Trump has fired the director of the US Copyright Office
As first reported byPolitico, the Trump administration has fired the Register of Copyrights and US Copyright Office Director, Shira Perlmutter. The Register of Copyrights works under the Librarian of Congress — a title held most recently by Carla Hayden, who was fired earlier this week for her DE...
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iOS 19 may bring a feature that makes signing into public Wi-Fi less of a hassle
Apple is reportedly planning to introduce a small but welcome convenience feature with iOS 19: cross-device syncing for Wi-Fi access portals. This is according to the latestPower Onnewsletter fromBloomberg's Mark Gurman. The feature would address the annoyance of having to individually fill out p...
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The only thing I want from Apple's big 2025 redesign is a
There area lot of rumorsflying around about a big iOS and macOS redesign coming this year, perhaps as a distraction to the continuedissues around Apple Intelligence. And while I’m game for a fresh coat of paint across the software I use every single day, I have one plea while Apple’s at it: Pleas...
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The tinkerers who opened up a fancy coffee maker to AI brewing
An Ars author slightly surrenders to chatbot-made profiles and automated brews.
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How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories. The tool, called Track and ...
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Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia
As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
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What lies beneath: filming gators in Florida springs
If you're like me, you've been anxiously searching for any relief from the Bad News™ and endless stream of AI slop plaguing your feed. Joseph Ricketts' breathtaking wildlife videos could be the antidote. An alligator taking a nap on the floor of a crystal clear spring. Schools of fish glittering ...
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Giant Bomb goes independent
At the beginning of the month, things weren’t looking good for gaming site Giant Bomb after its content was put on hold amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: Giant Bomb announced it is now an independent, employee-owned entity. “Giant ...
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Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use
The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the office’s choice to release a pre-publication version of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that’s made up of copyrighted information. Repres...
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Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027
This morning, while summarizing an Apple “product blitz” he expects for 2027, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter that Apple is planning a “mostly glass, curved iPhone” with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone’s 20th anniversary. That follows a r...
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Google’s AI image-to-video generator launches on Honor’s new phones
Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched an image-to-video AI generator powered by Google, before it's available to Gemini users. It will be available first for anyone who buys the Honor 400 or 400 Pro phones, which launch next week on May 22nd. The new AI tool, powered by Google's Veo 2 mod...
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From silicon to sentience: The legacy guiding AI’s next frontier and human cognitive migration
As AI systems master tasks once uniquely human, we find ourselves on an accelerated journey to discover what truly lies beyond automation.
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