Whose fault is it when your laptop is destroyed by another passenger on a flight?
4KThe Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. The flight started out like any other. I was returning from a work trip to Orlando and decided to use the time on my two-hour Delta flight to catch up on emails. There I was, happily typing away (and probably listening to a horror movie recap podcast on my headphones) when the unthinkable happened. The per
Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free
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100+TechCrunch / 15h
CSC ServiceWorks provides laundry machines to thousands of residential homes and universities, but the company ignored requests to fix a security bug. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team
300+Gizmodo / 15h
OpenAI’s Superalignment team, charged with controlling the existential danger of a superhuman AI system, has reportedly been disbanded, according to Wired on Friday. The news comes just days after the team’s founders, Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, simultaneously quit the company . Read more...
How Big Dairy Took Over Your TikTok Feed—With Help from Uncle Sam
Wired / 1h
A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales.
One of the biggest credit card companies is quietly introducing a secret AI weapon to combat billion-dollar financial fraud — Visa will verify every single transaction in real time to eliminate rampant enumeration attacks
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Facing frequent and damaging enumeration attacks, Visa has announced the launch of an AI-powered tool embedded in its updated Visa Account Attack Intelligence (VAAI) system. The new VAAI Score tool is designed to tackle costly financial frauds that are inflicting around $1.1 billion annually in losses and operational costs to the global financial industry. Enumeration attacks are where fraudsters
Google's Live Caption may soon become more emotionally expressive on Android
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
Google is reportedly working on implementing several customization features to the Live Caption accessibility feature on mobile devices. Evidence of this update was discovered by software deep diver Assemble Debug after digging through the Android System Intelligence app. According to an image given to Android Authority , there will be four options in total. We don't know much, but there is a lit
How to watch the Microsoft Build 2024 keynote live on May 21
Engadget / 7h
Springtime means it’s keynote season in the tech world, and in 2024, that means “time to show off your AI bona fides.” Google and OpenAI have already revealed big new upgrades to Gemini and ChatGPT this month, and now it’s time for Microsoft Build. The tech giant’s annual developer conference kicks off with a keynote slated for Tuesday, May 21 at 12 PM ET/9 AM PT, and you can watch the entire eve
Doctor Who: Boom review: All hail the conquering hero
Engadget / 7h
The following contains spoilers for “Boom.” It should be a given any new series needs time to find its footing, even when it’s a revival of an already-running hit. The first three episodes of “new” Doctor Who have been fun, but not without their own idiosyncrasies that made them hard to love. Now it’s time for Steven Moffat, the series’ greatest 21st century writer, to show what this new season c
Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, May 18 (game #845)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
Your Saturday Quordle offers you another chance to redeem yourself if you've struggled over the week, or to continue your hot streak if you've been bossing this game like a champ. You'll find some helpful hints below, should you need them. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Quordle today (game #845) - hint #1 - Vowels
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, May 18 (game #76)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
The weekend is the perfect time to play the NYT's Strands game, because you don't have to worry about work and can therefore dedicate as much time as you want to solving it! Unless you do work today, of course, which is quite possible. If so, I'm sorry for making you feel worse about that. Please take my hints for today's game by way of apology. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands toda
The X-Men '97 Team Dishes on the Finale's Big Bad Reveal
Gizmodo / 8h
That X-Men ‘97 season finale was quite the sucker punch for fans invested in Marvel Animation’s revived classic series coming into a modern era . We saw the X-Men overcome seemingly insurmountable odds against Bastion after the reveal that he was this season’s big bad—not the red herrings Magneto and Sinister (who… Read more...
100,000 Mile Offer For Premium American Airlines Card Is Back
View from the Wing / 8h
The offer requires $10,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Continue reading ...
Slack Is Using Your Private Conversations to Train Its AI
LifeHacker / 8h
Slack users across the web— on Mastodon , on Threads , and on Hackernews —have responded with alarm to an obscure privacy page that outlines the ways in which their Slack conversations, including DMs, are used to train what the Salesforce-owned company calls "Machine Learning" (ML) and "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) systems. The only way to opt out of these features is for the admin of your compa
“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care
41Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge / Packaging for Wegovy, manufactured by Novo Nordisk, is seen in this illustration photo. (credit: Getty | Jakub Porzycki ) With the debut of remarkably effective weight-loss drugs, America's high obesity rate and its uniquely astronomical prescription drug pricing appear to be set on a catastrophic collision course—one that threatens to "bankrupt our entire health care system," according
The Apple TV is coming for the Raspberry Pi’s retro emulation box crown
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge / The RetroArch app installed in tvOS. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple’s initial pitch for the tvOS and the Apple TV as it currently exists was centered around apps . No longer a mere streaming box, the Apple TV would also be a destination for general-purpose software and games, piggybacking off of the iPhone's vibrant app and game library. That never really panned out, and the Apple TV
Microsoft's Emissions and Water Use Shoot Up as It Goes All in on AI Datacenters
55Futurism / 9h
Waste Water As Microsoft ramps up efforts to conquer the artificial intelligence industry, its latest sustainability report shows that its water use and carbon emissions have shot up dramatically. The software giant increased its water use from 6.4 million cubic meters in 2022 to 7.8 million cubic meters in 2023. And its emissions jumped from around 12 million metric tons of carbon in 2020 to abo
Logitech Pro X 60 Keyboard Review: Best, Brightest, and Now Smaller
23Wired / 9h
This is a 60 percent keyboard with most of the perks of larger, more spacious boards.
The First 10 Things You Should Do With Your New Apple Watch
LifeHacker / 10h
So, you just set up a brand new Apple Watch . Apple’s popular wearable is an awesome extension of your iPhone, and it comes packed with features that span health, fitness, communication, and entertainment. But before you dive into all of those fun and exciting options, there are 10 things you should probably do first to maximize your watch straight out of the box. Apple Watch Series 9 $299.00 at
TikTok Myth of the Week: 'Natural SPF' Supplements
LifeHacker / 10h
How cool would it be if we could prevent sunburn and skin cancer without sunscreen—just by eating certain natural foods? It’s a really attractive idea, which explains why it’s all over TikTok. Too bad it doesn’t actually work. Can we quit it with the “sunscreen is toxic” bullshit already? The food-as-sunscreen TikToks don’t always come out and say it, but they’re trading on the established myth o
Five Kitchen Upgrades You Can DIY for Under $100
LifeHacker / 10h
A kitchen remodel can be expensive, especially with renovation costs predicted to stay stubbornly high for the foreseeable future . But getting more out of your kitchen doesn't take waiting for interest rates to go down. Here are five simple DIY projects you can undertake to improve your kitchen while spending less than $100. Hang some shelves While replacing cabinets can be expensive, if you hav
US State Department issues worldwide alert ahead of summer travel, Pride Month
57The Points Guy / 10h
The federal government is urging worldwide caution and alertness in popular tourist spots amid what it says are potential threats of violence against LGBTQI+ travelers. The U.S. State Department issued a security alert Friday warning of the possibility of terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against American citizens. Specifically, the State Department is warning that Pride celebr
Adobe comes after indie game emulator Delta for copying its logo
22TechCrunch / 10h
After Apple loosened its App Store guidelines to permit game emulators, the retro game emulator Delta — an app 10 years in the making — hit the top of the App Store’s charts. But the increased attention also brought the threat of legal action, as Adobe targeted Delta for sporting a logo that looked too […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge (credit: Getty ) Stuff posted on Reddit is getting incorporated into ChatGPT, Reddit and OpenAI announced on Thursday. The new partnership grants OpenAI access to Reddit’s Data API, giving the generative AI firm real-time access to Reddit posts. Reddit content will be incorporated into ChatGPT "and new products," Reddit's blog post said. The social media firm claims the partnership will "
Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge / A kitty named Clover prepares to play with a robot arm in the Cat Royale "multi-species" science/art installation . (credit: Blast Theory - Stephen Daly) Cats and robots are a winning combination, as evidenced by all those videos of kitties riding on Roombas. And now we have Cat Royale, a "multispecies" live installation in which three cats regularly "played" with a robot over 12 days,
Leaks from Valve’s Deadlock look like a pressed sandwich of every game around
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge / Valve has its own canon of games full of artifacts and concepts worth emulating, as seen in a 2018 tour of its offices. (credit: Sam Machkovech) "Basically, fast-paced interesting ADHD gameplay. Combination of Dota 2 , Team Fortress 2 , Overwatch , Valorant , Smite , Orcs Must Die ." That's how notable Valve leaker "Gabe Follower" describes Deadlock , a Valve game that is seemingly in p
“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups
100+Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images ) Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's biggest blunders ever: Google's Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally deleted a giant customer account for no reason. UniSuper, an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members, had its entire account wiped out at Google Cloud, inc
GPT-4o’s Chinese token-training data is polluted by spam and porn websites
MIT Technology Review / 10h
Soon after OpenAI released GPT-4o on Monday, May 13, some Chinese speakers started to notice that something seemed off about this newest version of the chatbot: the tokens it uses to parse text were full of spam and porn phrases. On May 14, Tianle Cai, a PhD student at Princeton University studying inference efficiency in large language models like those that power such chatbots, accessed GPT-4o’
Free elite status, inflight Wi-Fi and more: Why you’ll want to join Qatar Airways’ membership program for students
The Points Guy / 10h
Qatar Airways has a membership program exclusively for students. Dubbed Student Club , the program offers students many benefits, ranging from special fares to excess baggage allowance, greater ticket flexibility, complimentary high-speed inflight Wi-Fi, free elite status as a graduation gift and more. Despite Qatar Airways being based in the Middle East, the program is available to students worl
How to Make Only One Page Landscape in a Word Document
32How-To Geek / 10h
By default, Microsoft Word orients its pages in portrait view. While this is fine in most situations, you may have page or group of pages that would look better in landscape view. Here are two ways to make this happen.
American Airlines Passenger Sneaks Into The Lavatory, Scheming To Be First Off Plane
View from the Wing / 10h
An American Airlines passenger "waited in the bathroom so he could get off first." When the flight arrived at Dallas - Fort Worth, the man got up and came forward, entering the lavatory as though he 'had to go'. And he waited there, rather than returning to his seat, so that he'd be the first passenger off of the aircraft. Continue reading ...
A Single Herd of Bison Can Help Capture CO2 From Over 40,000 Cars, Scientists Find
100+Futurism / 10h
Bison-tennial In 2014, a rewilding project reintroduced European bison into the foothills of the Tarcu mountains in Romania, where they hadn't been seen for over two centuries. Now, a decade later, we're beginning to observe the remarkable ways this has transformed the region's ecology — offering a glimmer of hope in our efforts to combat climate change. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed s
You Can Use Custom Phrases Instead of ‘Hey Siri’ for Certain Tasks in iOS 18
LifeHacker / 10h
To fire up the voice assistant on your iPhone, you can say "Hey Siri" or simply "Siri," followed by your command. This has been true for a long time now, but Apple will finally let you change this to a custom trigger phrase of your choice "to launch shortcuts and complete complex tasks." This is not a blanket system-wide change coming with iOS 18, but it will allow you to set up custom phrases fo
You Might Need Car Insurance Even If You Don't Own a Car
LifeHacker / 10h
Cars are expensive—even used cars are no longer a cheap option. So it’s not too surprising that folks who live in areas where a car isn’t a total necessity might choose not to own one. Aside from the cost of buying, maintaining, and fueling a car, there’s also the car insurance , which costs anywhere from $53 to $192 per month on average, depending on the coverage you select . But we live in a ca
Coroner's Report Reveals Boeing Whistleblower's Cause of Death
Gizmodo / 10h
Details surrounding the death of John Barnett, a corporate whistleblower who was in the midst of suing aviation giant Boeing when he was found dead in a parking lot earlier this year, have finally been revealed. Read more...
Why George Miller Is So Excited for You to See Furiosa
Gizmodo / 10h
Think about the expectations. Nine years ago, you released maybe one of the best films ever made . It won a ton of Oscars, made solid money at the box office, and has since only risen in respect and reverence. And now, you’re going back. Not just to that world, but to that story and those specific characters. Read more...
This devious Wi-Fi security flaw could let hackers eavesdrop on your network with ease
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Experts have identified a way to “confuse” your device when it tries to connect to a trusted Wi-Fi network. As a result, the device is instead connected to a rogue network, where threat actors can snoop in on network traffic and possibly even steal sensitive information passing through. A report from The Hacker News found the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard is vulnerable to a flaw tracked as CVE-2023-
Motorola’s 2024 Razr lineup may include a bigger cover screen for the budget model
Engadget / 11h
We may have a good look at Motorola’s next foldable phones. Separate leaks from 91Mobiles (via 9to5Google ) and longtime device-leaking insider Evan Blass show the entry-level Moto Razr 50 and high-end Razr 50 Ultra (likely branded as the 2024 Razr and Razr+ in the US) in various colors from all sorts of angles. Leaks point to the high-end Razr+ (2024) — aka Razr 50 Ultra — running on a Snapdrago
Meta’s latest experiment borrows from BeReal’s and Snapchat’s core ideas
30TechCrunch / 11h
Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature for Instagram called “Peek” that would allow users to post authentic pictures that can only be viewed once. While Snapchat popularized the idea of ephemeral […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities
NYT > Technology / 11h
A TikTok movement is calling for followers to block famous people over their stances on the Israel-Hamas war. It began at the Met Gala.
Make a Summer Splash With These Disney Fashions and Vacation Must-Haves
Gizmodo / 11h
With Memorial Day weekend coming up and summer vacation not far behind, here’s some of our favorite Disney -inspired fandom fashion, accessories, and other fun essentials to throw in your luggage. Read more...
These are the best hotel bars around the world
21The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. If you ask us, a good hotel bar has a bartender who knows the most popular classic cocktails. A great hotel bar kicks it up a notch with original cocktails, beautiful drink presentation, an appealing ambience and great bar snacks — bonus points for a great view and excellent service. The best hotel bars ha
Billionaire Mining Magnate Not Happy With Her Portrait Hanging in Museum
200+Futurism / 11h
Brush Strokes In a shining example of the Streisand Effect , CNN reports that a powerful mining magnate has been trying to get an unflattering portrait of her removed from a museum — driving more attention to the painting than it ever would have picked up otherwise. The tycoon in question, Gine Rinehart, is the executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting — an outfit her father started — and current
The Tom's Guide Awards are coming soon – here's how to submit your products
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
We recently announced our own exciting TechRadar Sustainability Awards and now it's time for our sister brand Tom's Guide to kick off its own annual Awards. The Tom’s Guide Awards 2024 nominations officially started on May 9 and will remain open until 11:59 ET on June 17, so there’s plenty of time still to get your brand’s best tech and lifestyle products submitted for possible inclusion before t
6 Things You Can Do on Microsoft Word That You Can't on Google Docs
How-To Geek / 11h
Having used Google Docs in my previous workplaces and Microsoft Word at home, I've got years of experience of both. But when deciding which is better, I always fall back on my argument that Word offers several benefits that Docs doesn't, so Microsoft's product will always be my number one.
Chase Sapphire Reserve vs. Amex Gold: Credit card showdown
The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. When it comes to travel rewards cards, you usually get what you pay for in terms of bonus categories and perks. This is why we usually compare cards within a single category to try to find the best premium rewards card or the best no-annual-fee cards . The problem is that the American Express® Gold Card do
Frontier Airlines Announces ‘The New Frontier’ With No Change Fees And Premium Upgrades
View from the Wing / 12h
CEO Barry Biffle has been willing to try a lot of things, and it's interesting to watch. He's also a great marketer. He was the marketing mind at Spirit Airlines back when their ads went viral for having the sense of humor of a 13-year old boy. Now the airline says it is eliminating change fees on most fares, and that is... sort of true? Continue reading ...
Who's Up for Some Killer Bee Beer?
Gizmodo / 12h
If you’re looking for booze with an extra bit of buzz, you’re in luck. Microbiologists in the U.K. have just created beer using yeast sourced from the guts of Africanized honey bees, a.k.a. killer bees. Read more...
How to Prepare Now to Prepare for Bad Air Quality During Wildfire Season
LifeHacker / 12h
There are all kinds of things that can affect air quality, including smog being trapped low to the ground by atmospheric conditions, industrial accidents, dust storms, volcanic eruptions, and wildfire smoke. While there’s nothing you can do to avoid breathing the air, you can be prepared for an air quality event and put together a kit to keep yourself and your family safe. Find your local air qua
New Galaxy Book4 Edge will come in two models sporting 3K displays and a new Qualcomm chipset
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Images of Samsung’s upcoming laptop, the Galaxy Book4 Edge, have recently surfaced online. Prior leaks mentioned the kind of hardware it’ll run, but this is the first time we've been given an idea of what the device will look like. The first set comes from tech news site WinFuture and appears to be marketing photographs. According to the publication, there will be two models at launch: a base 14-
Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images ) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about them. On Wednesday, the SEC adopted changes to Regulation S-P, which governs the treatment of the personal information of consumers. Under the amendments , institutions must notify individuals whos
Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers
21Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge Anyone can do a simple experiment. Navigate to a search engine that offers suggested completions for what you type, and start typing "scientists believe." When I did it, I got suggestions about the origin of whales, the evolution of animals, the root cause of narcolepsy, and more. The search results contained a long list of topics, like "How scientists believe the loss of Arctic sea ice w
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training
200+Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Tim Robberts | DigitalVision ) After launching Slack AI in February, Slack appears to be digging its heels in, defending its vague policy that by default sucks up customers' data—including messages, content, and files—to train Slack's global AI models. According to Slack engineer Aaron Maurer , Slack has explained in a blog that the Salesforce-owned chat service does not train it
John Krasinski's IF: The Spoiler FAQ
Gizmodo / 12h
Who could have guessed that John Krasinski would be so good at making horror movies? His directorial debut was A Quiet Place , he followed it up with A Quiet Place Part II , and now he’s made IF, not a horror film by genre but a horrible film in quality. We reviewed the film quite unfavorably here but now that it’s in… Read more...
GameStop Stock Is Crashing Catastrophically After Meme Hype
100+Futurism / 12h
Roaring Kitty Rally Reddit's WallStreetBets meme stock investors are back in full force — but their latest ruse isn't playing out as expected. Shares of AMC and GameStop shot up several hundred percent earlier this week, driven by excitement over the return of Keith "Roaring Kitty" Gill, who posted a dumb meme on X-formerly-Twitter, the first account activity in three years. Gill was a key figure
Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI — plus, Musk is raging against the machine
26TechCrunch / 12h
Welcome to Startups Weekly! We've been drowning in AI news this week, with Google's I/O setting the pace. And Elon Musk rages against the machine. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Valve’s next game appears to be Deadlock, a MOBA hero shooter
Engadget / 12h
According to a pair of content creators, the wait for a new Valve game is almost over: A third-person hero shooter called Deadlock is in closed alpha and an announcement seems imminent. The game has apparently been in the works since 2018, with IceFrog, a developer synonymous with the original DotA mod, in charge. It’s reportedly what became of the Neon Prime project that has been rumored for a c
5 Ways to Generate AI Music for Free
How-To Geek / 12h
Generative AI is taking off, especially in areas like image creation and writing. Now this technology is starting to make waves in music too, promising to change how we make tunes. Here are five tools you can use to get into the action.
