Apple isn’t just opening up Near-Field Communication (NFC) access in the European Union; it’s offering third-party access to functions like tap-to-pay in the US and other regions. The company posted a notice on Wednesday announcing that third-party developers can start implementing their own contactless transaction […]
Day: August 15, 2024
Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees
Sonos has laid off around 100 employees on Wednesday, according to The Verge. Workers from the company’s marketing department allegedly bore the brunt of the hit. The cuts come as Sonos tries to simultaneously sell the public on its new Ace headphones and fix the […]
The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever
Illustration: Beatrice Sala National Public Data, a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak that includes information like Social Security Numbers and […]
Trump’s Shooting Led QAnon Believers to Double Down
A month after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, QAnon believers and their families are still stuck in a cycle of despair.
Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator
Elon Musk’s Grok released a new AI image generation feature on Tuesday night that, just like the AI chatbot, has very few safeguards. That means you can generate fake images of Donald Trump smoking marijuana on the Joe Rogan Show, for example, and upload it […]
Elon Musk’s xAI defies ‘woke’ censorship with controversial Grok 2 AI release
Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok 2, an AI model with unrestricted image generation capabilities, sparking debate on AI ethics, content moderation, and tech regulation.
X adds passkey logins for Android users
X announced today that it is rolling out support for passkeys on its Android app. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter introduced this security option for iOS users in the US in January, then globally in April. Passkeys started to take off as […]
Memories of the Overwatch Champions Series at DreamHack Dallas 2024
Overwatch Champions Series had its first major earlier this year at DreamHack Dallas — what did the organizers think of the event?