Image Credits: JOSH EDELSON/AFP / Getty Images Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of this job is that true, game-changing inventions rarely cross your desk. In fact, you’re extraordinarily lucky if you …
Are we there yet? Virtual reality headsets are quietly revolutionizing business and healthcare. They’ve been used to teach KFC staff to fry chicken, prepare UPS drivers for road hazards, and train astronauts for outer space. In healthcare, they’re used for pain management by veterans and kids with cancer. And these are only a few examples. …
We’re all familiar with artificial intelligence, Silicon Valley’s latest revenue stream hopeful that’s currently making all of our lives much, much better. AI has had a remarkable rise these last few years, sucking up the internet and reducing it to some of the ugliest, most incoherent spam we’ve ever seen. It really is impressive. But …
The sweeping antitrust lawsuit Apple faces from the Department of Justice takes a broader aim at its business than cases against Big Tech rivals including Google, Facebook, and Amazon. It’s also more grounded in antitrust law than some of those suits, experts say. The DOJ alleged in its complaint filed last week that Apple has …
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’re officially down to our Elite Eight! Calculator took Uber to school in yesterday’s tournament, garnering more than 73 percent of the vote and advancing to the next round. Today, we have the biggest encrypted messaging app going …
As AI-generated content proliferates online and clutters social media feeds, you may have noticed more images cropping up that invoke the uncanny valley effect—relatively normal scenes that also carry surreal details like excess fingers or gibberish words. Among these misleading posts, young users have spotted some obviously faux images (for example, skiing dogs and toddlers, …
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s tournament was a bloodbath with Calculator taking more than 87 percent of the vote. Twitch goes home empty-handed. Today, we have the crown jewels of Zuckerberg’s empire going head-to-head. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all …
US News By Yaron Steinbuch Published March 12, 2024, 1:49 p.m. ET A California murder suspect accused of posting a sick Facebook video of his dying victim’s final moments has since claimed his confession was generated by artificial intelligence. Mark Stephen Mechikoff, 39, of Pacifica, is charged with fatally stabbing Claribel Estrella inside her San …
Users have reported problems with Facebook. (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire) Facebook users have reported that the social media site is currently down and not working. People have reported being automatically logged out of their accounts on Facebook on internet browsers and phone apps. The issue seems to also have hit the Facebook Messenger app. READ …
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