In a few short years, we’ve gone from easily identifying AI content that featured superfluous fingers to images and videos that look shockingly realistic . How can we know what’s real in the age of AI? Google’s answer is SynthID, which it first demonstrated three years ago. …
… However, uploaders didn’t have any incentive to be honest about that before. Starting this month, YouTube will use “new internal signals” to flag AI content. …
… Last week, the FBI arrested two men after visiting porn websites and clicking on hashtags like AI Deepfakes or video titles like “AI tits” or “Ass AI.” One suspect accused of violating TIDA was 20-year-old Arturo Hernandez. …
Roku just unveiled the biggest overhaul to its smart TV operating system OS in 10 years. One of the most noticeable differences is that ad space now takes up a large chunk of the screen’s landing page. …
… Over his 20-year career, he's written for Android Police, ExtremeTech, Wirecutter, NY Times, and more. He has reviewed more phones than most people will ever own. …
… Although using images from stock libraries or generative AI tools can help save money and time and simplify work processes, photographing a real space with real products is a safer and more honest way to showcase products. …
… In sworn testimony before two US Senate committees in 2018, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta does “not see any of the content in WhatsApp; it is fully encrypted” and that “Facebook systems do not see the content of messages being transferred over WhatsApp.” The engine for this E2EE is the Signal proto… …
… CPU scheduler improvements introduced on newer iPhones have been backported to older models, which Apple says should make iOS 27 feel faster on older devices—like iOS 26, the iOS 27 update will run on phones as old as 2019’s iPhone 11. …
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… Plex already lets people rate content, and this year it will also allow them to react with emoji. …