Month: July 2024
KOSA sponsors urge ‘quick and clean’ Senate vote with less than two weeks until recess
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will finally get its moment on the Senate floor this week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced he’d move for a procedural vote on the bill as soon as Thursday. It fulfills a promise Schumer made to parent advocates who have championed…
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Elon Musk is not answering the most important questions about the Tesla robotaxi
Will the Tesla robotaxi have a steering wheel or not? Elon Musk won’t say. The Tesla CEO dodged several questions during an earnings call Tuesday about the status of the company’s long-promised autonomous vehicle, including whether it would have traditional controls like pedals and steering wheels. It’s an increasingly important…
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Meta AI’s latest feature can show you in a fantasy world – if you feed it your face
Meta is opening up access to the Meta AI assistant geographically, linguistically, and artistically, giving it the ability to communicate in seven new languages and seven additional countries, and create fantasy images of you based on prompts. Users in 22 countries can now interact with Meta AI on WhatsApp, Instagram,…
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The cheapest Wi-Fi 7 router is this $99 TP-Link one
TP-Link has debuted the Archer BE3600, a $99 Wi-Fi 7 router that is the cheapest one we’ve seen released in the US so far since the first routers supporting the new standard started arriving last year. It doesn’t have the new 6GHz band like its pricier cousins or even many…
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Deadpool & Wolverine is a desperate Hail Mary
Though we’ve all poked fun at 20th Century Fox’s old X-Men films for the dubious wigs and middling stories that became rules rather than exceptions, the franchise played a significant role in defining the modern comic book movie genre. Without the live-action, leather-clad mutants of the early aughts and their…
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WhatsApp could soon get internet-free file sharing thanks to AirDrop-style upgrade
WhatsApp has seemingly been inspired by Apple, as evidence recently found suggests that the platform is working on its own version of AirDrop. The feature was initially discovered by WABetaInfo in an Android beta from April 2024. It has since resurfaced in an iOS beta under the new name of…
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