From PC Mag: Google is now rolling out an AirTag-detection system for Android.

Initially announced at Google I/O in May, these "Unknown tracker alerts" are arriving(Opens in a new window) on phones running Android 6.0 and up "this month," according to Erik Kay, Google VP of Engineering. So Android...

From PC World: If you’re an irrepressible tech newshound, you might have heard that prices for Intel processors are going up, particularly the Core CPUs that make up the majority of the company’s business. According to Intel itself, those price increases aren’t happening. The company issued a rare...

From CNET: Reddit is joining other social media platforms in verifying certain accounts. The social media site announced Wednesday that it is testing out a new "Official" label on some accounts that have confirmed their identity.

Reddit said a small number of organizations that have existing...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is delighted to launch the SWAFAN EX12/ EX14 ARGB PC Cooling Fan in black and white versions, the latest edition of the beloved SWAFAN series. Featuring an innovative magnetic force design, up to five SWAFAN EX ARGB fans can be connected effortlessly with...

From ExtremeTech: With the rise of artificial intelligence comes new privacy and disinformation concerns, including non-consensual photo manipulation. While anyone can screenshot an image and edit it to portray something else, doing so takes time, effort, and skill. Large diffusion models eliminate...

From The Verge: Public companies will now have to disclose cybersecurity incidents sooner, thanks to a rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the new policy, the SEC will require public companies to report data breaches and hacks four business days after they are discovered...

From Forbes: Like with any other product, solution or initiative Amazon undertakes, customer obsession drives the company's sustainability strategy. "Sustainability is an important issue for our customers around the world, and we are continually investing, inventing, and improving to make every...

From TechCrunch: The owner of the @x Twitter handle confirmed that the company, now known as X, took over his account without warning or financial compensation, telling him the handle is property of X. The handle had previously belonged to Gene X Hwang of the corporate photography and videography...

From PC World: OpenAI has shut down Classifier, its AI tool to detect AI-written work, because of what we discovered at its launch: It stinks.

When OpenAI launched Classifier in January, it was supposed to have been smart enough to detect when a user (say, a student) used ChatGPT or another AI...

From CNET: Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has reported an operating loss of $7.732 billion in its Reality Labs segment during the six months ended June 30. Reality Labs includes all of Meta's virtual reality and augmented reality hardware, software and content.

It comes ahead of the...