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Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI. The update, which was added to Wikipedia’s guidelines late last week, cites the tendency for AI-written articles to violate “several of Wikipedia’s core content policies” as the reason for the ban.The change applies to the English version of Wikipedia and will still allow editors to use AI in certain scenarios. That includes using large language models to “suggest basic copyedits” to their writing, but only if it “does not introduce content of its own.” Editors can also use AI to translate articles from another language’s Wikipedia into…
It feels like nearly everything is receiving some sort of discount as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale — that is, except for most Apple devices. Don’t worry, though; you’re not completely out of luck if you’re on the hunt for discounted Apple gear. We found several noteworthy Apple deals while sifting through Amazon’s catalog and competing sales events. In fact, Apple’s first-gen AirTags are down to their lowest price to date, as are the latest Apple Watch SE and the M4 iPad Air.Below, we’ve rounded up the best Apple deals you can get, many of which are also available…
It’s been nearly a year and a half since Sonos released a consumer product, and those last two releases — the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 — were updates to existing products. The $299 Sonos Play, however, is a brand-new portable speaker that can expand an existing system or be the gateway into the Sonos world. When on Wi-Fi, it acts like any other Sonos speaker — with features like Auto Trueplay, AirPlay 2, and the ability to stereo pair — but it’s also a water-resistant Bluetooth speaker.The Play falls right in the middle of Sonos’s portable speaker lineup. While…
OpenAI has paused plans to release a sexualized “adult mode” for ChatGPT, in its latest move to refocus on the company’s core products. According to The Financial Times, the erotic chatbot has been shelved “indefinitely” after facing pushback from employees and investors due to the problematic and harmful effects sexualized AI content can have on society.This decision comes in the wake of OpenAI also discontinuing its text-to-video AI platform Sora, citing “internal discussion about our broader research priorities.” It’s the latest side quest to be dropped by the company after CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” in December, suggesting…
DJI’s Avata 360 finds the company at an odd time. For one, it’s been beaten to the punch — upstart Antigravity’s A1 became the first 360-degree drone when it launched last December, and DJI is playing catchup (and filing lawsuits). But this is also the last DJI drone you may ever be able to legally buy in the US, in the wake of the FCC’s de facto ban, and even then it won’t actually see an official release in the country.It means that if you’re in the US, the Antigravity A1 remains the best (and only) option for a flying…
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in a lengthy copyright battle between Cox Communications and major record labels, determining that the cable and internet service provider isn’t responsible for illegally downloaded music, as reported earlier by the Associated Press. The unanimous decision says Cox “neither induced its users’ infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement.”Several record labels, led by Sony Music, sued Cox in 2018, alleging the company allowed 60,000 internet subscribers to download over 10,000 copyrighted songs illegally. A jury found Cox liable for piracy in 2019 and granted Sony $1 billion in damages, though an appeals…
Just how little power might it consume? Notebookcheck has tested a version of the laptop with that LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip — and it appears to be the most efficient laptop that’s ever gone through its Wi-Fi web browsing test. At idle, the Core Ultra 325 laptop drew as little as 1.5 watts, and lasted nearly 27 hours of web browsing despite only housing a 70 watt-hour pack. That’s well shy of the 99.5Wh Dell has sometimes crammed into its 16-inch models.That’s more battery life than Notebookcheck has gotten out of any MacBook or…
The Sonos Ace are a great product that came at the wrong time. The company’s app crisis pretty much overshadowed their debut in 2024, which is a shame considering they’re a gorgeous pair of over-ear headphones with powerful, detailed sound and a comfortable design that lets you easily swap the ear pads. Sound-wise, you can expect something on par with what you might get from a pair of Bose or Apple headphones, with a natural-sounding transparency mode that’s really only second to the original AirPods Max (no word on the Max 2).The biggest downside to the Ace is that you…
Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across its company, according to reports from The New York Times, NBC News, and The Information. The job cuts impact workers on Meta’s recruiting, social media, and sales teams, along with Reality Labs, the division that develops the company’s smart glasses and virtual reality headsets.“Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in the best position to achieve their goals,” Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton says in an emailed statement to The Verge. “Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted.”Clayton declined to specify how…
If you’ve ever had to deal with a flat tire, you know how quickly it can derail your day. That’s why it’s worth considering a portable inflator like the Fanttik X9 Pro. The small, rechargeable air pump that can quickly inflate tires on cars and bikes is down to $59.98 ($20 off) at Amazon and directly from Fantikk as a part of Amazon’s Big Spring sale. This sale price is the best we’ve seen since July.Fanttik’s portable pump can inflate a compact car tire from 30 to 35 PSI in about a minute, and with a maximum pressure of 150…
Razer is giving its Blade 16 gaming laptop a speed and battery boost for 2026. The high-end gaming laptop keeps the same thin chassis and RTX 50-series GPU options as last year’s model, but it’s now making the switch from AMD to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H “Panther Lake” chip, and corresponding faster RAM. The new Blade 16 is available now directly from Razer, starting at $3,499.99 with an RTX 5080 GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. The top-end RTX 5090 model gets 2TB of storage and costs $4,499.99. According to Razer’s specs sheet, a cheaper Blade 16…
The jury in a landmark trial testing claims about social media addiction against Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube determined that the two companies failed to warn users about the risks of using their products. The jury found the companies’ negligence was a substantial factor in harms like the mental health issues sustained by a now 20-year-old woman Kaley G.M., who used Instagram and YouTube.The jury ordered both companies to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages, with Meta responsible for 70 percent of that balance, according to jurors’ responses shared by a firm representing plaintiffs including Kaley. Jurors…