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Yes, the Apple Watch's New Audio Intelligence Features Really Are Always Listening to You
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (331+ words) Apple announced that its Series 12 and Ultra 4 smart watch models have an Audio Intelligence feature that listens to your ambient conversations all day, potentially a serious privacy issue....
Apple Just Announced the Foldable 'iPhone Duo"
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (257+ words) Since Apple announced the date of its big September event, we've expected the company to reveal the "iPhone Ultra," its first foldable smartphone. As it turns out, half of that prediction came true: While the company did indeed showcase the…...
OpenAI Just Launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, and Here’s How It Compares to Google’s Nano Banana 2
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (600+ words) In among the maelstrom of everything else that's happening with AI right now, OpenAI has pushed out ChatGPT Images 2.5, which it describes as faster, sharper, and smarter, with "better tools for creating whatever you can dream of." Those new tools…...
TikTok Just Announced These Four New Features for Comments
1+ week, 1+ day ago (203+ words) TikTok announced four new features coming to its comment section over the next month, including voice comments and polls. TikTok is famous for its addictive algorithm And while the videos are certainly the app's main focus, I find the most…...
A Bunch of AI Platforms Are Down, Including ChatGPT
1+ week, 2+ day ago (243+ words) ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are all experiencing downtime Thursday morning. The root cause of the issue is not yet clear. If you had trouble accessing AI platforms Thursday morning, you're not alone. Apps and services, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok,…...
I Tried Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google’s Latest AI Upgrade, and It (Mostly) Lives Up to the Hype
1+ week, 2+ day ago (322+ words) Google has rolled out two new AI models: Gemini 3.8 Flash (the "intelligent workhorse model" for everyday prompting), and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber (available to "trusted defenders" for cybersecurity protection). While we only got Gemini 3.7 a matter of weeks ago, the new…...
'Alexa for Shopping' Can Now Help You Spot a Spam Email
1+ week, 3+ day ago (569+ words) Lifehacker 'Alexa for Shopping' Can Now Help You Spot a Spam Email - Amazon is launching a new tool for Alexa for Shopping that lets customers confirm whether a message from "the company" is actually legitimate. - Alexa for Shopping can now…...
How Does AI Watermarking Work, and How Can I Check For One?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (543+ words) For audio: Embedding a watermark in audio files can be even easier, placing signature sounds outside the range of human hearing (typically below 20Hz or above 20,000Hz). SynthID has an audio component that can be heard by watermark detectors, but remains imperceptible…...