Month: April 2025
Star Wars Celebration is in full swing, and Lucasfilm just dropped more details on its Beyond Victory experience for Meta Quest, and I couldn’t be more stoked
If you’re a Star Wars fan and haven’t been jealous of not being at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan as of yet, prepare to be. The same applies if you have an Apple Vision Pro instead of a Meta Quest. Why? Well, Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm are…
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You don’t have to pay for Google Gemini to comment on what you’re looking at on your phone anymore
Google has made Gemini Live’s screen and camera sharing features free for all Android users. The release reverses the previous subscriber-only option. The feature lets Gemini respond to real-time visual input from your screen or camera. In a surprise twist and a reversal of its earlier paywalled plans, Google has…
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Meta is set to train its AI models with Europeans’ public data, and you can stop it doing so
Meta will soon start training its AI models with EU users’ data Meta AI will be trained with all users’ interactions and public content posted on Meta’s social platforms The Big Tech giant resumes its AI training plan, after pausing the launch amid EU data regulators’ concerns Meta has resumed…
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CFPB workers are receiving mass layoff notices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is sending out mass layoff notices that appear to be in defiance of a court order blocking further layoffs following DOGE-induced cuts. “I regret to inform you that you are affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action,” says a notice reviewed by The…
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You can’t hide from ChatGPT – new viral AI challenge can geo-locate you from almost any photo – we tried it and it’s wild and worrisome
OpenAI’s latest reasoning model o3 can analyze photos It’s particularly good at geo-locating based on image clues It may be too good a tool for letting people geolocate your activities It’s no secret that digital photo metadata contains everything from technical info about the camera that shot it to, based…
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Tesla’s spring update activates adaptive high beams that won’t blind oncoming drivers
Tesla’s vehicles may be in a sales slump, but that’s not stopping the company from regularly introducing fresh features for owners. Tesla’s spring software update includes several useful new functions in its EVs, including adaptive high beams on compatible cars and better trip planning. The update will allow some Tesla…
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