A quarter century ago, digital video recorders such as TiVo changed the way people watched TV. DVRs allowed viewers to pause live television, binge on entire seasons of their favorite shows long before Netflix even offered streaming, and fast-forward through annoying ad breaks—much to the chagrin of media executives.
Now, Scripps Networks—the division of the broadcaster Scripps that owns Court TV and Ion, among other video channels—is looking to bring back some
When it comes to Apple, its sleek hardware products such as the iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Vision Pro usually get all the attention. But Apple is also, of course, a software and services provider, and one of its best offerings is a service that hardly anyone seems to be aware of. It’s called Hide My Email, and as email address leaks and data hacks continue to be a regular occurrence, every iCloud user who cares about privacy and security should be using it—especially considering th
Update Friday, November 10:
Job losses have continued at a number of tech companies in November, according to the latest stats from the online tracker Layoffs.fyi. Here are a few of the notable companies that have made significant staff cuts.
Nextdoor
The neighborhood-focused social platform said in its third-quarter earnings report that it plans to reduce staff by 25% as part of a cost-saving plan. “This reduction in our team is the hardest decision we
Apple has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a pattern of discriminatory hiring practices when filling some of its jobs during 2018 and 2019.
The deal announced Thursday resolved a lengthy investigation by the Department of Justice into alleged violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Federal regulators said an inquiry that began in 2019 determined that Apple’s hiring practices discriminated against U.S. candidates for jobs
With generative AI tools now available to almost anyone, next year’s election season may turn our information space into a hall of mirrors in which no one is sure what content is real and what is AI-generated. If political actors weaponized social media in 2016 and 2020, they may go full nuclear with deepfakes in 2023.
Americans are already dreading that possibility. An August Morning Consult/Axios poll showed that more than half of Americans believe misinformation will help
People fact-checked social media posts more carefully and were more willing to revise their initial beliefs when they were paired with someone from a different cultural background than their own, according to a study my collaborators Michael Baker and Françoise Détienne and I recently published in Frontiers in Psychology.
If you’re French, you’re less likely than an English person to believe a tweet that claims Britain produces&#
The Republican presidential candidates duking it out to be the party’s nominee are also vying for the chance to lead the nation when American boots next set foot on the Moon.
Five Republican candidates participated in this week’s presidential debate in Miami. While space is unlikely to be high on a campaign’s list of priorities during a primary, here is what we know so far about the candidates’ space résumés.
Why it matters
One minute we’re supposed to believe that artificial intelligence is the most incredible accelerator of human progress, and the next that it’s the most dangerous technology in the world.
I am not going to tell you that the truth is somewhere in between. We have got to stop talking about AI as though “it” has any innate qualities. What we’re talking about are people, companies, and institutions who have values and goals that are embedded into data a
Omegle, the anonymous video chat service founded in 2009, which saw a surge of popularity as people were isolated at home during the pandemic, has finally called it quits after 14 years. The closure comes following the settlement of a recent lawsuit that alleged Omegle gave sexual predators free rein online.
Leif K-Brooks, the app’s founder, announced the shutdown in a rambling, defensive post on the site, which ranged from his theory that we live in a “world of mandat
If you purchased an Apple App Store or iTunes gift card, Apple may owe you money after it agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company misrepresented the value and security of its gift cards.
The primary issue plaintiffs had was that gift cards could be redeemed by an unknown third party even though that third party did not purchase the card. As detailed in this Apple community forum post from 2020, one of the ways someone else can redeem a gift card you purchase