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Congress considers bill that would make sharing deepfake porn illegal – CBS News Watch CBS News Artificial intelligence can create fake images and videos of real people, including so-called deepfake porn. Congress is now considering a bill to make it illegal to share those images, exposing those who post deepfake porn to jail time and a hefty fine. There were more than 21,000 deepfake porn videos online last year. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #Congress #considers #bill #sharing #deepfake #porn #illegal
For anyone who knows a thing or two about Apple’s iPad Pro series—especially the more recent models—it is quite clear that the company has been holding back their potential. I am talking about tablets with chipset performance that can rival that of a premium laptop, after all.This year, Apple made that statement even more true with the release of the absurdly powerful 2024 iPad Pro series, which debuted alongside the brand new M4 chipset, Apple’s latest and greatest silicon. Not to mention that this new iPad Pro M4 generation also comes with an updated Magic Keyboard that, when installed, makes…
This stylish timepiece is on sale with a sweet 40% discount, available through Samsung’s Shop app during the tech giant’s massive Discover Summer Sale. So, if you don’t have the application installed on your phone, we suggest doing so now and then tapping the deal button in this article. To save even more, you can trade in your old smartwatch and score sweet savings of up to $250. Plus, if you’re in need of new earbuds, you can bundle your Galaxy Watch 6 Classic with the top-notch Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and save $130 on the earphones. Galaxy Watch 6…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meta says AI-generated election content is not happening at a “systemic level” Meta has seen strikingly little AI-generated misinformation around the 2024 elections despite major votes in countries such as Indonesia, Taiwan, and Bangladesh, said the company’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, on Wednesday. “The interesting thing so far—I stress, so far—is not how much but how little AI-generated content [there is],” said Clegg during an interview at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts.…
When independent power supply meets the right asking price, you’ve got a true winner. With the EF EcoFlow DELTA 2, you get just that, all thanks to Amazon’s jaw-dropping 40% markdown. No, we’re not pulling any punches! The superb all-rounder indeed sells at its second-best price at the e-commerce giant, offered at $400 off its MSRP of $999, only for a short while. This 1024Wh portable power station has been cheaper than now only once, which wasn’t even this year! With its impressive output power, fast charging options, and 15 total outlets, it deserves a spot among the best portable…
The global smartphone market has a new old leader after Apple shocked the industry to take the annual world crown for the first time in 2023, and unsurprisingly, that means there’s a new old champion in Europe as well.Following an October–December 2023 timeframe in which iPhones edged out Galaxy handsets on the old continent, Samsung managed to jump back in front of its arch-rival in the region between January and March of this year. This echoes the Korean tech giant’s European victory from Q1 2023, but Samsung’s advantage over Apple is up from six to seven percentage points.The champ is…
As AI has become more integrated into our world, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the technology’s rising electricity demand. You may have seen the headlines proclaiming that AI uses as much electricity as small countries, that it’ll usher in a fossil-fuel resurgence, and that it’s already challenging the grid. So how worried should we be about AI’s electricity demands? Well, it’s complicated. Using AI for certain tasks can come with a significant energy price tag. With some powerful AI models, generating an image can require as much energy as charging up your phone, as my colleague Melissa Heikkilä…
OnePlus is a part of the Android Partner Program, and now it has released an Android 15 beta preview for the OnePlus 12. This release doesn’t encompass the entire feature set of Oxygen OS 15 based on Android 15. However, we can catch glimpses of upcoming features based on code snippets. One such code snippet found recently relates to Privacy Watermark, an upcoming privacy feature for OnePlus smartphones (and likely Oppo and Realme phones too). OnePlus enthusiast 1NormalUsername has found new strings in the code for the Settings app, that document the “Privacy Watermark” feature. It will reportedly be available…
Truecaller’s AI Assistant has just been upgraded with a new Personal Voice feature from Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech. Introduced back in 2022, Truecaller’s AI has been beefed up with many AI technologies over the years, many of them completely changing the user experience.For instance, the app can automatically answer phone calls, screen calls, take messages, respond on the user’s behalf, or even record the call for later viewing. All these actions are possible thanks to Truecaller’s AI Assistant and many technologies it incorporates.With the addition of Microsoft Azure AI Speech’s Personal Voice, users of Truecaller Assistant can create a digital…
Before, Google Flights would list Southwest flights, but it didn’t show the prices. Starting today, that’s now changed. Rajen Patel from Google Search posted about the update. Now, instead of seeing “Price unavailable” or “View site for price,” you’ll see the actual cost of Southwest flights right next to other airlines. This makes comparing prices much easier. Southwest used to require you to check their website or app to see the fares. Their site and app are okay but not great and a bit clunky on Android. Now, you can pick your departing and returning flights, and see “Booking options”…
Were you sad to see Nokia die a second (or is it third?) death earlier this year, when HMD Global signaled pretty clearly it had no further intentions of ever releasing another smartphone under the iconic brand that once dominated the mobile industry?If it makes you feel any better, HMD is still very much committed to the global smartphone market, attempting to do its own thing with its first-ever self-labeled Android handsets. The Nokia brand licensee internationally unveiled the Pulse family around a month ago, and at some point since then, the HMD Vibe was evidently discreetly introduced in the…
WhatsApp has been all over the place lately, as the messaging app has been testing a bunch of new features that touch almost every aspect of communication. The ability to preview photos and videos in pinned messages, and the option to clear unread messages are just some of the features that WhatsApp is currently testing, but there are a lot more.One of the most recent additions to WhatsApp’s beta channels involves generative AI. Meta’s messaging app is working on a new feature that allows users to generate AI-powered profile photos, WABetaInfo reports.According to the cited source, this feature is still…
Today, T-Mobile confirmed that it was raising prices on some older plans, something it hadn’t done in nearly a decade. The company told employees that the step was necessary to keep up with rising inflation and costs. And with prices of everything increasing, you may even be inclined to thingk that T-Mobile did nothing wrong. After all, its biggest rivals AT&T and Verizon have also been doing the same. But there’s one difference between those companies and T-Mobile: their CEOs are not among the top twenty highest-paid execs in the US.The Wall Street Journal today revealed the names of the…
It feels as though we just started the 3nm chip era and already foundries like TSMC and Samsung Foundry are ready to start mass-producing flagship smartphone application processors (APs) at the 2nm node during the second half of next year. The first-gen 2nm process node known inside Samsung Foundry as SF2 will be used to produce Samsung’s Exynos 2600 AP.This chip will be, as we noted earlier, the Exynos 2600 and if Samsung continues its dual chip strategy for the 2026 flagship line, you can expect the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S26+ to be powered by the Exynos 2600…
Google Play Points, the Android-centric rewards program boasting over 220 million members across 35 markets, is getting a makeover with new perks and rewards in gaming and entertainment. The updates were announced via a Google blog post and reported by tech news sites like 9to5Google and Android Central.First up is Diamond Valley, a treasure hunt mini-game previously launched in Japan and South Korea, now set to arrive in the US on June 17th. In this game, players search for gems to win prizes like Pixel devices, exclusive merchandise, bonus points, and more. Users can pre-register for the game now to…
Snapseed, the classic and beloved photo editing app, has recently seen a series of small updates for its Android version. This comes as no surprise to long-time users, who have noticed the app has been in a bit of a maintenance mode for the past several years.Google acquired Nik Software, the original developer behind Snapseed, back in 2012. Since then, the app has experienced a major redesign in 2017 and the addition of a dark theme a year later. However, substantial feature updates have been less frequent.In 2023, Snapseed saw two updates with noticeable version number jumps within a few…