Be warned, all ye who watch House of the Dragon thanks to your parents’ Max account: A password-sharing crackdown is coming. Warner Bros. Discovery, Max’s parent company, plans to launch the restrictions in late 2024, WBD’s head of global streaming and games, JB Parrette, said at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Monday.… Continue reading A Max Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming
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Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference
More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. “Please withdraw from Mind the Tech, issue an apology, and stand with Googlers and… Continue reading Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference
Diletta Bello Review: Perfect Crema Comes at a Cost
When an espresso machine costs over $1,500, it can be trickier to test than cheaper models. It’s sort of like testing a high-end camera. At the very least, it should shoot good photos, maybe even great photos. The rest of the evaluation is less on its performance of basic functions than how well it performs… Continue reading Diletta Bello Review: Perfect Crema Comes at a Cost
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Microsoft-Powered Chatbot Just Disappeared
Those concerns are part of the reason OpenAI said in January that it would ban people from using its technology to create chatbots that mimic political candidates or provide false information related to voting. The company also said it wouldn’t allow people to build applications for political campaigns or lobbying. While the Kennedy chatbot page… Continue reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Microsoft-Powered Chatbot Just Disappeared
5 Best Sturdy Stockings (2024): Tights, Pantyhose, Sustainable
Whether you call them stockings, tights, or pantyhose, I love wearing them all year round. Sheer black hose make any outfit sultry, and skin-color ones are like leg makeup. Fishnets and patterns are just fun. If you’ve only ever worn pantyhose in an egg from the drugstore, it’s time to level up. Those ones tend… Continue reading 5 Best Sturdy Stockings (2024): Tights, Pantyhose, Sustainable
HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times
HP launched a subscription service Thursday that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing for families and small businesses, but the deal also comes with monitoring and a years-long commitment. Prices… Continue reading HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times
The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications
To send those notifications that awaken a device and appear on its screen without a user’s interaction, apps and smartphone operating system makers must store tokens that identify the device of the intended recipient. That system has created what US senator Ron Wyden has called a “digital post office” that can be queried by law… Continue reading The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications
7 Great Deals on iPads and Accessories
according to rumors, new iPads are on the way. Apple reportedly plans on launching a new iPad Air, iPad Pro, and iPad Mini this month. Most of the changes will be internal (such as updated processors for faster performance) while the external design will mainly remain the same (aside from the possibility of a new… Continue reading 7 Great Deals on iPads and Accessories
Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to allow Alphabet subsidiary Waymo to operate in the city. Under the new ruling, Waymo is also permitted to launch service in a large section of the San Francisco Peninsula. The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission… Continue reading Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
The way the UK government has been tagging migrants with GPS trackers is illegal, the country’s privacy regulator ruled on Friday, in a rebuke to officials who have been experimenting with migrant-surveillance tech in both the UK and the US. As part of an 18-month pilot that concluded in December, the UK interior ministry, known… Continue reading The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal