From PC Mag: A day after controversy erupted over months-ago revisions to Zoom’s terms of service that evoked fears of their video chats being harvested for AI training, the company raised its virtual hand to say that it would never do such a thing without permission.
The new text, added in March...
From PC Mag: Next time you’re on a conference call, you might want to reconsider typing on your computer while your microphone is on.
UK researchers successfully trained artificial intelligence to decode keystrokes on conference calls, meaning the AI can determine what you’re typing, even if your...
From The Verge: In news that isn’t very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, the company won’t be able to make some promised payments on time. The X Support account says that because its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is so popular, “We need a...
From PC World: If you spring for Google’s increasingly expensive YouTube Premium service, you might have seen a “1080p Premium” option on some videos on your iOS, or on your smart TV or Chromecast. According to new reports today, the option is expanding to desktops and laptops via the browser...
From ExtremeTech: The internet is a big, sometimes tremendously scary place, and your personal information is floating around in it. Google is rolling out a tool to help you keep a lid on your sensitive contact information, building on an older feature that required some legwork. Now, all you have...
From CNET: Google has added a new artificial intelligence-powered grammar checker in its search engine. While Gmail and Docs have had grammar and spelling checks for a while, this is a new feature for Search.
In a support page, Google says the grammar check feature uses "AI systems" to analyze...
How do you take on a scammer? Recently, I received a call on my cell phone from an unknown number. Normally, I do not pick up from unknown numbers, but since I was expecting a call from another institution, I swiped "Slide to Answer" on my phone just in case. The call started with a man talking about cryptocurrencies, how I am at risk of losing all my assets, and I can pay him to protect or recover the funds. I just laughed and told him I am at...
A week back, we had a bachelor party for the Editor-in-Chief, and we went to several places around town to race, game, and hang out. One visit included Speeders Calgary, which is an indoor electric go-kart course. With our group of twelve guys, we split into two preliminary heats to give us our first set of best lap times. After the preliminary heats, the next set of time trials would group the faster and slower six drivers together. In my...
From The Verge: This April through June quarter is almost always Apple’s most boring financial stretch of the entire year, and today’s earnings release shows this year was no exception. The company reported revenue of $81.8 billion, down from $83 billion last year. With the new iPhone 15 series...
From Tom's Hardware: Having experienced two consecutive quarterly losses, Intel bounced back to profitability in the second quarter and is looking positively toward the second half of the year. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expressed optimism about the company's future in a conversation with Yahoo Finance...
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