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Source: The Verge Philips is introducing four new lighting effects through its Hue app including an underwater option simulating the glimmer of light beneath the waves. The added effects are part of a new app update, spotted by Hueblog, that also introduces the ability to customize the lighting effects already available through the app, as…
Source: Venture Beat The risk of a data breach today has expanded by many magnitudes, in part due to the boom of generative AI tools. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Instagram is launching several new features designed to protect teens from sextortion scams, which occur when scammers threaten to share intimate images of victims unless they receive a payment or more photos. One guardrail that’s rolling out soon will prevent people from screenshotting or screen recording disappearing images or videos sent in…
Source: Venture Beat Fighting words? Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff took to his personal X account last night to criticize Microsoft’s AI assistant. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25684030/LTM0085_d0122_1058.JPG?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Netflix’s The Electric State is full of big, goofy bots in first trailer")
Source: The Verge The Netflix adaptation is being directed Avengers-returnees Anthony and Joe Russo, and according to the streamer it’s “set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s,” exploring “life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising.”…
Source: Venture Beat Daffy.org, a modern platform for charitable giving, has launched its groundbreaking Private Stock Donation Program to benefit charities. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge In 2024, you can go onto YouTube, one of the most popular media distributors in the United States and the world, and you can pull up Janet Jackson’s 2004 performance at the Super Bowl. There are videos with her whole 11-minute performance and others that show only the three seconds that shook…
Source: The Verge By Chris WelchBy Chris Welch Design By Cath VirginiaDesign By Cath Virginia Developed By Graham MacAreeDeveloped By Graham MacAree I never owned an iPod Mini. Even as a college freshman back at the time of its introduction, I was already more of a full-size iPod kind of nerd. Mine was the third-gen…
Source: The Verge In 2004, I was an undiagnosed neurodivergent teenager who had given up on trying to fit in. It felt like everyone was trying to mold me into their version of perfect by chastising me when I did something “wrong.” It was confusing, exhausting, and demoralizing. I managed to make a few friends…
Source: The Verge It was a chilly winter morning in 2004. The scene was Stanley, Idaho — a city with a population of 101 and a current temperature of negative 17. My boyfriend, who had lured me here from London, England, handed me a bright red envelope and asked if I could drop it in…
