In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for “VPN” over the past few days. That’s most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors’ government … Read more
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances. The ruling imposes a temporary injunction until March 31, with the judge saying “irreparable harm will be caused” if the laws come into force. The Restricting Public Consumption of … Read more
TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Parliament said on Tuesday that it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data system, resulting in a temporary halt in its services. A statement said Monday’s cyberattack had not “touched the data of the system,” adding that experts were working to discover what consequences the attack … Read more
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s ballots for next year’s election due to his inciting the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot — but paused the decision from taking effect until Jan. 4. The delay allows Trump to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 4-3 … Read more
Apple has a new security feature coming to keep your iPhone even safer from thieves. While the functionality requires Face ID or Touch ID authentication, to keep your most sensitive iCloud settings secure, Apple will require you to scan your face or enter a fingerprint a second time an hour later — preventing shady characters … Read more
TikTok Music has launched on Wednesday in Australia, Singapore and Mexico to a small group of users. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images A federal judge in Montana has blocked a law that would have resulted in a state-wide ban of TikTok starting on Jan. 1, 2024. Judge Donald Molloy explained his rationale for … Read more
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Google is always thinking of ways to improve your experience with its cloud-based office suite. And with every new iteration, the tools become more and more useful. A case in point is Building Blocks. This is yet another new feature added to Docs, which gives you an assist on creating things like … Read more
Senegal’s highest court has effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year ByBABACAR DIONE Associated Press November 17, 2023, 1:28 PM FILE – Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegalese authorities say that opposition leader … Read more
OpenAI, the AI giant behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot, announced some big updates earlier this month, ranging from a more powerful GPT-4 Turbo language model to a custom GPT marketplace. These upgrades resulted in a “surge of usage,” according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. And because of this, the company decided to temporarily pause sign-ups … Read more
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PimEyes, a public search engine that uses facial recognition to match online photos of people, has banned searches of minors over concerns it endangers children, reports The New York Times. At least, it should. PimEyes’ new detection system, which uses age detection AI to identify whether the person is a child, is still very much … Read more