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Ronnie James Dio would never allow this. (Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images) 1,000 Musicians Dropped a Silent Album to Protest AI Theft
The chillest protest album in history drives home the point that without artists, a music landscape driven by AI will be a desolate wasteland devoid of people.
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Tim Cook inside a MacBook on July 7, 2021 : Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Apple Is Announcing the MacBook Air M4 This Week, Tim Cook Hinted
Few things in life are as certain as death, taxes, and coy statements from Apple regarding product launches.
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Juan Ocampo/NHLI/Getty Images NHL Referees Are (Almost) All Wearing Apple Watches
It isn’t for fall detection. Although that would be hilarious.
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Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Image Microsoft Is Killing Skype After Buying It for $8.5 Billion 14 Years Ago
Before we Zoomed, we Skyped. Hats off to Microsoft Skype, which almost made it 22 years old, or 154 years old in dog/software years.
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Malte Mueller/Getty Images Google Just Made It Easier to Remove Info About Yourself Online
There’s way too much deeply personal information about us on the web to be found. Google’s newly redesigned tool makes it easier to find and remove it.
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Credit: BlackJack3D via Getty Images Nearly Half of Americans Are Using a VPN
Hey people who don’t love being creeped on, where you at? The rest of us are waiting for you in VPN land. It’s great.
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Amazon's Alexa+ Unveiling — Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images How to Get Early Access to Amazon Alexa+
Not quite exclusive, but not open-access, either, Amazon is looking for a certain type of customer to be invited to early access for Alexa+.
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Thomas Trutschel/Photothek/Getty Images Alexa Plus Is Amazon’s New AI-Powered Assistant—Here’s How Much It Costs
Ignore the few cringey, creepy aspects of the smarter, faster, sassiser Alexa Plus. It brings real improvements in a wide range of uses.
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Malte Mueller / Getty Images AI Can (and Does) Cheat to Accomplish Its Goals
It said, “task is to ‘win,’ not necessarily to win fairly.”
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OnePlus meda a big mistake — Credit: Future OnePlus Watch 3 Launch Delayed Two Months Over Two-Letter Typo
Two misplaced letters on the back of the case have undone OnePlus right on the Watch 3’s launch date. The internet, as you can imagine, is highly amused.
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Credit: Xiaomi The Xiaomi 15 Ultra Is the Year’s Best-Looking Smartphone
The Xiamoi/Leica romance makes for a beautiful baby of a smartphone.
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More powerful tools mean more creative mash-ups — Credit: Apple Check Out These New, Free Tools in Adobe’s Photoshop App for iPhone
Adobe brings generative AI to the latest version of its iOS Photoshop app. Luckily for us, it comes in addition to a generous set of powerful, traditional tools.