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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Taras Buria Neowin @TarasBuria · Apr 5, 2024 14:48 EDT · Hot! Users recently noticed that third-party apps for customizing the user interface no longer work in the upcoming Windows 11 version 24H2. Not only does Microsoft
The FTC denied a proposal to use facial recognition technology to verify the age of anyone buying mature-rated games.Last year, it was reported the ESRB was teaming with SuperAwesome and Yoti on the Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation. The technology would’ve required adults to let their faces get scanned to confirm they’re adults, in place of
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Image credit: Adobe The US Federal Trade Commission has blocked plans to introduce “privacy-protective facial age estimation” technology, which would have analysed the geometry of a user’s face to determine their age. An application to
WhatsApp is now rolling out an update that blocks you from taking a screenshot of a contact profile picture. Initially spotted by Android Police, it appears that recent updates to WhatsApp on Android mean that attempting to take a screenshot of a contact profile picture throws up an error message. In our testing, there is
The feature appears to be rolling out widely Summary Meta is rolling out screenshot blocking for profile pictures on WhatsApp to enhance user privacy. Screenshot blocking for display pictures seems to be enabled by default, making scammers’ lives difficult. The feature is yet to go official and is rolling out as a server-side update. WhatsApp
Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage. Last weekend, Midjourney experienced a 24-hour outage that the company believes resulted from “botnet-like activity from paid accounts.” These sorts of attacks are
Google has spent the last few years pushing RCS as the future of instant messaging, thanks to support for features that are missing from SMS such as typing notifications, read receipts, high-res photo sharing, and support for sending messages over WiFi as well as cellular networks.But… many Google Messages users recently noticed that they could
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. “It could be 24hrs, 24 days, 24 months, we won’t know until we’ve dug into it,” says Cronus. Image credit: Activision. Sony has quietly blocked the Cronus Zen from connecting to PS5 consoles via its
A side effect of today’s PS5 software update is that it now blocks Cronus Zen macro devices from working on the console. The popular devices, which are often used to give players an unfair advantage in competitive multiplayer games, will now disconnect from the PS5 if players accept the update. Cronus is working on a
Gabriel Hongsdusit The Gentle January series shares one practical privacy tip a day from a Markup staffer who actually uses the advice in their own life. I’ve been blocking ads on the internet for as long as I can remember. As a teenager, I started doing so because ads were ugly and I learned
