/ After delays, OpenAI finally opens the custom GPT sharing platform. By Emilia David, a reporter who covers AI. Prior to joining The Verge, she covered the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. Illustration: The Verge OpenAI’s GPT Store,
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FTC bans major data broker from selling invasive location tracking details
/ Information sold by Outlogic (formerly X-Mode Social) could track consumers visiting sensitive locations like shelters, medical clinics, and places of worship. By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career
I just had a demo of the world’s first wearable oven, and I was dumb enough to stick my hand inside
A backpack burned me at CES 2024, but only to prove a point. I was handling Willtex’s new Willcook, which may be the world’s first wearable oven. You read that right. The Willcook is a backpack that can cook food
Microsoft is adding ChatGPT-powered AI to its iconic Notepad app – but does it need it?
Do you think the iconic Windows Notepad app lacks flashy features? Then don’t worry – Microsoft is integrating ChatGPT AI into Notepad for Windows 11. Microsoft’s newest all-purpose digital AI assistant, Windows Copilot, has been around for a little while
Chinese hackers claim to have found a way to crack Apple AirDrop and find out email addresses, phone numbers
Chinese state-sponsored researchers claim to have found a way to extract sensitive information from people using Apple’s AirDrop feature. A Bloomberg report covered how China’s Beijing Wangshendongjian Judicial Appraisal Institute reportedly found a way to read phone numbers, email addresses,
SAG-AFTRA announces deal with AI company to create and license ‘digital voice replicas’ for use in video games
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), an American labor union which represents thousands of media professionals, has announced what it describes as a “groundbreaking AI voice agreement” with artificial intelligence voice technology company Replica Studios.
YouTube searches for first aid will now automatically show verified medical tutorials
Those searching YouTube for emergency first aid tutorials will no longer have to scroll through pages of videos and skip through ads to find life-saving information. In a new addition to the site’s other health content like health labels and
Ukraine Blackjack hackers take down Moscow ISP in revenge for Kyivstar attack, but apparently they’re just warming up
In response to the recent takedown of the Ukrainian telecom provider Kyivstar, the Blackjack group has targeted the Moscow based M9 Telecom. The group claimed that the attack resulted in the total destruction of M9’s servers, website, branch websites, and
HP is being sued again over blocking third-party ink
No fewer than 11 individuals have grouped together to lodge a class action complaint against HP, claiming that consumers are being locked into using the manufacturer’s own ink or face having a non-functioning printer. The case relates to a firmware
A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again
Last February, when researchers at London-based nonprofit Reset found that Meta was allowing Ilan Shor, a Moldovan oligarch with links to the Kremlin, to run an ad campaign on Facebook, the company promised to stop him. But Shor, whom the