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Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day kicks off in less than a week. If you’re someone who likes to take advantage of deals as soon they’re available, however, we’ve put together a guide to the best early Prime Day deals. Wireless charging is inefficient in many ways. It charges your phone more slowly …

You’ve probably heard about deepfakes for images and videos. Those eerily realistic videos created with AI? Now, it seems Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has developed a new AI model called Voicebox that’s all about audio. It’s like a supercharged text-to-speech system that can create synthetic voices from just a …

Mercedes-Benz is the latest automaker to commit to adopting Tesla’s electric vehicle charging connectors for its vehicles, bringing Elon Musk’s company one step closer to total EV charging dominance. Starting in 2024, the German automaker will offer adapters to its customers so they can access Tesla Supercharger stations, which use …

Companies that develop software to detect if artificial intelligence or humans authored an essay or other written assignment are having a windfall moment amid ChatGPT’s wild success.  ChatGPT launched last November and quickly grew to 100 million monthly active users by January, setting a record as the fastest-growing user base …

Note that the rule does not apply to media distributed commercially with the consent of those depicted, AI-generated sexual media that depicts fictional people or characters, or artistic depictions (e.g., cartoons, anime, etc.) – although keep in mind our rules regarding respecting the intellectual property of others.

Ever thought about everything Amazon knows about you? I don’t just mean your favorite shampoo and what kind of food your dog eats. Use this link to get a copy of everything Amazon knows. Amazon Clinic is a whole different level of data collection. Is it safe to use? Prepare …

Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation in some form to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun for Reddit to shut down, as well as a recent pattern of behavior toward its unpaid volunteer moderators that …

It’s less than a week away until Amazon Prime Day’s 48-hour sales event, which is set to start at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT Tuesday, July 11, and go through Wednesday, July 12.  Amazon has not revealed exactly how many items will be available for sale. However, past years have …

According to Wojciechowska, the upcoming device could feature a 50MP Sony IMX890 main camera sensor with optical image stabilization (OIS) and in-sensor zoom. That’s the same primary sensor used by the OnePlus 11, which my colleague Allison Johnson listed as one of the positive aspects of the device in her …

The rivalry between tech titans Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is escalating with Zuckerberg’s launch of the new Threads app, aptly named to stitch together the fabric of online communication. The new app will be available to the public beginning July 6, 2023, and Meta launched a …