Month: July 2024
Meta to pay $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over facial recognition and photo tags
Texas announced a massive settlement with Meta over the use of facial recognition on Facebook, resolving a lawsuit filed in 2022 claiming that the “Tag Suggestions” feature on photos uploaded to Facebook violated the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Meta has agreed…
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I really want to like Star Wars Outlaws
When I attended the first hands-off briefing for Star Wars Outlaws at Summer Game Fest 2023, I left Ubisoft’s demo room on a high, thinking this could be the piece of media that finally pulls me into the Star Wars universe. I loved the focus on a solo protagonist, Kay…
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Windows 11’s hidden new ‘end task’ option means you can say goodbye to Task Manager drama at last
Windows 11 users, take note: there’s a hidden feature which was recently introduced by Microsoft that allows you to kill an app that has become unresponsive (or isn’t working in some way) in a far quicker manner than the normal route. The new piece of functionality is an option to…
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The Verge’s 2024 back-to-school gift guide
Maruman Mnemosyne N196 B6 Notepad A simple, compact notepad is like a trusted companion, one that can help you get your thoughts and tasks in order. The real, functional beauty of this Maruman Mnemosyne notebook is its top-oriented spiral binding, which makes it lay flat and offers corner-to-corner writability, even…
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French telecom networks experience disruption as malicious sabotage affects several operators — but Olympics remains unaffected
Several French regions experienced telecommunications disruption after malicious damage on the night of July 28. The cutting of fibre optic cables led to outages across six regions, and affected multiple major French operators, including SFR and Free. SFR reported around 10,000 customers were impacted by the damage, but a company…
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Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks aren’t “as important as people think” says GTA: San Andreas dev
A former Grand Theft Auto developer has said the past Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks are unimportant and only happen due to Rockstar’s secrecy. Speaking in a recent interview with San In Play (via GamesRadar) Grand Theft Auto 3 and GTA: San Andreas developer Obbe Vermeij was asked to comment on the…
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