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YouTube is muting push notifications from channels you don’t watch
YouTube notifications can get messy fast, particularly if you’re subscribed to a lot of different channels. To address that, today the company will begin muting push notifications from creators that...
ISS astronauts are getting new laptops
Astronaut Chris Williams and the rest of the Expedition 74 crew are getting new laptops. | Photo: NASA Even astronauts need to level up their laptops once in a while - including the crew of...
AI company deletes the 3 million OKCupid photos it used for facial recognition training
When online platforms violate their own privacy policies to sell your photos, have no fear: They just might have to pay an undisclosed settlement fee 12 years later. (Who says justice is dead?)...
Meta has misled users about scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, lawsuit says
Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its advertising practices. The nonprofit group Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has filed a proposed class-action suit against Meta for "failing to protect...
New York Attorney General sues two prediction markets on illegal gambling allegations
New York is the latest state to take a stand against prediction markets. Attorney General Letitia James has sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on charges that both are illegally...
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind
The Cook era comes to a close. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Under Steve Jobs, Apple released the groundbreaking products that defined the company. But the company wouldn't be...
Florida AG opens criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT
Florida Attorney General James Ulthmeier has announced that the state's Office of Statewide Prosecution has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT. The investigation was opened...
AI backlash is coming for elections
Ask Americans how they feel about AI and most say they have concerns. Communities have mounted resistance to data center projects, stalling them across the US. On social media, anger at AI companies...
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is better at rendering non-Latin text
A little more than a year after OpenAI gave ChatGPT users the option to create images and designs directly from its chatbot, it's now releasing ChatGPT Images 2.0. OpenAI describes the new...
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web
An image generated by ChatGPT Images 2.0. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI is rolling out the latest version of its AI-powered image generator with new "thinking capabilities," allowing it to search the web...