Month: May 2024
Netflix’s Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight is postponed
Due to the interrupted training schedule for the officially sanctioned fight — Tyson’s first since 2005 —they’re now planning on a date later this year, which Netflix said will be announced by the end of next week. “My body is in better overall shape than it has been since the…
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Massive Ticketmaster, Santander data breaches linked to Snowflake cloud storage
An alleged data breach potentially affecting as many as 560 million Ticketmaster accounts and a confirmed one for Santander Bank may have stemmed from attacks on the cloud storage accounts with a company called Snowflake. As spotted by Bleeping Computer, an investigation from cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock reports that a…
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Sony Days of Play Sale: Consoles, Games, and More
From games to consoles to accessories, Sony PlayStation gear is heavily discounted through June 12. Source
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ElevenLabs’ AI generator makes explosions or other sound effects with just a prompt
ElevenLabs already offers AI-generated versions of human voices and music. Now, it will let people create sound effects for podcasts, movies, or games, too. The new Sound Effects tool can generate up to 22 seconds of sounds based on user prompts that can be combined with the company’s voice and…
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Meta’s AI is summarizing some bizarre Facebook comment sections
If you’ve been on the Facebook app lately, you might’ve seen Meta’s AI inject itself into the comment section with summaries of what people say. Given how wild Facebook comment sections often become, it’s not hard to imagine how ridiculous some of these summaries turn out. (This isn’t the first…
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A pandemic-era internet subsidy is officially ending
The up to $30 monthly broadband discount (up to $75 for those on Tribal lands) helped 23 million low-income households in every county in the US access high-speed internet during a period when that connection became more vital than ever as businesses and schools shut their doors. The Federal Communications…
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