Month: September 2023
Many of the most popular cars on the roads are absolute privacy nightmares
New research by Mozilla has uncovered a potentially grave threat facing millions of consumers globally, in a market that many might have thought would never previously have been affected. The automotive industry has been undergoing a vast transformation over the past decade, and the electrification of many vehicles has brought…
Read More
Spotify could remove one of its best features for non-subscribers
Spotify is testing the removal of its lyrics feature on mobile from its free tier for some users. It has been reported that when some free tier users logged onto the app they were met with a message saying “Enjoy lyrics on Premium” with a prompt to then sign up…
Read More
Duolingo will soon offer gamified music lessons
Duolingo is best known for its language learning app, but it recently branched into teaching math and will soon offer music learning, the company announced. Through a series of "hundreds of bite-sized lessons," users will be able to learn notes and how to play tunes from a library of over…
Read More
iMessage and Bing avoid strict DMA rules, for now
Apple and Microsoft have managed to temporarily prevent iMessage and Bing from being targeted by the EU’s strict new Digital Markets Act. Instead, the European Commission announced on Wednesday that it’s opened four market investigations into Bing, Edge, Microsoft Advertising, and iMessage, to determine whether they should be designated as…
Read More
The Morning After: 50 attorneys general urge Congress to fight AI-generated child sexual abuse images
“We are engaged in a race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI,” the attorneys general wrote in an open letter to Congress, asking for increased protective measures against AI-enhanced child sexual abuse images. Using image generators like Dall-E and Midjourney to create…
Read More
Waymo is using insurance data about self-driving cars to bolster its safety case
Waymo is using insurance data to make the case that its self-driving cars are safer than human drivers. The report, a result of the collaboration first announced last year between the Alphabet-owned company and the insurer Swiss Re, is intended to show how driverless vehicles crash less often and damage…
Read More