Another day, another publication contributing to the rise of AI. First, companies like Time and Dotdash Meredith partnered with OpenAI to license their assets, now Reuters is giving Meta’s AI chatbot access to its news content to answer current events and news questions, Axios first reported. Basically, the multi-year deal now allows users in the … Read more
Although it disappeared 40 years ago, International Harvester is a legendary brand in North America, thanks to the Scout, one of the world’s first SUVs. Now, Scout Motors is back under Volkswagen as a new brand and has revealed its first two models: the Terra pickup and the Traveler SUV. Both use a new EV … Read more
Google is reportedly working on a new Android API it’s calling Rich Ongoing Notifications, which would allow apps to display at-a-glance information in the status bar, much like Apple’s Live Activities in Dynamic Island on the iPhone. That’s according to journalist Mishal Rahman, who spotted code in the Android 15 QPR1 beta 3 release. It … Read more
Imagine going to the doctor, telling them how you feel and then having false information added to a transcription later and your story changed. That can happen at medical centers that use OpenAI’s transcription tool Whisper. More than a dozen developers, software engineers and academic researchers have found evidence that Whisper creates illusions – fabricated … Read more
Apple’s alleged smart home display may look a lot like an old friend – the iMac G4 from the early 2000s. In this weekend’s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman explained that the countertop tablet will have a square screen that will be “positioned at an angle on a small base, making it reminiscent of the … Read more
The long-awaited iPhone iOS 18.1 will officially launch next week, bringing with it Apple intelligence, but we’re already on to the next new thing. The company is busy preparing for iOS 18.2, which has already entered its beta phase and should be widely released in December. As MacRumors reports, this next operating system will include … Read more
Black Friday/Cyber Monday is still over a month away (Thanksgiving is on November 28 this year – I looked it up so you don’t have to). So while we wait for the shopping event’s best discounts of the year, there are still some great sales going on on tech we review and recommend. For example, … Read more
Netflix is rolling out a new feature called Moments that lets you save, share, and easily re-watch certain scenes from shows and movies. So if there’s a great part in a comedy special you want to show a friend or there’s a shocking twist in Squid Game that you just can’t get over, this could … Read more
We finally got the iPad mini refresh, and it’s not particularly exciting. But that’s OK! It’s still a useful little tablet, and now thanks to the A17 Pro chip, it’s already ready for upcoming Apple intelligence features. In this episode, Engadget deputy editor Nathan Ingraham joins to discuss what he liked about the new iPad … Read more
According to The Guardian, a U.K. man who used AI to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Hugh Nelson, 27, created these images using photos of real children, which were then manipulated by AI. Nelson was convicted of 16 child sexual abuse offenses in August following a … Read more