Author: Zach_Wilson
TikTok will block beauty filters for teens over mental health concerns
TikTok is placing age restrictions on some of its beauty filters to address concerns about how they impact the mental health of its teenage users. Some of the changes rolling out “in the coming weeks” include preventing under-18s from using certain appearance-altering effects, and expanding filter descriptions to specify what…
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The Morning After: Huawei launches its Android-free mobile OS
Alongside a new foldable and flagship phone, Huawei has revealed its first mobile OS made entirely in-house. It’s part of Huawei’s plans to build a platform entirely free of major US tech sources, both for hardware and software — because the company is banned from using some of them. Huawei…
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The M5-powered OLED iPad Pro is tipped to launch before the end of 2025
Apple’s next iPad Pro could appear in 2025 An M5 chipset upgrade is rumored The M4 version of the tablet launched this year Read our 13-inch iPad Pro (2024) review and you’ll see that we’ve been very impressed with the tablet Apple launched back in May – but it seems…
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Vintage Digicams Aren’t Just a Fad. They’re an Artistic Statement
In a time when AI-powered imaging software tweaks and smooths every digital photo to appear perfect, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras. Source
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No, Microsoft isn’t using your Office docs to train its AI
Microsoft says it isn’t using customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps to train its AI models. The clarification addresses reports circulating online in the last few weeks claiming Microsoft required Word and Excel users to opt out of training the company’s AI systems. The confusion arose from a privacy…
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Starbucks has gone back to pen and paper after vendor ransomware attack
Starbucks stores are using pen and paper to track employee hours after attack Third-party Vendor Blue Yonder hit with ransomware attack Retail stores in the UK and US affected Starbucks may be the largest coffee chain in the world, but many of its stores have been forced to manually track…
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