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- Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is hereby Benj Edwards on September 18, 2024 at 9:00 am
As AI deepfakes sow doubt in legitimate media, anyone can claim something didn't happen.
- 11 dead, thousands injured in explosive supply chain attack on Hezbollah pagersby Nate Anderson on September 18, 2024 at 2:00 am
Supply chain attack may be to blame.
- Apple pauses iPadOS 18 rollout for M4 iPad Pro after bricking complaintsby Andrew Cunningham on September 17, 2024 at 11:35 pm
Apple's servers have stopped signing the 18.0 update for M4 iPad Pros for now.
- AT&T fined $13M for data breach after giving customer bill info to vendorby Jon Brodkin on September 17, 2024 at 9:17 pm
AT&T data should have been deleted but remained in cloud for years before hack.
- Troubled Lotus shows off wedge-like vision for an EV sportscarby Jonathan M. Gitlin on September 17, 2024 at 8:18 pm
The three-seater is a four-wheeled testbed for Lotus' imagination.
- Google seeks authenticity in the age of AI with new content labeling systemby Benj Edwards on September 17, 2024 at 8:07 pm
C2PA system aims to give context to search results, but trust problems run deeper than AI tech.
- TCL accused of selling quantum dot TVs without actual quantum dotsby Scharon Harding on September 17, 2024 at 7:52 pm
Would such a scam really be worth it?
- No “offensive or inappropriate” Final Fantasy XVI mods, producer pleadsby Kyle Orland on September 17, 2024 at 6:46 pm
Request continues a long tradition of modding concerns from Japanese game studios.
- A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challengesby Eric Berger on September 17, 2024 at 6:37 pm
"The business model had to change."
- Zynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesby Ashley Belanger on September 17, 2024 at 5:54 pm
Zynga plans to appeal and confirms no games will be affected.
- Russian state media outlet RT banned by Facebook “for foreign interference”by Jon Brodkin on September 17, 2024 at 4:35 pm
US said Russian media worked with Kremlin to influence election, foment unrest.
- How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creatorby Kyle Orland on September 17, 2024 at 3:40 pm
Decadelong trademark fight culminates in new game hinting at "Web3 innovation."
- Physicists discover “hidden turbulence” throughout van Gogh’s Starry Nightby Jennifer Ouellette on September 17, 2024 at 3:10 pm
Scientists measured scaling of the brush strokes to arrive at their conclusions.
- Driver assists become de facto autopilots as drivers multitask, study findsby Jonathan M. Gitlin on September 17, 2024 at 3:00 pm
As drivers become familiar with the systems, they exploit them.
- Rare woolly rhino mummies emerge from the permafrostby Jeanne Timmons on September 17, 2024 at 2:31 pm
The new finds confirm the existence of a feature seen in cave art.
- Amazon kills remote working, tells workers to be in office 5 days a weekby Financial Times on September 17, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Hot-desking is out, assigned floor plans are in.
- iOS 18’s new home screen features are a long-awaited win for flexibilityby Samuel Axon on September 17, 2024 at 9:00 am
Wiggle mode gets an update that opens up almost Android-like customization.
- Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detectionby Stephen Clark on September 16, 2024 at 11:22 pm
"Authorities will have high-resolution imagery that is updated globally every 20 minutes."
- Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest modelby Benj Edwards on September 16, 2024 at 10:49 pm
OpenAI does not want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking" under the hood.
- Archaeologists believe this Bronze Age board game is the oldest yet foundby Jennifer Ouellette on September 16, 2024 at 10:30 pm
Origins of Hounds and Jackals, aka Fifty-Eight Holes, may lie in Asia rather than Egypt.