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Building trust through expert content
It’s an understatement to say that the UK’s national health system was exposed for its inadequacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. A decade-long policy of government budget cuts left it ill-equipped to supply enough beds for patients, staff and medical equipment for hospitals, and investment in research to offer guidance on long COVID – as well as showing flagrant inequality in…
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How to block websites and filter content in Microsoft Edge to keep your child safe
Helping your child navigate the internet safely is an important aspect of modern parenting. With so much content just a few clicks away, you need to have the right tools to filter what children can see. Microsoft Edge, the default browser included with Windows, offers built-in options to block certain websites and filter search results. These features are designed to…
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Ever heard of a VPN? Take our survey and help shape our content
Here at Tom’s Guide, we love writing about the best VPNs and all the data privacy and cybersecurity news that come with them. Every day we’re testing various VPNs to see how effective they are – but we want to know what you think of VPNs, whether or not you use them, and what you think is the most important…
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P2P for Content Distribution Networks (CDNs)
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have transformed the availability and delivery speed of Web content and are particularly important in the case of media files, such as video. Traditional CDNs use a central network of servers to cache and deliver content to users based on their geographic proximity to the servers. However, as the internet grows and the demand for more…
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OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on content they don’t own
OpenAI and Google are pushing the US government to allow their AI models to train on copyrighted material. Both companies outlined their stances in proposals published this week, with OpenAI arguing that applying fair use protections to AI “is a matter of national security.” The proposals come in response to a request from the White House, which asked governments, industry…
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A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content
Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word “Luigi” as potentially violent — even when the content isn’t. But Reddit does appear to be flagging comments that mention “Luigi” in some cases, even those unrelated to Mangione — just not in the way that it first appeared to be. The Reddit spokesperson said that because r/popculture had recently fallen down…
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Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content
Reddit will now issue warnings to users who “upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies” within “a certain timeframe,” starting first with violent content, the company announced on Wednesday. “This will have no impact on the vast majority of users as most already downvote or report abusive content,” a Reddit employee says in the announcement post. In…
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YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content
Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after all. The company had said…
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This AI Generator Can Develop Content That’s Fact-Checked
TL;DR: Save 58% on Katteb, an AI content generator that can create more than 30 media types, from articles to product reviews. Have you ever needed AI to create an article or blurb for a newsletter only to get the result, double-check it, and realize that the facts weren’t accurate? If so, you’re not the only one — it’s tricky…
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Cloudflare Adopts Content Credentials for Image Authenticity
Cloudflare has integrated Content Credentials metadata into Cloudflare Images, the content delivery network firm announced on Feb. 3. First proposed in 2021 by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), Content Credentials identify whether an image was AI-generated, modified with AI, or photographed. About 20% of internet properties use Cloudflare, Content Authenticity Initiative Community Manager Jen Tse pointed out…
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