EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again ( www.techspot.com )
EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in...
Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it ( www.techspot.com )
Valve confirms your Steam account cannot be transferred to anyone after you die ( www.techspot.com )
If you cannot pass on your ownership rights to your purchased games to your children, then you cannot pass on your copyright either, I guess?
Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO ( www.techspot.com )
Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder ( www.techspot.com )
Police departments are using AI to review bodycam footage, and police unions are not happy about it ( www.techspot.com )
Firefox users are unhappy with privacy tweaks in the browser's latest version ( www.techspot.com )
Firefox 127 has introduced privacy tweaks that are causing user dissatisfaction, particularly due to changes like the separation of normal and private windows on the taskbar and the closing of private tabs when the main instance closes on iOS....
Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain ( www.techspot.com )
Proton Mail assisted Spanish authorities in identifying and arresting a member of the Catalan independence organization Democratic Tsunami....
Google, Snap, Meta and many others are "quietly" changing privacy policies to allow for AI training | It is sneaky and possibly illegal, according to the FTC ( www.techspot.com )
DARPA unleashes 20-foot autonomous robo-tank with glowing green eyes ( www.techspot.com )
Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated ( www.techspot.com )
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Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses ( www.techspot.com )
Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users ( www.techspot.com )
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Google, Snap, Meta and many others are "quietly" changing privacy policies to allow for AI training ( www.techspot.com )
IBM says their latest AI-enhanced storage platform can identify ransomware in under a minute ( www.techspot.com )
Am I too pessimistic about this? Today it can detect ransomware, the next day could be malware, and the day after can be any file....
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm ( www.techspot.com )
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm::undefined
Elon Musk says Tesla workers will be sleeping on the factory floor when new $25,000 EV goes into production next year ( www.techspot.com )
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers ( www.techspot.com )
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers::undefined