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Watching videos on your car’s main screen has always felt like an obvious next step for Apple CarPlay – but not while driving. Obviously. But when you’re parked up waiting for someone, killing time on a road trip, or charging an EV with time to spare? That big centre display could sure come in useful for keeping boredom at bay. And the feature could land sooner than you think. Code spotted in the iOS 26.4 beta by leakers and developers suggests that Apple is preparing to bring video playback to CarPlay. Apple previously confirmed on its developer site that “AirPlay…
Today, Apple announced that The Hunt, which was produced by French studio Gaumont and directed by Cédric Anger, is set to premiere on March 4th. The news comes after months of delays that began when French media reporter Clement Garin noted a number of striking similarities between The Hunt (which Anger originally sold as an original story of his own creation) and Shoot, Douglas Fairbairn’s 1973 novel about two groups of hunters, which was also adapted into a 1976 film.Both The Hunt and Shoot revolve around a group of hunters who start to believe that another group of hunters are…
With Ring facing fierce backlash over its Search Party feature, a new program is challenging developers to move Ring doorbell footage off of Amazon’s cloud — and into users’ own devices. The Fulu Foundation, the consumer advocacy group cofounded by YouTuber Louis Rossmann, is offering an initial bounty of $10,000 to anyone who can integrate Ring doorbells with a local PC or server, while cutting off access to Amazon’s servers.Ring users currently have to pay a subscription fee to store recordings in Amazon’s cloud. While the company has a local storage option through Ring Edge, it’s only available with the…
Brian Boland spent more than a decade figuring out how to build a system that would make Meta money. On Thursday, he told a California jury it incentivized drawing more and more users, including teens, onto Facebook and Instagram — despite the risks.Boland’s testimony came a day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in a case over whether Meta and YouTube are liable for allegedly harming a young woman’s mental health. Zuckerberg framed Meta’s mission as balancing safety with free expression, not revenue. Boland’s role was to counter this by explaining how Meta makes money, and how that…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is “masking its Chinese connections,” while serving as “an open window for Chinese-sponsored threat actors and Chinese intelligence agencies.”Though TP-Link markets its routers and other products as “Made in Vietnam,” Paxton alleges that the company sources “nearly all” of the components used to manufacture these items from China. “The reality is that TP-Link continues to operate its supply-chain deep inside of China, with China’s support, and through Chinese exports,” the…
A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw — the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that “actually does things” — absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous software use their computers on their behalf.The hacker took advantage of a vulnerability in Cline, an open-source AI coding agent popular among developers, that security researcher Adnan Khan had surfaced just days earlier as a proof of concept. Simply put, Cline’s workflow used Anthropic’s Claude, which could be fed sneaky instructions and made to do things that…
The new approach sets Meta up to better compete with platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, which also offer user-generated experiences that can be played on your phone. Horizon Worlds originally launched for VR, but “to truly change the game and tap into a much larger market, we’re going all-in on mobile.”“We’re in a strong position to deliver synchronous social games at scale, thanks to our unique ability to connect those games with billions of people on the world’s biggest social networks,” Ryan says. “You saw this strategy start to unfold in 2025, and now, it’s our main focus.”As for VR…
The Apple TV streaming service has announced a partnership with IMAX to show some of this year’s F1 races at the biggest screens in the United States. Apple TV has the rights to show Formula 1 in the United States, starting with the forthcoming 2026 season – and it won’t charge anything more beyond the Apple TV subscription fee. However, if F1 super fans would like a little something more immersive, five races will be shown at IMAX across the country. The races are Silverstone, Miami, Monaco, Monza and Austin to be specific. Apple is hot on F1 at the…
In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that he understands people’s concerns and that “maybe people were ‘triggered’ by an image in the ad that showed blue rings radiating out from suburban homes. There will be fewer maps in any future ads, he said.”Graphics in ads are not the problem. The problem is the potential for Ring’s vast network of AI-powered camera technology to be turned into a surveillance tool, one accessible to law enforcement and capable of creating a record of people’s movements that’s searchable by AI (which itself raises concerns around reliability and hallucination). Ring…
Amazon-owned smart home company Ring is facing more allegations of illicit surveillance after internal emails revealed plans for the Search Party feature to go beyond the cutesy, public-facing preface of finding lost dogs. Emails unearthed by 404 Media purportedly reveal the company’s founder and CEO telling staff about plans to expand Search Party to help Ring “zero out crime in neighbourhoods.” And, perhaps the odd bit of vandalism and lawn soiling, we don’t think our four legged friends are the ones committing the crimes. It suggests the company may be planning to use this feature to surveil humans. “I believe…
Packing multiple charging adapters can quickly eat up space, which is why an all-in-one travel adapter like the Baseus EnerCore CG11 makes for a good investment. The travel-friendly accessory works in most countries and lets you charge several devices at once, and right now, Amazon is offering it for $24.95 ($45 off) — its lowest price to date — when you use promo code G76S8NVM at checkout.Baseus’ versatile adapter features four sliding plug types — Type A, Type C, Type G, and Type I — which retract when not in use, making it easy to pack. Together, they support outlets…
Meta is reviving plans to launch a smartwatch and it could come this year, according to a new report. The Information’s sources says the Facebook parent company will release an AI-powered timepiece to go up against the Apple Watch and others in the market. According to the report ($), the device said to be codenamed Malibu 2, will have a focus on health tracking as well as the integration with Meta AI. Details are still thin on the ground right now. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of a Meta smartwatch as the company was initially rumoured to be releasing…