Meta Unveils Smart Glasses With Apps and an Artificial Intelligence Assistant
At its annual developer conference on Wednesday, Meta showed several new smart glasses, which have been a surprise hit for the company.
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PTV launches new digital channel
Pakistan Television (PTV) on Wednesday launched its new English-language digital news channel, PTV Digital, aimed at projecting Pakistan’s perspective to global audiences and countering anti-Pakistan narratives. Prime Minister Shehbaz inaugurated the channel by unveiling a plaque at a ceremony attended by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Information Secretary Ambreen Jan, and other senior officials. The new … Read more
Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls?
British authorities have ramped up the use of facial recognition, artificial intelligence and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach.
LimeWire, the Former File-Sharing Service, Is Buying Fyre Festival Brand
The streaming service, which became popular in the 2000s, paid $245,000 for the festival naming rights. It’s unclear what exactly it plans to do with the embattled brand.
Trump says US has a buyer for TikTok
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US and China have a deal on TikTok, under which the ByteDance-owned short video app’s American assets will be transferred to US owners to keep it operating in the country, potentially resolving a saga that has lingered for nearly a year. A deal on the popular social … Read more
Man Known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’ Is Arrested in Georgia
The man, Shimon Hayut, has been accused of using multiple aliases to swindle women he met on dating apps out of millions of dollars.
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death
After authorities said Mr. Kirk’s suspected shooter had been “radicalized” online, Meta, Reddit, TikTok and other platforms have stayed quiet — though not Elon Musk, who owns X.
France aims to restrict crypto license ‘passporting’ in EU regulatory showdown
France has warned it may try to block the domestic operations of some crypto firms licensed in other EU countries as part of a push to get transfer oversight to the bloc’s central securities regulator, the head of its financial watchdog told Reuters. The AMF, France’s security watchdog, is concerned that under the EU’s new … Read more
What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI plan to spend at least $325 billion by the end of the year in pursuit of A.I. We explain why they’re doing it.
From time-bending crystals to group streaks and alarms you can’t escape
Time crystals: from impossible physics to pocket security Artwork by Affan Qasim, created using Gemini Pro Imagine pulling out a 1000 Rupee bill and watching its security stripe pulse like a heartbeat, shifting, shimmering, and repeating in patterns no counterfeiter could fake. That’s the strange promise of time crystals, a form of matter physicists once … Read more