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Will California flip the AI industry on its head?
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images SB 1047 aims to regulate AI, and the AI industry is out to stop it. Continue reading…
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Adobe previews its upcoming text-to-video generative AI tools
Adobe’s new text-to-video and image-to-video AI features will be available in beta later this year. | Image: Adobe Adobe has teased some of its upcoming generative AI video tools, including a new feature that can produce video clips from still images. This latest preview builds on the in-development Firefly video model that the software giant…
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Hugh Grant is absolutely terrifying in A24’s horror flick Heretic
Image: A24 We’re in a pretty great period for established actors doing weird shit. Obviously, there’s Nic Cage, playing everything from an ancient vampire to a deranged satanist to an average man who haunts your dreams. But the likes of Amy Adams (mom who transforms into a dog) and Hugh Grant (oompa loompa and evil…
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Lucid shows off Gravity SUV with Tesla port and teases a cheaper midsize EV
Even in shadow, the new SUV looks like any SUV. | Image: Lucid Lucid revealed new information about the EV charge port of its upcoming Gravity SUV and teased an all-new, more affordable vehicle at Tuesday’s Technology and Manufacturing Day event. The Lucid Gravity, slated for its first deliveries later this year, will come equipped…
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Utah social media law requiring age verification blocked by judge
Image: The Verge A federal judge halted a Utah child safety law requiring social platforms to verify the ages of their users. In an order on Tuesday, Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a preliminary injunction in favor of NetChoice, saying the law likely violates the First Amendment. NetChoice, the technology trade association that includes Meta,…
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Google dominates online ads, says antitrust trial witness, but publishers are feeling ‘stuck’
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google’s tool that lets publishers sell ad space on their websites is ubiquitous, but that’s largely a testament to how hard it is for customers to get out of it, one former publishing executive testified in federal court on Tuesday. “I felt like they were holding us…
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RIP XOXO
Hugs and kisses! | Image: Cody Peterson (Each Other) Though I’d heard this XOXO festival would be the last one, many people I spoke to seemed not to believe it. I was told by previous attendees that festival organizers Andy Baio and Andy McMillan — affectionately called “the Andys” — “always say that.” But from…
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Ikea’s smart home hub now supports Matter
The Dirigera hub and Ikea’s Home smart app. | Image: Ikea Two years after announcing support, Ikea’s Dirigera hub can now be updated to act as a bridge between Ikea’s smart home devices and Matter-enabled systems. The software update builds upon early beta support by letting Ikea’s entire lineup of Zigbee-based smart home devices —…
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Here’s a closer look at the Huawei Mate XT triple-screen foldable
The display creases are prominant at certain angles, but are barely noticable when looking at the Huawei Mate XT straight on. | Screenshot: Fixed Focus Digital Now that Huawei has officially launched the Mate XT Ultimate Design in China, demonstration videos are popping up online that reveal what the world’s first dual-folding, triple-screen phone looks…
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Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris in response to fake AI Trump endorsement
Photo by Noam Galai / TAS24 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift said on Tuesday that she plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election — and that AI-generated images circulating of herself pushed her in part to make her support public. “Recently I was made aware that…