Models, athletes and TikTokers shun phone cameras as 35mm sales surge and a new Pentax film camera is launched This week, a new range of Google smartphones capable of AI image generation has been launched. But for an increasing number of people, the appeal of a less cutting-edge piece of equipment is proving hard to …
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Jools Lebron has become TikTok’s satirical Emily Post, with etiquette for everything from job interviews to drag shows Rest in peace, brat summer. There’s a new buzzword-slash-ethos hitting TikTok, and it’s basically the opposite of Charli xcx’s party-girl character. Now, it’s all about being demure. At least, that’s according to Jools Lebron, the content creator …
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With a £34 mini computer and an emulator, gaming’s entire back catalogue opens up to you to play. But there are important points to consider – not least questions of legality In the past, whenever I have written enthusiastically about a modern retro console such as the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES or the Analogue Duo, …
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New Meta security report finds that AI-powered deception campaigns ‘provide only incremental’ results for bad actors Russia is putting generative artificial intelligence to work in online deception campaigns, but its efforts have been unsuccessful, according to a Meta security report released on Thursday. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram found that so far AI-powered …
Russia’s AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says Read More »
Tech company says group linked to Revolutionary Guard still actively targeting Biden, Trump and Harris associates Google said on Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris since May. The …
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PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series XS, Xbox One; Red Thread Games; Spotlight by Quantic DreamDustborn tries to be more than just another narrative travel game, but its half-baked focus on serious topics weighs down great dialogue and beautiful character writing The story begins on the road, miles out from a state border in an alternative …
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Meta has system for evaluating the effectiveness of its own moderation for Arabic language content but not Hebrew Meta is struggling with moderating content related to the Israel-Palestine war, particularly in Hebrew, despite recent changes to internal policies, new documents have revealed. Internal policy guidelines shared with the Guardian by a former Meta employee who …
Justice minister signs extradition order for Megaupload founder 12 years after FBI-ordered raid over file sharing site Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said. German-born Dotcom has New Zealand residency and has been fighting …
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Moses Swaibu tells all about betraying the sport he loved in a news podcast. Plus: five of the best podcasts about great love stories • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Confessions of a Match FixerBBC Sounds, episodes weekly “I drove across London with piles of cash in my car …
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Grok doesn’t reject prompts depicting violent and explicit content as X owner calls it ‘the most fun AI in the world!’ The latest edition of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok debuted a new image generation tool on Wednesday that lacked most of the safety guardrails that have become standard within the artificial intelligence industry. Grok’s …
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