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Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro will prove a photo is real

Apple published the design of Apple Reference Image on its Security Research blog on 15 September. The post comes from its Security Engineering and Architecture team (SEAR) and its Camera and Photos group. Reference…

German court rules Meta liable for scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

The court ordered Meta to remove the ads and pay damages, Reuters reported . The Frankfurt Regional Court’s decision is not final and can be appealed. Finanzfluss, a German personal finance platform, and its co-founder…

Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers

The AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) hopes to make demand response — a paradigm in which data centers temporarily reduce their electricity use — an integral part of data center development. Pausing noncritical tasks…

The Disappearers: Marlon James’s new novel gives voice to the gay men Jamaica erased

Its success lies in the way its artistic execution dovetails with its highly charged subject matter. The Disappearers pulls the reader into a seemingly knowable time and place – the Jamaica of 1988 to 2005. Yet what…

Using ‘neurodivergent’ as a catch-all term is problematic – here’s why

Neurodivergent is usually used to described a brain that works differently from what is seen as typical. For instance, it is often used to describe someone with a diagnosis of autism or ADHD. But there’s an inherent…

I tried to use Gemini as a language tutor, but one major missing feature ruined the experience

For example, I canceled my Grammarly Pro subscription last year, letting Gemini — which I already pay for — handle all my proofreading needs. Gemini has also eliminated the need to consider apps for transcribing meetings…

How I rebuilt my Google Keep notes system to actually get things done

On the flip side, it's also a place where my good ideas went to die. It was a digital junk drawer of half-finished grocery lists, unsorted screenshots, and random thoughts that I could never find when I needed them. At…

Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe

The two companies announced Thursday that Bolt “aims to deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles” built on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV architecture, which is supposed to be smaller and cheaper than its current…

Spain’s data watchdog reports its first breach carried out by an AI agent

The AEPD has received its first notification of a personal data breach carried out with an AI agent. Pérez Bes announced it in an agency blog post on 14 September, in Spanish. The agent used a well-known large language…

Former DeepMind world-model researchers’ startup Emulate in talks to raise $700M

Both the FT and Bloomberg report that Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners will lead the round, with Creandum also participating. The two outlets provided different figures regarding the valuation. The…