Artie Beaty

6 days ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Kerry Wan/ZDNETYour LG TV might soon keep tabs on your emotional state to show you more relevant ads. In a recent press release, marketing and data science company Zenapse announced a partnership with LG to bring "emotionally intelligent insights and targeting" to connected televisions -- or ads targeted to your emotions. Also: You should probably clear your TV cache right now (and why it makes such a big difference)Here's how this works.

1 week ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

One of the most useful features will soon be available on a much wider scale. In a post yesterday, Google announced that Gemini Live with camera and screen share is rolling out to all Android users. Also: Google's Veo 2 AI text-to-video generator is now available - how to try itTap on the new "Share screen with Live" button, and you can show Gemini what's on your screen and have a conversation about it. It works for files, images, and YouTube videos.

1 week ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Less than two months after Facebook added a new community notes feature that lets users add context to posts with missing or wrong information, TikTok is doing the same with something called Footnotes. The company announced the feature in a blog post yesterday. Also: How to become a Meta Community Notes editor"Footnotes will draw on the collective knowledge of the TikTok community by allowing people to add relevant information to content on our platform," the post explains.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Artie Beaty

NowThe Anonymous PR machine is in full flight once again, with a new attack on Russia “in defense of Ukraine.” The hacking collective has released a cache of some 10 terabytes, which it says includes “data on all businesses operating in Russia, all Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, …

1 week ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

If you need a sign to call it quits early today, this might be it. Zoom, the popular virtual meeting service that many companies rely on around the world, is suffering a major outage. Also: Is Wi-Fi 7 worth the upgrade? Here's my advice after using this next-gen router for a weekReports first began around 3:15 p.m. E.T. and quickly escalated.