AI apps on Google Play have to limit distribution of inappropriate content, company says

New Google Play guidelines are putting the cuffs on generative AI apps offering dubious tools, such as deepfake "undressing" apps and those producing graphic content.

The updated app store policy, announced Thursday, instructs generative AI apps and their developers to build-in precautions against offensive content, "including prohibited content listed under Google Play’s Inappropriate Content policies, content that may exploit or abuse children, and content that can deceive users or enable...

New Quest 3S headset: Did Meta just leak it in a Threads video?

Meta is leaking devices on Threads for those who are eagle-eyed enough to see it.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth posted a video (via TechRadar) on Threads that's meant to showcase some new VR software features, but that's not why it's interesting. At one point, you can see a white Meta Quest headset on a desk in the background that is clearly neither the Quest 2 nor Quest 3, but something that has elements of both.

Folks seem to think this is a glimpse at the rumored Quest 3S, a budget-friendly...

'House of the Dragon' Season 2 review: A tragedy written in fire and blood

If House of the Dragon Season 1 was the slow burn of the fuse leading up to the Dance of the Dragons, then Season 2 is the powder keg finally going off. Dragons will battle dragons, kin will slay kin, and thousands of soldiers and smallfolk will lose their lives in the oncoming war between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her half-brother Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).

Philadelphia Eagles give ‘Big’ Dom DiSandro a job title longer than a cheesesteak

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The Philadelphia Eagles announced some changes in the front office including a new job, or jobs, for Dom DiSandro

Remember Dom DiSandro?

The member of the Philadelphia Eagles staff was a participant in one of the more bizarre moments of the entire 2023-2024 NFL season. During the highly-anticipated — and highly-charged — rematch of the NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers DiSandro, who was on the sidelines as part...

Things have gotten impossibly bleak for the White Sox

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There are a lot of bad teams in baseball right now but none of them are as deeply entrenched in the mud as the Chicago White Sox are right now.

Earlier this week, I talked about how the Houston Astros were stuck in a mighty struggle and relatively uncharted territory when compared to the lofty standard that they’ve set as a franchise. While being in the mud may be a bit of a new development for the Astros, one team that is used...

Viktor Hovland’s sensational par save you need to see to believe keeps him in Memorial contention

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Viktor Hovland avoided disaster at 12, which kept him in contention for a title defense at the Memorial Tournament.

Viktor Hovland’s first event since the PGA Championship is off to a strong start.

He fired off a 3-under 69 Thursday at The Memorial Tournament, the event he won a season ago.

But Hovland remained in contention thanks to a superb par-save at the par-3 12th, which proved to be one of the most significant moments of the day....

NBA Finals experts' picks: Celtics-Mavericks winner and series MVP

Which team will raise the Larry O'Brien Trophy? Our experts make their picks for the Finals and the series MVP.

Seven Samurai is in 4K

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To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Akira Kurosawa’s black-and-white epic Seven Samurai is coming back to theaters with a new 4K restoration.

Arguably the crowning achievement of one of the world’s most lauded filmmakers, the film depicts a small village in the 16th century that is threatened by bandits. To protect themselves from the invaders, the farmers go in search of ronin — master-less samurai for hire — who can ward off the marauders and keep the...

Apple might reveal a new ‘Passwords’ app next week

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Apple is planning to introduce a new app called Passwords to help users manage their login information, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company will reportedly introduce the device at its Worldwide Developers Conference event next week.

Apple already lets you save your passwords across your iPhone, iPad, or Vision Pro using iCloud Keychain. The new app would sync the same way but with logins separated into...

US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets

Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets.

Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug

A few years after touting the Oral-B Guide’s Alexa integration, the company has yanked the app you need to connect to it.

Bowen Yang Discussed His Distance From Dave Chappelle During The Latter’s Surprise “SNL” Appearance

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World War II Veteran Dies at 102 While Traveling to D-Day Event in France

Robert Persichitti witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. He died at a hospital in Germany.

Biden Seeks to Echo Reagan With Normandy Speech on D-Day

At Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, President Biden plans to follow one of the former president’s most iconic speeches with his own testimonial to democracy and the need to resist isolationism.

Sounds like Intel’s and AMD’s Copilot Plus PCs won’t have Copilot AI features at launch

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Microsoft’s new Windows AI features, like Auto Super Resolution for smoother gaming, aren’t exclusive to Qualcomm — Intel’s Lunar Lake and AMD’s Strix Point chips will have enough AI co-processing performance, too. But when Intel and AMD’s new Copilot Plus PCs arrive this fall, no one is promising they’ll ship with all or even any of the new AI features.

Each of those laptops will require free software updates before they get Microsoft’s Copilot Plus...

eBay will no longer accept American Express cards over ‘unacceptably high’ fees

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eBay will no longer accept American Express payments starting August 17th, the company announced on Wednesday. It blames the change on the “unacceptably high fees” for Amex credit card transactions.

“Credit card transaction fees continue to rise unabated because of a lack of meaningful competition,” eBay writes in a notice to customers. “There is a need for more robust regulations to drive greater competition to credit card networks and help reduce...

The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever

The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.

Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch Cleared in US Fraud Trial

Mike Lynch, a software mogul once heralded as “Britain’s Bill Gates,” has been acquitted of fraud by a jury in the US.

The Case for MDMA's Approval Is Riddled With Problems

The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug’s effectiveness isn’t clear cut.

Adobe users are outraged over vague new policy's AI implications

Changes to Adobe's Terms of Service have users confused and outraged that their work — even unpublished and in-progress projects — may be used to train AI models.

Users of various Adobe apps including Photoshop and Substance Painter received a pop-up notice on Wednesday saying "we may access your content through both manual and automated methods, such as for content review."

The updated section (that went into effect all the way back on...