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The next iPhone SE may lose the home button, add Face ID and Apple Intelligence
That the new iPhone SE models may support Apple Intelligence says a lot about their performance — it takes a lot of RAM to run local AI features, for instance. They’re expected to look like the iPhone 14, doing away with the chunky top and bottom bezels and the home button; both are firsts for the entry-level smartphone. It’s also…
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7 early Amazon Prime Day outerwear deals I’d buy right now from The North Face, Columbia and Helly Hansen
Amazon Prime Day — fall edition — is next week but you don’t have to wait until then to save serious skrilla on high-tech performance outerwear from legendary gorp-core brands like The North Face, Columbia, Helly Hansen and Marmot. The latter two may not have the name-recognition of the former but they’re bonafide OGs of the harsh-climate jacket world. So, stick…
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Redis insists license changes were the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google” – now it could face a user exodus
Redis shocked the open source community when it unveiled a shift to a more restrictive licensing approach earlier this year, but a senior company figure has told ITPro it was the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google” and claw back commercial value. CEO Rowan Trollope first announced the decision in March, confirming that future Redis releases were to…
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Meta is ending support for custom face filters in its apps
Meta is shutting down all third-party face filters and AR effects on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, along with the tools used to create them, on January 14th, 2025. That includes any created by brands and other third parties, the company wrote in a blog post today. Meta’s own AR effects will continue to operate, however. The Meta Spark platform is…
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Google has to face a class action lawsuit over Chrome’s data collection
Google will have to face a class action lawsuit that accuses it of collecting users’ data through Chrome without their consent. In a decision on Tuesday, a federal appeals court reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the case, saying the lower court should’ve reviewed Google’s disclosures and determined “whether a reasonable user reading them would think that he or she…
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The top 4 BYOD risks businesses face in 2024
The rise of remote work and the surge in enterprise-facing cyber attacks have put the spotlight squarely on the risks of bring your own device (BYOD). Once a simple idea — let employees use their own devices for work — BYOD has drawn both corporate mandate and employee approval, thanks to improved autonomy and slashed hardware expenses. As a fractional…
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Microsoft rolls out Face Check selfie verification system – Computerworld
Microsoft’s Azure AI Vision Face API is used to power the face detection and recognition. The software can also conduct a “liveness” check, which helps prevent the use of a static photo or 2D video to trick the verification system, Microsoft said, so deepfakes shouldn’t be effective. Customer organizations can choose the level of confidence required to accept a Face…
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AI firms face setback in copyright battle with visual artists – Computerworld
“If an AI company profits from content based on someone else’s copyrighted material, they are obligated to share those earnings, possibly in the form of royalties,” said Prashant Mali, an advocate who specializes in data protection and cyber laws. “AI technology was never intended to be used freely at the expense of creators’ rights, and this ruling underscores the need…
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