Human voice or deepfake? Our brains can tell the difference – for now
Fake or real? It is increasingly difficult to tell whether it's a human or an AI-generated voice that is speaking…
‘Listen to this page’: Chrome can now read websites aloud on Android
In a massive update for anyone who struggles with long texts or reading from screens, Google's latest feature in the…
YouTube: We will cancel Premium subscriptions bought via foreign VPN
Starting a YouTube Premium subscription can be far cheaper if you do it from a foreign country, sometimes even costing…
‘Pebbling’ is a love language for the digital age
Meme culture has permeated every aspect of our daily lives. Whether between friends or lovers, sending people memes has become…
Two-factor authentication faces new security threat from OTP bots
A new breed of malicious bots are capable of stealing the one-time passwords (OTPs) from online two-factor authentication systems by…
‘Slop’ is the dubious online content churned out by AI
Among the huge mass of content now produced by artificial intelligence, much is unreliable and of poor quality. This phenomenon…
Warhammer maker gives its ‘unique, and often quirky’ staff US$8,600 each
Games Workshop, the owner of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer and the European licenser of Dungeons & Dragons, is paying staff around US$8,600…
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The Biden administration on June 20 announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab…
So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it’s more environmentally…