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Meta Glasses' light to indicate recording is 'not easily visible' says German government report

The update was designed to address a simple exploit that bypassed the "no recording when the recording light is covered" feature. In theory, that feature meant that it was impossible to secretly record someone or…

Save up to 60% on lightweight down jackets from top-quality brands — here are the deals I'd buy

These jackets pack up small and light, and deliver a surprising amount of cosiness for their bulk and weight. They're also great for layering, if you need a little extra protection against the elements. A number of big…

Africa's AI moment has arrived — this 1.5B model built from scratch for 12 African languages beats Google, Meta, and Alibaba while being 8x smaller

The developers say it beats models from Google , Meta, Alibaba and HuggingFace on African language modelling and translation while being up to 8x smaller. On a key benchmark, this LLM scored 1.408 bpb — the best of 26…

If Amazon doesn’t know how to eliminate carbon emissions, then who does?

“We are still striving towards that target,” Kara Hurst said at an Axios event, adding later that she is “not going to sit here and say, ‘We know all the ways that we’re going to do this.’” The admission was both frank…

Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

A promotional image for the third season of The Mandalorian . Credit: Disney Disney+ got its fourth price hike in four years today. Hulu prices also went up. Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone, ad-free plans (which…

ShinyHunters hackers claim to have 2-3TB of sensitive information about FBI employees

Hacking group ShinyHunters has allegedly stolen extensive amounts of sensitive information from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation that includes details about its employees and job applicants. reports that it has…

Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley

The Bentley Torcal will go on sale early next year as a 2028 model. Credit: Bentley Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could ride in a preproduction Torcal EV…

Alien: Isolation 2's Xenomorph has animations initially designed for the first game, but the team 'didn't have the technology at the time' to use them — but now the Alien is even more 'responsive' and 'reactive'

In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Gamescom, Whitehead confirmed that working around the alien's intelligence will be a core part of gameplay—even with the added exterior environment—and if players use a…

A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While

Tech executives from OpenAI and Nvidia have confirmed their attendance at the dinner, as a number of key agenda items are on the table. Chief among them is a US proposal to establish an AI notification system with China…

US rejects global AI governance at UN Security Council

“The frontier of intelligence is advancing rapidly. That is not a reason to pause its further development or to constrain it with new global governance structures,” Kratsios says. Throughout his statement, he refers to…