Android launches new protections against phone call scammers
Google is rolling out several new features to protect Android users from falling victim to phone call scams. Now, Android will automatically block users from sideloading an app for the first time from a web browser, messaging app, or other service while on a call with an unknown contact. Google
Read moreApple Music introduces Sound Therapy, songs for focusing, relaxing and sleep
Apple Music is introducing a new “audio wellness” collection of songs called Sound Therapy. Designed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the feature combines songs that subscribers already know with other sound waves that promote focusing, relaxing, or sleeping. Songs may include auditory beats or colored noise, sound waves
Read moreTrump admin officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rules
After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days before it was set to go into effect. The Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule, which was introduced by former president Joe Biden in January and set to come
Read moreHouse GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
House Republicans’ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising.
Read moreLeft-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained and questioned at airport
Hasan Piker, one of the most popular left-wing political creators in the U.S., says he was detained and questioned at the Chicago O’Hare Airport upon returning to the U.S. after a trip to France. In a stream in which he addressed the experience, Piker claims that he was questioned about
Read moreAudible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook service, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with select publishers to convert print and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks. This initiative aims to quickly expand its catalog as it competes with Apple, Spotify, and others in the rapidly growing audiobook market. Audible is leveraging Amazon’s AI capabilities to
Read moreThe CryptoPunks NFTs are being sold to a non-profit as their value continues to fall
CryptoPunks owner and Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs hasn’t disclosed the terms of the deal. It would seem that the money-making days for CryptoPunks, one of the oldest and most valuable NFT brands, are well and truly over. After acquiring the non-fungible token collection from Larva Labs in
Read moreDecimal Separator and Internationalization
This morning I ran across the following tip from Joost Helberg on Mastodon: TIL don’t report numbers with three digits after the decimal point. People may interpret the decimal point as a thousands separator. Using 2 or 4 digits, although wrong, avoids off by a factor thousand errors. I usually
Read moreTelkom Champions Youth Empowerment at Trialogue Conference 2025
The Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2025 is set to be a battleground for ideas, and Telkom SA SOC Limited is bringing its A-game to tackle South Africa’s stubbornly persistent youth unemployment crisis. The numbers are brutal. With 34.2% of young South Africans (18-34 years) currently not in employment, education,
Read moreSpotify updates its AI DJ to let you use voice commands
In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to let users request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, supported only in English, in over 60 markets for its premium subscribers.
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