Author: Zach_Wilson
Arc browser launches bug bounty program following worrying issues
Security researchers can now earn money by finding bugs in the Arc browser, the company has revealed. The Browser Company, the owners and maintainers of the software, have announced a new bounty program to help them plug dangerous holes. Rather unimaginatively called the Arc Bug Bounty Program, users can hunt…
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Xbox cofounder J Allard has joined Amazon to work on ‘new ideas’
Xbox cofounder J Allard joined Amazon last month as a vice president on the company’s devices and services team. In an email to The Verge, Allard confirmed his new role but says it’s “too early to have anything to say” about what he’ll be working on at Amazon beyond “new…
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Amazon tablets are getting AI tools, like writing assist and automatic website summaries
Did you think Amazon Fire tablets were exempt from generative AI tools? Think again. The company just announced a spate of AI-centric features that are rolling out to the just-announced Fire HD 8 refresh and a bunch of older models. None of these features are too surprising, but they seem…
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My parents’ iPhone 14 Pro Max phones are not getting Apple Intelligence and they’re not happy about it
Newsflash for most of you upgrading to iOS 18: You’re not getting Apple Intelligence. I visited my parents last week and noticed they have a pair of still-fresh-looking iPhone 14 Pro Max phones. I commented on the handsets, and my parents asked about the new iPhone 16 Pro Max I…
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Google is rumored to be working on a ‘thinking’ AI of its own to take on OpenAI o1
Last month, OpenAI infused ChatGPT with new o1-preview and o1-mini models that it said would “spend more time thinking before they respond” – and it seems like Google isn’t too far behind with its own deep-thinking AI. As per Bloomberg, Google is also developing artificial intelligence that more closely resembles…
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College students used Meta’s smart glasses to doxx people in real time
Two Harvard students have created an eerie demo of how smart glasses can use facial recognition tech to instantly doxx people’s identities, phone numbers, and addresses. The most unsettling part is the demo uses current, widely available technology like the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and public databases. AnhPhu Nguyen, one…
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