Category: Tech

Listen to article (2 minutes) It could eventually be a federal crime to share digitally-altered nude images of real people. Rep. Joseph Morelle (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday re-proposed the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act,” which would outlaw the nonconsensual sharing of digitally-altered intimate images. He had previously introduced the bill but has since added […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Apple’s attempt to appeal a decision in an antitrust case over its App Store, a rejection that could create new options for companies such as Netflix and Spotify to sign up customers. Apple and “Fortnite” developer Epic Games last year separately asked the Supreme Court to weigh in […]

Jan. 16, 2024 11:01 am ET Uber said it’s shutting down Drizly, the alcohol-delivery service it acquired for $1.1 billion in 2021. Drizly said Monday that it would accept its final orders in March. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Synopsys will acquire Ansys in a cash-and-stock deal giving the design-software company an enterprise value of about $35 billion. Source link

Updated Jan. 16, 2024 4:48 am ET Apple is offering rare discounts in China, including on its latest iPhones, in a bid to beat back growing competition in the high-end market from rivals. The tech giant is running a promotion from Thursday through Sunday in China in which it is cutting the price of iPhones […]

OpenAI outlined limits on using its tools in politics during the run-up to elections in 2024, amid mounting concern that artificial-intelligence systems could mass-produce misinformation and sway voters in high-profile races. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E are some of the most powerful AI chatbot and image-generation applications available. The growth of such tools has raised worry […]

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 2:37 pm ET Apple is removing a blood-oxygen sensor from some of its smartwatches to get around a patent dispute related to the technology, a step likely to avoid further sales disruptions but one that may raise questions about the company’s push into health. The company halted sales of some watch […]

The VanMoof X3 was the perfect fit. Both my 6-foot-1 husband and my 5-foot-2 self could ride the e-bike comfortably. We live in Paris, and the X3 had many features to ward off thieves, including an integrated wheel lock, a motion-based alarm and location tracking via Apple’s Find My network. I’ve reviewed a number of […]

Listen to article (2 minutes) It’s a nervous parent’s dream: finding out your children’s risk of a driving accident before they get behind the wheel of a car. Many of us might think we can predict what kind of drivers our kids will be, but it’s impossible to know whether teens will brake too hard or steer straight […]

After decades of trying, consumer electronics companies are rolling out a solar technology that mimics photosynthesis in plants. It lets devices charge indoors and, in some cases, can eliminate batteries entirely. This new light-harvesting tech is fundamentally different from the crystalline silicon-based panels on rooftops and in solar farms, and also from the amorphous silicon […]