Craft and keyboard: The trainees mastering tech and age-old skills
Firms have to balance hi-tech and age-old skills when training up young workers.
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Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles' As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a
The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets
Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in the United States. Now, the FCC's getting ready to wield that power for the first time, by cracking down on the "DJI
The 20-somethings betting big on tech stocks
The BBC hears from people about the risks and rewards of investing in technology shares.
Protect Your Privacy with California's DROP Tool
Are you a California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your privacy. It's called a DROP request. (That's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, if you're fancy). This one bit
SpaceX in your index fund, explained
Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced - is
Thousands of websites taken down for illegal World Cup streams
More than 1,000 illegal streaming sites were shut down in the US during the tournament, with a similar amount blocked in Colombia.
The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console
You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it's technically a multi-part chime? There's the synthy section where "Sony Computer Entertainment" shows onscreen with a white background. You only get to the next screen with the echo-y chimes and the
“Stealth Crawlers” Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be.
There’s a new boogeyman in the battles over AI: so-called “stealth crawlers.” We’ll admit it—the term “stealth crawlers” sounds quite nefarious. In reality, they’re anything but. “Stealth crawlers” are simply automated tools to access and collect public web data—without
Ofcom unable to take further legal action against suicide forum
The regulator said it had "no further legal routes available" under the Online Safety Act.
LG’s glossy OLED gaming monitor is rare to find under $400
If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your gaming monitor, LG’s 27-inch 27GX704A-B pairs a glossy WOLED panel with a fast refresh rate, and it’s currently on sale for $379.99 (about $70 off) at Amazon and directly from LG, marking a new low price. It originally launched at
LG’s monitors come with an unwanted addition for Windows: McAfee pop-up ads
A video from Gamers Nexus explains how, after connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a PC running Windows 11 for the first time, Windows Update is silently installing LG driver updates and the LG Monitor App Installer, without so much as a permission pop-up or notification.
AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for allowing sale of illegal goods
The Chinese retailer allowed unsafe toys and counterfeit clothes to be sold on its site, says the EU.
Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
Adobe's experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a "more natural (SLR-like) look" for iPhone photography, the Indigo camera app is now being updated with a suite of generative AI tools. And the change doesn't
AliExpress fined almost $630 million over illegal product sales
AliExpress has been hit with a €550 million (about $629 million) fine for violating Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products from being sold on the e-commerce platform. The European Commission ruled that AliExpress
AI is shrinking video game development teams to one
AI is helping solo developers thrive in Turkey’s gaming industry, but writers, artists, and junior programmers are being left behind.
