iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes

theverge.com Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5,…

Google's shiny new AI gave the wrong information in a promo video

aol.com None Gemini suggested opening a film camera without a dark room, which would ruin the photos. • None Google's demo videos have made such mistakes in the past too. In two…

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months for breaking US banking law

dlnews.com Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, better known as “CZ,” was sentenced to four months in federal prison Tuesday for violating US banking laws. Under Zhao, Binance failed to…

VW releases battery and motor details for upcoming ID Buzz electric microbus

theverge.com Volkswagen is one step closer to delivering the ID Buzz in the US, today revealing initial battery, powertrain, and trim options available when the all-electric microbus…

Debugging tech journalism

niemanlab.org This piece was originally published by the nonprofit Asterisk Magazine, “a quarterly journal of clear writing and clear thinking about things that matter.” In November, a…

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

niemanlab.org If you’ve spent time on Facebook over the past six months, you may have noticed photorealistic images that are too good to be true: Children holding paintings that look like…

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s “unlimited” plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist

theverge.com Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile will pay a combined $10.22 million to a group of states to settle claims that the carriers lied to customers about their “unlimited” plans and…

Sonos says its controversial app redesign took “courage”

theverge.com Sonos has responded to the avalanche of feedback — some good, plenty bad — about the company’s redesigned mobile app that was released on May 7th. In the days since,…

Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small and prestigious games, after closing the studio behind a small, prestigious hit Hi-Fi Rush

theverge.com Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s…

OpenAI is reportedly trying to poach Googlers for an AI-powered search team

aol.com May 8, 2024 at 7:22 AM • None OpenAI is targeting some Google's employees, The Verge reported. • None Sam Altman's company is trying to poach Googlers for a ChatGPT search…

Apple's Secret Project And Bold Move Towards In-House AI Chips: Could This Be A Threat To NVIDIA?

benzinga.com In a move that could lower its dependence on external chip manufacturers like NVIDIA Corporation NVDA, Apple Inc AAPL is reportedly developing its own chips. According to a…

AI news that’s fit to print: The New York Times’ editorial AI director on the current state of AI-powered journalism

niemanlab.org Zach Seward recently gave this talk at SXSW. It was his first public presentation since starting his job as The New York Times’ first-ever editorial director of AI…

Tiffany Haddish's strange new crusade is also an important PSA

msnbc.com Being trolled online is an unfortunate part of life for celebrities in the age of social media. But actor Tiffany Haddish has taken a more direct approach toward handling…

The teens making friends with AI chatbots

theverge.com Aaron is one of millions of young people, many of whom are teenagers, who make up the bulk of Character.AI’s user base. More than a million of them gather regularly online…

Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches

arstechnica.com It's been a bad couple of years for Microsoft's security and privacy efforts. Misconfigured endpoints, rogue security certificates, and weak passwords have all caused or…

Can a treaty undo the world’s plastic problem?

marketplace.org Creating a global treaty on plastic isn’t easy, but the U.S. and other United Nations members are getting closer. They’re negotiating a legally binding agreement to…

Will advertisers sit out the general election?

simonowens.substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Are you still using your Apple Vision Pro? Tell me what you do with it

aol.com None Apple's Vision Pro headset was the buzziest gadget when it was released, but the excitement has fizzled. • None Apple lowered its sales projections as the $3,500…