Due to serious flaws, a well-known first-person shooter game enables hostile hackers to hijack the computers of other gamers as long as they are participating in the same online match. The issue is so bad that several streams have advised viewers not to play the game because hackers have “taken …
Read More »Senator Markey requests Elon Musk reinstate Twitter’s accessibility team
Twitter’s workforce has shrunk from 7,500 to 2,000, and last year’s layoffs eliminated the accessibility team. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) urged Elon Musk to reinstate the accessibility team in an open letter. “Not surprisingly, since you shut down Twitter’s Accessibility Team, disabled users have reported increased difficulty and frustration using …
Read More »FTC warns tech: “Keep your AI claims in check.”
After announcing a new division to combat tech “snake oil,” the FTC warned the overzealous industry to “keep your AI claims in check.” I wrote five years ago that “AI Powered” is the meaningless tech equivalent of “all natural,” but it has gone beyond cheeky. Most products claim to use …
Read More »Meta is testing AI-powered WhatsApp and Messenger chat
Every company wants in on the generative AI wave. Meta is testing AI-powered products. Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is creating “a new top-level product group” to integrate generative AI into its billion-user services. Zuckerberg said the team will initially build creative tools but eventually create “AI personas that can help …
Read More »Pokémon Go adds Scarlet and Violet and Pokémon Sleep
On Monday’s Pokémon Presents livestream, the megafranchise unveiled a merger between its latest main series games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and Niantic’s Pokémon Go. Pokémon Sleep received a long-awaited update from the Pokémon Company. In Pokémon Go, players can collect postcards from trainers worldwide to get regional versions of the …
Read More »Meta supports a new system that prevents minors from posting intimate photos online
Meta announced today that it is giving money to a new nonprofit called Take It Down. Take It Down will work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to discourage people under the age of 18 from posting personal photos online.The internet application works like a Facebook …
Read More »Google unveils Android and Wear OS updates
Google unveiled several new Android, Chromebook, and Wear OS features to boost connectivity, productivity, and accessibility. MWC, which begins today in Barcelona, was the occasion for the announcement. New features include Chromebook Quick Pair compatibility, Google Keep shortcuts for phones and smartwatches, and Wear OS accessibility modes. Quick Pair will …
Read More »Twitter layoffs continue, including those of loyalist Esther Crawford
The Information and former Twitter employees reported at least 50 more layoffs. According to Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer, even Elon Musk loyalist Esther Crawford, Twitter payments’ top executive who handled Twitter Blue, was fired. Crawford and most of the product team were laid off this weekend, according to Alex Heath of …
Read More »OnePlus’ gaming prototype phone glows with liquid cooling
OnePlus may no longer release with caution. The Oppo-owned OnePlus 11 debuted in January. The 11R, targeting the expanding Indian smartphone market, came this month. The business now sells last year’s 10T and 10 Pro, three affordable Nord devices, five earphones, and a tablet. Expect a new mechanical keyboard and …
Read More »MWC 2023 expectations
Telecom. Network and enterprise will dominate Barcelona’s huge mobile expo more than ever. Next Monday’s event appears to be focusing less on consumers. Mobile World Congress was never a consumer tech expo, but smartphone makers made it a useful launchpad. CES (held in January) is where smart homes, wearables, autos, …
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