Category: Shorts

Bundling with Amazon Prime 1. Benefits of Bundling with Amazon Prime Right, so Amazon is reportedly in talks to bundle free or reduced-cost mobile service with its Prime subscription. I figure as long as we’re talking about making Prime more useful, I might as well contribute! — Jim Rouncewell (@jim_rouncewell) January 24, 2011Previously: Unsurprisingly, no…

Microsoft will stop supporting its Cortana digital assistant on Windows later this year. Microsoft is ending support for Cortana in Windows 10 later this year. The company says it will no longer support Cortana as an standalone app. Cortana was first added to Windows 10 in 2015. It allows you to set reminders, open applications,…

Meta, Google, and TikTok sued by Maryland school district over ‘mental health A Maryland school district has sued Google, Facebook, Snap, and TikTok for allegedly contributing to a mental health crisis among students due to the addictive nature of their apps. The district claims that these companies have been ignoring the harmful effects their products…

New Malware ‘Horabot’ Targets Spanish-Speaking Users in Latin America Spanish-speaking customers in Latin America have been infected with a new banking malware called Horabot since at least November 2020. The threat actor behind the campaign is believed to be in Brazil. The attacks start with phishing emails bearing tax-themed lures that entice recipients into opening…

What Hollywood Really Fears About Generative AI Hindustdale says that the future of Hollywood looks a lot like Deepfake Ryan Reynolds selling you a Tesla. Which it did: the Tesla CEO replied to Paffrath’s tweet with a nice . Elsewhere on Twitter, people beseeched Reynolds to sue. And actors, in turn, are becoming increasingly aware…

The Founders of Instagram’s New News App Are Actually Making a Play With AI The next day, Nokto unveils a new feature for its news app: It can now use artificial intelligence to rewrite headlines that have been flagged as misleading. This makes it possible because Systrom and Krieger have invested so heavily in the…

Microsoft Paint finally gets a dark mode in Windows 10 Microsoft has finally started testing a dark mode for the Paint app in Windows 11. It was first teased two years ago, and now it’s being tested in both the Canary and Dev Channels for Windows Insiders. Other improvements to Paint include updated dialogs that…

Some Canadians will test blocking news ahead of a new law In response to the Canadian government’s new Online News Act, Meta Canada announces that it will test blocking news content in Canada. The tests will begin immediately and will become permanent if the legislation passes. Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told Reuters that the…

Don’t judge Apple’s VR headset prematurely After seven years of development, Apple is reportedly set to unveil the Reality Pro, a $3,000 headset that aims to serve a variety of productivity uses. But sales estimates suggest that the response to features like virtual desktops and VR conference rooms has been anemic. Neither will the day…

ChatGPT is a trademark of iHeartMedia, and employees are not authorized to ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools like chatbot have been banned by iHeartMedia for the same reason: They could leak proprietary information. According to an internal memo obtained by Hot Pod, Pittman and Bressler sent an email yesterday to company employees instructing them…