more
A cell phone can feel like a Swiss Army knife of the 21st century — until you lose cellular or data service. Then it becomes a so-called brick that you obsessively pick up, hoping to see that WiFi or cell signal has returned. Whether you’ve lost connectivity because of an unexpected outage, natural disaster, or … Read more
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The Federal Communications Commission is making up to $200 million available to help schools and libraries make their computer systems more secure. The Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program will be used to evaluate whether to fund this kind of program on a more permanent basis. The funding will come through a pool of money … Read more
Wearing a camera on your face will invariably evoke privacy concerns. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses have addressed the issue to a certain extent with the inclusion of features like a recording light. But any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point. I-XRAY is a project from a pair … Read more
What you need to know Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, seeks another lawsuit against Google — and now Samsung — for anti-competitive practices against third-party downloads. This new suit concerns Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which is reportedly “designed to prevent competition,” per Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney. Epic delivered a draft of its 42-page suit … Read more
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos’ Memories feature could get a unified share UI soon. The new UI will let users share individual photos from memories or the entire memory as a video from the same page. Google is also testing a new layout for photo previews in the timeline view and a … Read more
Apple’s iOS 18 update has introduced changes to contact sharing that could significantly impact social app developers. The new feature allows users to selectively share contacts with apps, rather than granting access to their entire address book. While Apple touts this as a privacy enhancement, developers warn it may hinder the growth of new social … Read more
The latest release of O’Reilly Answers is the first example of generative royalties in the AI era, created in partnership with Miso. This new service is a trustworthy source of answers for the O’Reilly learning community and a new step forward in the company’s commitment to the experts and authors who drive knowledge across its … Read more
Where’s the Sam Altman keynote? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6, 2023, in San Francisco. Credit: Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6, 2023, in San Francisco. Credit: Getty Images Unlike last year, DevDay isn’t being streamed live, though OpenAI … Read more
Apple today released new public betas of tvOS 18.1 and HomePod Software 18.1, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of when it is released later in October. The third betas come a week after the second betas. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s public beta program can download tvOS 18.1 by … Read more