US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an op-ed in June calling for social media to come with a warning label about its negative health impacts, similar to the warnings placed on cigarettes and tobacco products. Now, 42 attorneys general have drafted a…
Continue reading "Majority of Attorneys General support a warning label for social media platforms"NBC is offering a discount on its Peacock Premium streaming service. Until September 6, you can get four months of access to the ad-supported tier of the streaming platform for $5 per month. This deal nets you more than 30 percent off the list price fo…
Continue reading "Peacock Premium is only $5 for four months for a limited time"Today, Sony shared a first glimpse at what it has planned to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation and it seems likely that a PS5 Pro will be a part of the party. Hidden in the marketing material is what may be an image of the rumored upgra…
Continue reading "Did Sony just reveal the PS5 Pro design in its 30th Anniversary announcement?"Microsoft announced it has partnered with StopNCII to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine.
When a victim opens a “case” with StopNCII, the database creates a digital fingerprint, also called a …
AST SpaceMobile is taking another step toward its goal of providing a space-based mobile communications network — one that would turn any standard smartphone into a satellite phone, no additional hardware required. The company announced that its networ…
Continue reading "Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile plans orbital launch for next week"In case the many books and films from the Twilight universe haven’t provided enough fodder for your fandom, there’s a new TV project in the works about the love-em-or-hate-em sparkly vampires of the Pacific Northwest. An animated series adaptation of M…
Continue reading "Netflix is working on an animated Twilight TV show based on Midnight Sun"ASUS unveiled a large collection of new Copilot+ PC laptops at IFA 2024, bringing AI power to several of its product lines. The company is splitting this portfolio into two branches, each powered by a different brand’s processors. Some of them will hav…
Continue reading "ASUS introduces six new Copilot+ PC laptops"Dell revealed details for new models in its Inspiron and Latitude laptop lines at IFA 2024. The company announced in May that it would be powering several of its new devices with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Plus, and now we have more information about how …
Continue reading "Dell brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Plus to Inspiron and Latitude laptops"Instagram is rolling out comments for Stories. Previously, the short-lived Stories could only be replied to in direct messages. This new feature offers a more visible way for users to interact with their friends’ posts. The original poster will not rec…
Continue reading "Instagram Stories are getting comments"ChatGPT now has 200 million weekly active users, according to OpenAI. That represents a doubling of the weekly audience of 100 million the company announced last November. A representative from the company told Engadget that API usage has also doubled …
Continue reading "ChatGPT has doubled its weekly active users to 200 million"