As families desperately seek to find missing loved ones and communities grapple with immeasurable losses of both life and property in the wake of Hurricane Helene, AI slop scammers appear to be capitalizing on the moment for personal gain. A Facebook account called “Coastal Views” usually shares calmer AI imagery of nature-filled beachside scenes. The account’s banner… Continue reading Facebook Is Being Flooded With Gross AI-Generated Images of Hurricane Helene Devastation
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Self-Styled “AI Artist” Furious That People Are “Blatantly Stealing My Work”
That’s a good one. Irony Deficiency Jason Allen, the AI “artist” whose image he created with Midjourney won a fine arts competition two years ago, is still mad that the government won’t let him copyright his opus — and, in an amazing lack of self-awareness, is also crying that his work is being stolen as… Continue reading Self-Styled “AI Artist” Furious That People Are “Blatantly Stealing My Work”
Elon Musk Has Wiped Out a Shocking Amount of Twitter’s Value In Less Than 2 Years
Ouch. Financial Disaster Multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X-formerly-Twitter has lost a shocking amount of its value ever since he took over in late 2022. According to recently released disclosures, the stake of investment asset manager Fidelity’s Blue Chip Growth Fund has dropped in value by a shocking 78.7 percent. Fidelity invested $19.66… Continue reading Elon Musk Has Wiped Out a Shocking Amount of Twitter’s Value In Less Than 2 Years
The Springfield pet-eating hoax was not the only immigration lie Vance spouted tonight
/ Vance blamed migrants for everything from school shootings to rising housing costs. By Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter. Her past work has focused on immigration politics, border surveillance technologies, and the rise of the New Right. Share this story Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The racist rumors about Haitian migrants… Continue reading The Springfield pet-eating hoax was not the only immigration lie Vance spouted tonight
23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
Kteily says by the time the company rolled out these services, it was too late. Customers had already left the platform. “I think they hit on something viral, which was the concept of where you’ve come from. People found that so fascinating. But once you know that information, you’re not going to come back five… Continue reading 23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
Google allegedly got the Juno YouTube app removed from the Vision Pro App Store
Juno, a widely praised (unofficial) YouTube app for Vision Pro, has been removed from Apple’s App Store after complaints from Google, according to an update from Juno’s developer Christian Selig. Google, Selig says, suggested that his app violates their trademark. It’s the latest setback for Selig, who shut down his popular Reddit client Apollo last… Continue reading Google allegedly got the Juno YouTube app removed from the Vision Pro App Store
Threads will show how many followers you have in the fediverse
Meta has been steadily improving Threads’ compatibility with the fediverse over the last year. Now, the company is taking another significant step with an update that allows users to see more details about their followers and interactions with people from other servers across the fediverse. Up to now, Threads has surfaced replies from Mastodon and… Continue reading Threads will show how many followers you have in the fediverse
Switch emulator Ryujinx is kaput after Nintendo pressure
Nintendo has shuttered another emulator, this time putting an end to Ryujinx. The program was an open-source emulator for playing Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. A message shared today with the emulator’s Discord server stated that the developer was contacted by Nintendo with a deal to cease work on the… Continue reading Switch emulator Ryujinx is kaput after Nintendo pressure
Uber and Wing will partner for drone delivery pilot in Dallas
A new joint venture between Uber’s Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery drones and Alphabet’s Wing flying drone service will do a dual test run. Both tech companies hope that flying and sidewalk drones can cover areas its counterpart can’t and speed up delivery times. TechCrunch reported that Serve Robotics and Wing will start making deliveries in… Continue reading Uber and Wing will partner for drone delivery pilot in Dallas
Save $40 on the Ninja Creami ice cream maker with this Prime Day deal
An early Amazon Prime Day deal lets you save $40 on the Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker. The 11-in-1 kitchen accessory, one of our favorite kitchen gadgets, is on sale for only $210 (usually $250). The Creami is based on a patent for an innovation previously only found in the restaurant biz. Once it… Continue reading Save $40 on the Ninja Creami ice cream maker with this Prime Day deal