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Apple reportedly even held talks with Meta about an AI partnership as it plays catch-up
23 Jun

Apple reportedly even held talks with Meta about an AI partnership as it plays catch-up

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Apple is apparently looking to take all the help it can get to integrate generative AI into its . According to a report by the , citing sources with knowledge of the discussions, Apple has held talks with Meta about the possibility of using the company’s generative AI model. It also reportedly had similar discussions with startups Anthropic and Perplexity. As of now, though, nothing has been finalized, WSJ reports.At WWDC earlier this month, Apple officially announced its much-rumored partnership with OpenAI that will with the upcoming generation of the devices’ OS. During the event, Apple’s senior VP of software…
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Deepfakes of Elon Musk are pushing crypto giveaway scams on YouTube Live
23 Jun

Deepfakes of Elon Musk are pushing crypto giveaway scams on YouTube Live

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A YouTube Live broadcast that ran for five hours today used a deepfake of Elon Musk to push a cryptocurrency scam, in the latest of a series of similar bogus streams. The video, which has has since been taken down, showed a clip of Musk that was meant to look like a livestream from a Tesla event, with an AI-generated version of his voice instructing viewers to visit a website and deposit their bitcoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin in order to participate in a giveaway. The message, playing on a loop, promised the system would then “automatically send back double the…
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Touch Egg is the most ridiculous Playdate game I’ve tried yet, and I’m hooked
23 Jun

Touch Egg is the most ridiculous Playdate game I’ve tried yet, and I’m hooked

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Sometimes we all need to just turn off the ol’ brain for a bit and have some dumb fun. That’s the kind vibe I was after when searching the Playdate Catalog for a new game to play this weekend, and let’s just say I got more than I could ever ask for in Touch Egg. The game, made by Joelle Tindall, is simple: crank wildly to extend a finger Pinocchio-style and poke the egg as many times as you can, but don’t let the horrifying man in the room see you or you’ll lose said finger. It’s all about chasing…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything we know so far about the sale in July
23 Jun

Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything we know so far about the sale in July

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Amazon Prime Day 2024 is almost here, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities will be on sale during the event, and if you’re a subscriber, you’ll have access to all of the Prime Day deals. Engadget will be surfacing all of the best tech deals we can find – both on Amazon and elsewhere – but there are some important things to know ahead of time so you can get exactly what you want out of this…
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Apple’s third-gen AirPods are back on sale for their lowest price yet
23 Jun

Apple’s third-gen AirPods are back on sale for their lowest price yet

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Apple’s have dropped back down to the lowest price we’ve seen thanks to a deal on Amazon right now. The AirPods, which normally go for $170, are 17 percent off, making them just $140. Apple overhauled the design of the standard AirPods with this model, which was introduced in 2021. The third-gen AirPods have a shorter stem to look more like the AirPods Pro (but without the eartips), a contoured design for comfort and are rated for sweat and water resistance.AppleGet Apple's third-gen AirPods for the lowest price we've seen.  $140 at AmazonPrevious models of the non-Pro AirPods weren’t sweat…
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Snap will pay $15 million to settle California lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination
22 Jun

Snap will pay $15 million to settle California lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination

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The California Civil Rights Department has revealed that Snap Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle the lawsuit it filed "over alleged discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at the company." California's civil rights agency started investigating the company behind Snapchat over three years ago due to claims that it discriminated and retaliated against female employees. The agency accused the company of failing the make sure that female employees were paid equally despite a period of rapid growth between 2015 to 2022.Women, especially those in engineering roles, were allegedly discouraged to apply for promotions and lost them to…
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Someone apparently hacked 50 Cent’s accounts to peddle a memecoin and made off with millions
22 Jun

Someone apparently hacked 50 Cent’s accounts to peddle a memecoin and made off with millions

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50 Cent and his millions of social media followers were reportedly the targets of a pump-and-dump crypto scam on Friday that resulted in hackers pocketing a good chunk of change before it was all shut down. The exact amount they made is unclear; the rapper initially wrote on Instagram that “whoever did this made $300,000,000 in 30 minutes” (per Cointelegraph), but the post has since been edited to say $3,000,000 as of this afternoon. I will not make a Get Rich or Die Tryin’ pun, I will not make a Get Rich or Die Tryin’ pun...The scammers used 50 Cent’s…
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EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM
22 Jun

EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM

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European Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan photos and links to detect possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Were the proposal to become law, it may require the likes of WhatsApp, Messenger and Signal to scan all images that users upload — which would essentially force them to break encryption.For the measure to pass, it would need to have the backing of at least 15 of the member states representing at least 65 percent of the bloc's entire population. However, countries including Germany, Austria, Poland, the Netherlands and the…
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You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends
22 Jun

You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends

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is rolling out another way for users to engage with a smaller group of friends and followers starting today. Close Friends on does what it says on the tin: you’ll be able to limit the viewership of livestreams to just your list of Close Friends. Up to three other people will be able to join your more-intimate broadcasts.This could help users plan trips, collaborate on homework or simply catch up, Instagram suggests. The update will also give influencers an option for hosting livestreams for a private (and perhaps paid-up) audience., users have been able to limit the reach of posts…
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Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further
22 Jun

Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further

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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew on the much-delayed first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner craft, won’t be coming home from the International Space Station until sometime next month, well past their originally planned return date of June 14. announced last night that it's pushing the date of their return trip back even further in order to allow for more reviews into problems that arose with Starliner during its flight, and to avoid conflicts with upcoming spacewalks. As of now, there’s no date set for the flight back to Earth.Starliner launched on June 5 and delivered Wilmore and…
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