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Mark Zuckerberg just freaked me out at Siggraph 2024, and it has nothing to do with Sweet Baby Rays. No, Zuckerberg, sitting down with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to muse on the future of generative AI, described a future in which your endless doom scrolling will get even more endless with AI-generated content built specifically for you.

Mark Zuckerberg just described my AI nightmare, and I’m terrified

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Mark Zuckerberg on Monday predicted a future where hundreds of millions of people regularly wear AI-powered smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans.

Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where nearly everyone is wearing AI-powered smart glasses

It's likely you have a list of apps you can't live without, like Facebook, WhatsApp, or Instagram. But what about apps you rarely even use? You may want to free up space by deleting them, but there are some you should always keep on your phone. MAKEUSEOF VIDEO OF THE...

Don't Delete These Apps, Even if You Never Use Them

Scientists from the Dutch Black Hole Consortium are on a mission to find novel black holes. But the task is a monumental one, as the light from the genesis of a black hole fades quickly, so they’re asking ordinary folks to pore over pictures of possible candidates using an app called Black Hole Finder to help them decide where to train their telescopes.

This app lets you help scientists find new black holes

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ROKU users have an endless stream of ways to unlock free content, but the list keeps growing with the addition of "secret" channels. Users traditionally add channels to their accounts through Roku's official channel store, but they may be missing out. "Secret" or private channels are technically part of the...

Roku users can unlock hundreds of free shows and movies using little-known “secret” channels – but find them first

Web: Account icon > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Audience and visibility > Posts. Turn off Allow comment summaries. Mobile: Menu > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Audience and visibility > Posts. Turn off Allow comment summaries. Meta AI is on by default in the Facebook app. Turning...

How to Turn Off Meta AI on Facebook

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Nowadays if something is cheap, it has no bearing on its actual value. All it means is that you bought something at an unbelievably low price. So when I say that all of the things you’ll find below are cheap, but insanely clever? What I’m really saying is that you’ll get a ton of use out of all of them — and you won’t break the bank in the process. Keep scrolling for more.

You gotta see how insanely clever these 50 cheap things are on Amazon

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

When you create a new account online, you’ll have the option to sign up with Google, Facebook, or another service. As tempting as that is, you should probably avoid it and create an account based on your own email address or username instead. To explain why, let’s take a look at something called SSO.

Why You Shouldn't Sign In With Google or Facebook

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Runway adds new features to its Gen-3 Turbo model to include using an image prompt as the first or final frame.

Runway's Gen-3 Turbo AI video generator just got a big upgrade — here’s what’s new

Google’s new, fourth-gen Nest Learning Thermostat finally launches today and is up for sale at retailers like the Google Store, Best Buy, and Amazon. The $279.99 Pixel Watch-looking smart thermo comes with a new temperature sensor, Matter support, and AI for helping learn your preferences. Check out our initial hands-on from Jen Tuohy.

After nearly nine years there’s a new model of Nest Learning Thermostat available.

Starting tomorrow, August 20th, Paramount Plus’ latest price hike will go into effect, meaning today is your last day to subscribe at the current rate before prices increase on several plans. Right now, new customers can still lock in a subscription to Paramount Plus Essential for $5.99 a month before the price jumps to $7.99. What’s more, new and returning subscribers can still get a month of Paramount Plus Essential for free with promo code OGGMPZR3YBW.

Today is your last chance to save on Paramount Plus before its next price hike

After launching remotely during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Nothing has now mandated that its 450 employees will have to come into the company’s London office five days a week. In an email to staffers last week, Nothing CEO Carl Pei suggested that those unable to transition from remote working should leave the company and “find an environment where you thrive.”

Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week

Back in 2017, Equifax announced that hackers stole half of the US population’s Social Security numbers in what, we said, “will likely end up being one of the worst data breaches to ever affect the country.” Perhaps — until this year, when about 2.9 billion rows of data were collected through a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected personal data for background checks. This data included names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information.

How to freeze your credit after a data breach

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Today's TVs are smarter than ever – but you'd be surprised to find out how much they know about you...

Is your TV spying on you? What your TV knows about you and how to stop it snooping

So says iFixit of smart rings, including the new Samsung Galaxy Ring, in its teardown blog for the wearable. The site concludes that there’s “no question” that Galaxy Rings are unrepairable, destined to become part of our continued e-waste problem.

What do you do when your smart ring’s battery stops working?

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The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Xbox fans will soon finally be able to join in the anime-style open-world environment of Genshin Impact. The game is arriving on Xbox Series X / S on November 20th, and preorder bonuses are available right now.

Genshin Impact is coming to Xbox.

Hours after it was released, Lionsgate pulled a trailer for Megalopolis that was clearly “gunning for the haters” with a selection of negative quotes about director Francis Ford Coppola’s previous works. That’s because reports like this one from Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri showed that critic quotes in the trailer lambasting films like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now were fabricated.

The bad movie reviews quoted in Lionsgate’s Megalopolis trailer were mostly made up

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“What if you identified a problem with an app or app experience, and made it worse?”

Kate Lindsay interviews Soren Iverson, creator of satirical UI concepts...

“What if you identified a problem with an app or app experience, and made it worse?”

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