New versions of Apple‘s macOS typically feel like taking your car for regular maintenance: Oil and filters may have been changed, and the car may run a bit more smoothly, but visually and functionally, it’s the same old car. But Apple’s macOS Ventura is different. It brings one major feature that has the potential to change … Read more
Instagram is testing new methods for age verification, including having the user upload a video selfie and then letting an AI judge their age. Here’s how it will work. When an Instagram user attempts to edit their birth date on the service to be 18 or over, Instagram will require them to verify their age. … Read more
Twitter‘s past has come to haunt the social media company again. The company has agreed to pay a $150 million fine due to breaches of user privacy. According to court documents, the company admitted to deceptively using its users’ phone numbers and email addresses for advertising purposes. According to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department … Read more
Apple’s WWDC 2022 wasn’t short on updates. In fact, by the time Craig Federighi started explaining the minutiae of the new iPadOS, only the most ardent Apple fans were able to pay attention. One feature, as well as one device, was nowhere to be seen, though: Apple’s rumored mixed reality glasses and the accompanying realityOS (again, a rumored name). A little … Read more
Imagine: You’re out and about, busy as a bee. You get a text. You have no time to craft a thoughtful response to the text, but you just really want to see what it’s about. You open the text, read it, and swear you’ll reply later. You never reply. It happens more often than we’d like to … Read more