[ad_1] X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has apparently shadowbanned The New York Times, preventing users from seeing tweets that link to the newspaper’s coverage. The move smacks of a particular irony, given that the Times is one of X’s major advertisers and is currently running campaigns to promote its new sports site, The Athletic. NPR Is Going Dark on Twitter | Future TechThat’s according to a new report in Semafor, which compared engagement on tweets with links to the New York Times’ website to tweets that link to competing news services, including the BBC, CNN, Politico, the Wall…
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[ad_1] Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial, from the Colorado State Fair in August 2022.Jason Allen On Tuesday, the US Copyright Office Review Board rejected copyright protection for an AI-generated artwork that won a Colorado State Fair art contest last year because it lacks human authorship required for registration, Reuters reports. The win, which was widely covered in the press at the time, ignited controversy over the ethics of AI-generated artwork. “The Board finds that the Work contains more than a de minimis amount of content generated by artificial intelligence (“AI”), and this content must therefore be disclaimed…
[ad_1] We’re thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of “Playing the Edge.” Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today! The International Games Summit on Mental Health (TIGS) will feature keynote speakers Osama Dorias and Jamil Mullen Higley at its summit in Toronto on October 10 and October 11. Organized by longtime game professional Mark Chandler, TIGS seeks to help game developers care more about mental…
[ad_1] Today, iRobot is announcing the newest, fanciest, and most expensive Roomba yet. The Roomba Combo j9+ trades a dock for what can only be described as a small indoor robot garage, which includes a robot-emptying vacuum system that can hold two months of dry debris along with a water reservoir that can provide up to 30 days of clean water to refill the robot’s mopping tank. Like all of iRobot’s new flagship products, the Combo j9+ is very expensive at just under US $1,400. But if nothing else, it shows us where iRobot is headed—towards a single home robot…
[ad_1] Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon tech specs: Processor: 12th-generation Intel Core i5-1240P Processor | Graphics Card: Intel Iris Xe | RAM: up to 32GB | Screen size: 14 inches | Operating system: Windows 11 Pro | Dimensions: 12.4 x 0.6 x 8.7 inches There is no doubt about it: The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the best Lenovo laptop you can buy. With an 11th-generation Intel Core i5-1140G7 vPro Processor, the Intel Evo platform creates a high-performing machine, making it a favorite among users. According to ZDNET writer Sandra Vogel, it can also be great for business: “Lenovo’s ThinkPad series is regarded by many…
[ad_1] Image: Hi my name is Jacco (Shutterstock)The crypto landscape has seen better days. Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum, was apparently the subject of a hack that targeted his Twitter account and promoted a less-than-authentic scheme to drain people’s crypto wallets.Even Twitter Can’t Kill Twitter | Letter From the Editor“To celebrate the Proto-Darksharding coming to Ethereum, @Consensys is marking the moment with a commemorative NFT. ‘Proto honors the work of the devs who made this possible. The collection is free for the next 24 hours,” the alleged hackers posted on Buterin’s account, followed by a link to a webpage…
[ad_1] Apple’s iPhone 15 as we say goodbye to the old and hello to the new. You can watch the stream right here and marvel at the spate of announcements beamed live from Cupertino. The keynote, subtitled “Wonderlust”, begins promptly at 1 PM ET, or 10 AM in the sunny environs of Apple’s California’s campus. As always, we’ll also have in depth coverage on each announcement as they happen.So what’s the company planning on unveiling? It’s a September keynote, typically referred to as the fall iPhone event, so the iPhone 15 You can expect the typical offerings, with a standard…
[ad_1] As Covid-19 cases have climbed as part of a late-summer uptick, right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists have responded by stoking fears about mass lockdowns and spreading unsubstantiated new ideas about Covid-19’s links to world events.“Do they want Covid measures back to put us on war footing in preparation for the war with Russia?” Jack Posobiec, a right-wing personality, said to more than 150,000 followers on his Telegram channel.There is little evidence that the current wave of Covid-19 cases will prompt the kinds of extreme countermeasures seen during the worst of the pandemic. The share of Covid-19 cases nationwide peaked…
[ad_1] June Wan/ZDNETI won’t bury the lede: The iPhone is becoming more powerful than ever, and Apple should up the base storage of the Pro models from 128GB to 256GB. Also: What to expect from Apple’s ‘Wonderlust event’ this week: iPhone 15, Apple Watch Ultra 2, AirPodsSince the iPhone 12 was released three years ago, the Pro lineup of Apple handsets has sold with a base storage of 128GB. The iPhone camera system has since become more capable of capturing detail in low light, Pro Res video recording was introduced, and the influx of content creation (and content creators) means that more…
[ad_1] When astronaut Frank Rubio launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in September 2022, he was scheduled to return back to Earth in six months’ time. Rubio’s ride to his home planet, however, suffered a malfunction that left him stranded in low Earth orbit. As a result of the mishap, Rubio is set to spend more than a year in space, breaking the record for the longest duration mission by a U.S. astronaut. First Full-Color Images From Webb Space TelescopeOn Monday, the NASA astronaut will beat the previous record of 355 days set by Mark Vande Hei in 2022. Rubio…