Likeness detection will flag possible AI fakes, but Google doesn’t guarantee removal. AI content has proliferated across the Internet over the past few years, but those early confabulations with mutated hands have evolved into synthetic images and videos that can be hard to differentiate from reality. Having helped to…
Ig Nobel-winning research could one day be used to treat people with blocked airways or clogged lungs. Last year, a group of researchers won the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus. But as with many Ig Nobel…
It’s a gorgeous tablet, but what does an iPad need with more processing power? This year’s iPad Pro is what you might call a “chip refresh” or an “internal refresh.” These refreshes are what Apple generally does for its products for one or two or more years after making…
HBO Max subscription fees have risen every year for the past three years. HBO Max subscriptions are getting up to 10 percent more expensive, owner Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) revealed today. HBO Max’s ad plan is going from $10 per month to $11/month. The ad-free plan is going from…
Apple M5 trades blows with Pro and Max chips from older generations. When I’m asked to recommend a Mac laptop for people, Apple’s low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro usually gets lost in the shuffle. It competes with the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air, significantly cheaper computers that meet or exceed…
Google’s MVNO gets better web support, clearer audio, and yes, more AI. Google’s Fi cellular service is getting an upgrade, and since this is 2025, there’s plenty of AI involved. You’ll be able to ask Google AI questions about your bill, and a different variation of AI will improve…
European wolves flee human conversation faster than dogs’ barking. In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain conditions, such as protecting livestock. One of the…
Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta’s business. A federal judge has ordered spyware maker NSO to stop using its Pegasus app to target or infect users of WhatsApp. The ruling, issued Friday by Phyllis J. Hamilton of the US District Court of the District of…
Selected testers will have to sign an NDA and use a disguised case. It took awhile, but Google’s Pixel line of smartphones has established itself as a mainstay of Android after 10 generations. The company has long operated a “Superfans” group to help promote Pixels, but now members have…
New method extracts desirable elements from waste magnets using less energy and acid. All the world’s discarded phones, bricked laptops, and other trashed electronics are collectively a treasure trove of rare earth elements (REEs). But separating out and recovering these increasingly sought-after materials is no easy task. However, a…
