Month: August 2024
Popular astrology app leak exposes data on millions of users — find out if you’re affected
Researchers have uncovered private data of six million users of the popular Moonly astrology and lunar tracking app leaked online. The uncovered data includes dates of birth, exact GPS locations, and email addresses of users, as well as employee IP addresses and credentials, by experts at Cybernews. The GPS locations…
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Anova will start charging a subscription fee for its sous vide companion app
Starting on August 21st, 2024, Anova will be introducing a subscription fee for new users of its sous vide cookers who want to take advantage of additional features available through its mobile companion app, including controlling the appliance remotely. Similar to the Snoo, a smart bassinet that recently locked previously…
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Turtle Beach’s new Stealth 700 gaming headset has two USB dongles
Turtle Beach’s redesigned Stealth 700 Gen 3 wireless gaming headset is redefining #donglelife by including two USB transmitters, allowing it to quick-switch across consoles and PC / Steam Deck at the push of a button once it launches on September 22nd — with preorders available now for $199.99. This isn’t…
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This AI video generator might be almost as fast as shooting real video
Artificial intelligence-powered video maker Runway now offers Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, which augments the recently released Gen-3 Alpha model with even more speed than the successor to the Gen-2 model. The latest iteration is supposedly seven times faster while only costing half as much as Gen-3 Alpha, which will likely attract…
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This AI video generator might almost be as fast as shooting real video
Artificial intelligence-powered video maker Runway now offers Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, which augments the recently released Gen-3 Alpha model with even more speed than the successor to the Gen-2 model. The latest iteration is supposedly seven times faster while only costing half as much as Gen-3 Alpha, which will likely attract…
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AI push from US tech giants leads to skyrocketing water consumption figures
It probably comes as no surprise some tech giants are falling short when it comes to sustainability, with harmful mining practices, giant carbon footprints, and massive energy usage plaguing green goals. Now, new research from the Financial Times has also identified water consumption practices amongst tech giants has reached untenable…
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