Trump and Epstein Photos Projected Onto Windsor Castle — and Four Men Arrested — as President Meets With Royal Family
Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement
Apple Releases Firmware Update for AirPods Pro 2, AirPods 4
Meta Accidentally Shares a Preview of its Coming AI Glasses
Kim Dotcom Extradition Decision Was Lawful, Judicial Review Denied * TorrentFreak
North Korea-linked hackers used ChatGPT to create fake military IDs – Cryptopolitan
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. One of Elon Musk’s employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle...
You can now apply for verification on Bluesky
Bluesky is ramping up its verification program, even though it's still not exactly clear how it plans to determine which accounts are "authentic and notable" enough for a blue checkmark. One month after the company said it would start giving checkmarks to select...
Did Google lie about building a deadly chatbot? Judge finds it plausible.
Ever since a mourning mother, Megan Garcia, filed a lawsuit alleging that Character.AI's dangerous chatbots caused her son's suicide, Google has maintained that—so it could dodge claims that it had contributed to the platform's design and was unjustly enriched—it had...
Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying
THE HACKER ECOSYSTEM in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, and espionage. Now an indictment of a group of Russian nationals and the takedown of their sprawling botnet...
OnlyFans is in talks to sell for $8 billion
OnlyFans is on the selling block, according to a report by Reuters. The current owner of the adult entertainment platform, Fenix International Ltd, is in talks to sell to an investor group at a valuation of around $8 billion. This group is being led by an entity...
Apple brings back quirky ‘There’s more to iPhone’ British campaign – 9to5Mac
A few years ago, Apple published a series of short videos on its British YouTube channel that were very different from the company’s usual campaigns. Now, the company is at it again, with a new set of futuristic and oddly hypnotic ads. The new videos first popped up...
Apple TV+ adds a familiar face to ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2 – 9to5Mac
Apple just dropped the first trailer for the return of The Buccaneers, its drama series based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished book of the same name. Set to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe,” it reveals a new character played by a Gossip Girl alum. Season 2 picks up...
AI vs. copyright
Last year, I noted that OpenAI’s view on copyright is that it’s fine and dandy to copy, paste, and steal people’s work. OpenAI is far from alone. Anthropic, Google, and Meta all trot out the same tired old arguments: AI must be free to use copyrighted material under...
The truly bezel-less iPhone, rumored AirPods roadmap, WWDC invites go out – 9to5Mac
WWDC invites have gone out, and Chance will be there in person. The pair discuss the narrative of indifference that hangs over WWDC at the moment, as the tech industry is currently dominated by daily onslaught of AI news. And while the rumors about the AirPods roadmap...
Apple Smart Glasses: Everything We Know So Far
Google made waves yesterday by showcasing a set of lightweight smart glasses featuring deep Gemini integration and an optional in-lens display. The demo has reignited interest in Apple's own smart glasses project, which has been the subject of rumors for nearly a...
The iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 are now on Apple’s ’vintage products’ list
Apple has added the iPhone 7 Plus and two iPhone 8 models to its list of vintage and obsolete products, as it's been more than five years since both devices launched. The iPhone 7 Plus, which launched in 2016, was the first iPhone to feature a dual rear camera system....
News/Media Alliance calls Google’s AI Mode ’theft’
The News/Media Alliance took aim at Google today after the tech company's announcement at its I/O showcase that AI Mode will be rolling out to all US search users. This feature more closely integrates an AI chatbot into Google search. Ostensibly, AI Mode can help...