In a bid to make its platform safer for teenage users, Character.AI announced this week that it would ban users under 18 from chatting with its artificial intelligence-based characters. For Megan Garcia, the Florida mother who sued the company last year over the suicide of her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, the decision comes “about three…
TL;DR Google and Magic Leap demonstrated a new Android XR glasses prototype at the FII event in Riyadh. The demo builds on earlier versions, such as Google Martha, showing Gemini identifying objects and providing real-time assistance. Magic Leap has extended its partnership with Google for three years and will act as an AR ecosystem partner…
Apple released iOS26 in September, and the update introduces a handful of new features to your iPhone such as call screening, new ringtones And more. The update also brings more customization options to your lock screen. When the tech giant released iOS 18 In 2024, the update added the ability to remove or change your…
Accumulator Bitcoin Strategy Inc. returned to profitability in the third quarter, with results bolstered by an unrealized gain tied to the growing value of the company’s roughly $69 billion cryptocurrency stock. Net income was $2.8 billion, or $8.42 per share, compared with a loss of $340 million, or $1.72 in the year-ago period, the Tysons…
When professors realized how widespread this was, they contacted about 100 students who appeared to be cheating. “We issued them a warning and asked them: ‘Please explain what you just did,’” Fagen-Ulmschneider said in a statement. Instagram video discuss the situation. The apologies came back from the students, first in trickles, then in droves. The…
The Android XR floodgates finally opened this month with the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset, but the bezels are what we’re all excited about. Google has announced that its partnership with Magic Leap has been extended with the aim of bringing Android XR glasses to market. Google first announced a partnership with Magic Leap…
WhatsApp is rolling out password-encrypted backups for iOS and Android devices, allowing users to encrypt their chat history using their fingerprint, face, or screen lock passcode. Access keys are a passwordless authentication method that allows users to log in using biometrics (such as facial recognition or fingerprints), PINs, or security patterns instead of traditional passwords….
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – One of the leading decentralized cryptocurrency trading platforms, dYdX, is preparing to enter the U.S. market by the end of the year, part of a transition to a derivatives-focused exchange that was previously unavailable to U.S. users, dYdX’s chairman told Reuters in an interview. Unlike centralized exchanges like Coinbase and…
JB Branch is the Big Tech accountability advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. When the federal government adopts new technology, it should be bound by the same principles that underpin democracy itself: fairness, transparency and truth. Yet the recent decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) to make Grok – the large language model…
JarTee/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With iPhone users spending nearly double that of Android customers on apps and accessories, it’s a bit of a twist to find that Android actually dominates the global smartphone market. With Apple goods usually promoted at…