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Baltimore coach accused of using AI voice cloning to try to get a high school principal fired

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A former athletic director of a Baltimore high school has been arrested and charged with using...
A former athletic director of a Baltimore high school has been arrested and charged with using an AI voice cloning service to frame the school’s principal.The Baltimore Banner reports that Baltimore police believe a purported recording of Pikesville High School principal Eric Eiswert making racist and antisemitic co...
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Google will finally put Keep reminders in Tasks, where they always belonged

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

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Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made...
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.This is the second quarter in a row that Microsoft is including its addition...
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The “Hollywood Con Queen” gets a new documentary from Apple TV Plus

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Before AI meant you could impersonate someone’s voice with just a snippet of audio, con artists...
Before AI meant you could impersonate someone’s voice with just a snippet of audio, con artists needed actual skill to impersonate famous figures. Take Hargobind Tahilramani, who allegedly impersonated such powerful Hollywood women as Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, and Wendi Deng Murdoch. Now, it’s a documentary from...
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All the news about EV charging in the US

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CISA ransomware warning program will launch this year

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is rolling...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is rolling out a program that warns organizations about potential ransomware attacks, CyberScoop reports. The program is currently running as a pilot and will be fully operational by the end of 2024. About 7,000 orga...
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TCL’s entry-level Q6 QLED TV has fallen to a new low price for a limited time

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Here at The Verge, we spend a lot of time reporting on pristine, high-end TV sets...
Here at The Verge, we spend a lot of time reporting on pristine, high-end TV sets — including the latest panels from Sony, LG, and Samsung. That said, not everyone is in the market for a picture-perfect OLED panel or one purpose-built to reduce glare. Thankfully, TCL’s 65-inch Q6 QLED is a more economical option, on...
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BlizzCon 2024 has been canceled

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Blizzard has announced it will not hold BlizzCon, the publisher’s annual fan convention, this year. “After...
Blizzard has announced it will not hold BlizzCon, the publisher’s annual fan convention, this year. “After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024,” Blizzard wrote on its website. Instead of BlizzCon, Blizzard wrote that it would be holding other, ...
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Spyware dealers could face visa restrictions

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The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved...
The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved in the development of spyware. In a press release issued on Monday, the department said it is taking steps to bar 13 people “who have been involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediate f...
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Garry’s Mod is taking down decades of Nintendo-related add-ons

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The popular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod is pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright...
The popular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod is pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright takedown requests from the gaming giant. On Wednesday, the developers of Garry’s Mod made a post on Steam saying users “may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been take...
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The BattlerGC Pro might be the GameCube controller’s final form

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This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks like it could be the ultimate GameCube gamepad — one...
This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks like it could be the ultimate GameCube gamepad — one with drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks, hybrid analog / digital triggers, programmable back buttons, a rechargeable battery with a USB-C port, and the ability to use it across different consoles and systems thanks to Blu...
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Drake threatened with lawsuit over diss track featuring AI Tupac

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While Drake’s fans have been having a ball with the Canadian rapper’s recently released track dissing...
While Drake’s fans have been having a ball with the Canadian rapper’s recently released track dissing fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar, the legal team representing Tupac Shakur is threatening to take legal action if the song isn’t pulled off the internet.Billboard reports that late rapper Tupac’s legal team is ready to ...
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Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized rules that will soon require airlines to quickly refund passengers...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized rules that will soon require airlines to quickly refund passengers if they cancel or delay flights or make significant changes. Airlines must pay passengers back either in cash or in the original form of payment, no matter the reason they cancel their flight. Alternat...
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WhatsApp for iOS is rolling out passwordless logins with passkeys

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One more app joins the passwordless future we’ve been promised. WhatsApp says it’s now rolling out...
One more app joins the passwordless future we’ve been promised. WhatsApp says it’s now rolling out support for passkeys in the iOS version of the app. With the feature enabled, users of Meta’s encrypted messaging app can use iPhone biometrics for login — that is, Face ID or Touch ID — or their phone’s passcode. What...
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TikTok will stop paying people to watch videos every day

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TikTok Lite users in Europe will have to find another way to earn an extra 38...
TikTok Lite users in Europe will have to find another way to earn an extra 38 cents a day.The light version of the TikTok app, which launched in two EU countries a couple of weeks ago, included a reward feature that paid users a small amount each day to engage with videos. European regulators launched an inquiry soo...
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Net neutrality is about to make a comeback

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The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the...
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong.The commission is expected to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) — e.g., broadband companies like AT&T and Comcast — as common carriers under Title II o...
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Paramount Plus is trying to carve out a safe streaming space for kids

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There are two types of parents I’m friends with: those who let their kids watch YouTube...
There are two types of parents I’m friends with: those who let their kids watch YouTube and those who work very hard to keep their kids as far from YouTube as possible. Given I know at least one small child who developed an obsession with dictators after getting around the YouTube parental controls, I understand the...
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Apple’s new AI model hints at how AI could come to the iPhone

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Apple has been quiet about its plans for generative AI, but with the release of new...
Apple has been quiet about its plans for generative AI, but with the release of new AI models today, it appears the company’s immediate ambitions lie firmly in the “make AI run locally on Apple devices” realm.Researchers from Apple released OpenELM, a series of four very small language models on the Hugging Face mod...
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Feds charge Iranian nationals for cyberattacks against US government

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The US government has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals over claims they carried out a...
The US government has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals over claims they carried out a yearslong hacking campaign against US government agencies and companies. It also accuses the group of waging these attacks on behalf of the Iranian government.An indictment unsealed on Tuesday alleges that from around ...
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Jabra’s noise-canceling Elite 5 are on sale for 40 percent off right now

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At this point, it’s safe to say that Jabra makes some of the most reliable earbuds...
At this point, it’s safe to say that Jabra makes some of the most reliable earbuds you can buy, especially for the price. The Jabra Elite 5, like the company’s prior midrange models, are good example of a pair that checks all the right boxes, offering up ANC, multipoint, and a host of other welcome features at a com...
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The FTC has banned noncompete agreements

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Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore

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Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics...
Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics company, period. That’s one of the biggest reasons it just raised another $18 million in funding — it wants to expand beyond the laptop into “additional product categories.”Framework CEO Nirav Patel tells me th...
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Tesla teases robotaxi ridehailing function in its app

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Tesla provided a sneak peek of its upcoming ridehailing mobile app in the company’s latest earnings...
Tesla provided a sneak peek of its upcoming ridehailing mobile app in the company’s latest earnings report. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, has said that Tesla will unveil a long-gestating robotaxi in August. The company revealed five screens from the forthcoming feature. The first screen shows a big button that says ...
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Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand

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