Android Users’ Favorite App of 2023 Will Annoy Google
It’s almost December, which means all the major apps and tech companies are wrapping up the year with an attempt at reflection. As tradition calls, the annual Google Play Best…
Amazon’s New AI Image Generator Creates an ‘Invisible Watermark’ on Every Deepfake
How hard is it to check whether an image is an AI deepfake or not? Well, Amazon claims it has some sort of answer with its own watermarking system for…
Google Caves, Agrees to Pay News Companies for Content in Canada
Google’s office in Kitchener, Ontario.Photo: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Google reached a deal with the Canadian government over a controversial new law that will force tech companies to pay news…
Fake AI images are showing up in Google search — and it’s a problem
Image used with permission by copyright holder Right now, if you type “Israel Kamakawiwoʻole” into Google search, you don’t see one of the singer’s famous album covers, or an image…
Google’s Geothermal Energy Project Now Powers Nevada Data Centers
Photo: Google Google is now using geothermal energy to meet the massive power needs of its data centers. Google announced a first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational in Nevada in…
Amazon’s ‘Q’ Is Less AI Conspiracy, More Corporate Chatbot
Amazon is throwing its e-commerce bulk into the AI game like an enormous capybara stampeding into the outside lane of the ongoing AI rat race. The company finally shared details…
Google Is Sending Its ‘Animal of the Day’ Assistant Feature to a Farm Upstate
Google’s latest on its list of merciless murders is the Assistant’s “animal of the day” feature. While it’s not likely that the individual command product will make the Killed by…
How to save your data from Google’s purge of inactive accounts
Joe Maring / Digital Trends Google is about to begin deleting inactive Google accounts, which could mean you’re about to lose photos, documents, and other data that you actually want…
Sports Illustrated Allegedly Dupes Readers With Fake AI-Created Writers
Update 5:46 PM: Sports Illustrated sent us the following statement. Today, an article was published alleging that Sports Illustrated published AI-generated articles. According to our initial investigation, this is not…
The OnePlus 12 Will Confuse Your Hands With a Repositioned Alert Slider
A phone is a big brick of plastics, aluminum, and wires. There’s nothing particularly natural about it, but OnePlus’ latest iteration on its mainline phone, the OnePlus 12, is returning…