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Joseph Jerome, who left privacy advocacy to work on Meta’s augmented reality data policies for two years before being laid off in May, says he grew to appreciate how consent decrees force companies to work on privacy. They add “checks and balances,” he says. But without clear privacy protection rules from lawmakers that bind every company, the limited scope of consent decrees allows too many problematic decisions to be made, Jerome says. They end up providing a false sense of security to users who might think they have…

Like the pages of a diary hidden beneath a child's bed, the floor of Crawford Lake in Ontario, Canada, preserves Earth's most recent memories in clear, chronological order.The story within its laminated sediments is dominated by humans, detailing at an annual resolution the activities of local Iroquoian communities in the late 13th to 15th centuries, through the arrival of the European colonists to today.For this reason, a team of experts nominated the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve as the site that ought to represent the…

As you may know, Google Search may translate the title link and snippet of a search result snippet for results that aren’t in the language of the search query. Google has now updated its help document it initially added a year and a half ago to include which languages this works for. Supported languages. Those supported languages for translated search results include Bengali, English, French, German, Marathi, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, and Telugu. Google added these details to the featured availability section of…

For the seventh year in a row, Setapp surveys Mac developers about the state of the industry. From AI to app distribution challenges, developers share their take. As app developers, we know that knowing what everyone else is doing is key to effective work and bringing useful products to market. This year, Setapp talked to 701 developers from across the globe about app distribution, development, AI (yes, including ChatGPT), the impact of global events, and future plans. Let's discuss some of the curious challenges and…

Artificial intelligence is here. It’s overhyped, poorly understood, and flawed but already core to our lives—and it’s only going to extend its reach. AI powers driverless car research, spots otherwise invisible signs of disease on medical images, finds an answer when you ask Alexa a question, and lets you unlock your phone with your face to talk to friends as an animated poop on the iPhone X using Apple’s Animoji. Those are just a few ways AI already touches our lives, and there’s plenty of work still to be done. But…

The fifth-generation Range Rover has debuted as the 2022 model of Land Rover’s luxury model. An updated look, improved on-road driving feel, and more British flair are added. In typical Rover fashion, the new model debuts alongside the old one to make things more confusing.At a glanceThree powertrain choices, including a plug-in hybridNew design language is well-done, as is the interiorNot as engaging to driveShocking price tag is actually about average for luxury models todayThe 2022 Range Rover replaced the…

There are basically two schools of thought Do you wonder if The Game Awards are fair? Try asking a Xenoblade Chronicles fan. Every year, The Game Awards come and go with some measure of controversy. For many category winners, the gaming community throws accusations of an anti-anime bias or a preference towards publishers with the most money. Other times, the community will wonder why games like Sifu wind up in categories like “Best Fighting Game.” No matter what game wins each category, there is rarely a universal…

Mehul Reuben DasDec 18, 2022 17:03:52 ISTPros– Aesthetics and design– Battery management and battery life– Super immersive display– Seriously impressive camera– Great Speakers Cons– Bloatware– No OIS in any of the cameras Price: Rs 25,999 Rating: 4.25/5 Realme had a rather spectacular year with all of its launches in 2022. With the Realme 10 Pro series, especially with the Realme 10 Pro+ 5G, they hope to end the year on a high. But were they able to achieve that? Image Credit: Tech2 | Mehul Reuben Das Realme is…

We’ve all said it (or indeed screamed it) when a song from our past comes on: “What a throwback!”Music soundtracks our lives. It becomes ingrained in our memory alongside our biggest milestones, from weddings to funerals, summer lovin‘ to heartbreak.It can make or break a night (nothing worse than a bad DJ) and it signals the start of the festive season in shopping centres. While we can’t all be in a musical – bursting into song in the street to tell our story – music is with us almost everywhere we go: the supermarket,…

Like most of us, the current turmoil in British politics has seen Johnny Flynn – actor, folk musician, the kind of multi-hyphenate who plays the hurdy-gurdy – spend the past few weeks doom-scrolling and current-affairs-obsessing. Flynn is a multitasker. He is obsessed with news anchors and reporters and follows many of them on Twitter, noting, with alarm, how they think social media is the most important thing in the world. He now wakes up each morning with such genuinely worrying thoughts as: I wonder what Jacob…