Ashley Belanger

1 week ago | arstechnica.com | Ashley Belanger

Average US price of smartphones, game consoles, and laptops may soon exceed $1,000. China has finally agreed to open negotiations with the Trump administration as the tech industry warns that tariffs could soon spike Americans' costs for the 10 most popular consumer technology products by more than $123 billion annually.

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Ashley Belanger

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1 week ago | arstechnica.com | Ashley Belanger

"We will not be relaunching" Unknown hero pulls the plug on biggest AI porn platform. The most popular online destination for deepfake porn shut down permanently this weekend, 404 Media reported. "Mr. Deepfakes" drew a swarm of toxic users who, researchers noted, were willing to pay as much as $1,500 for creators to use advanced face-swapping techniques to make celebrities or other targets appear in non-consensual pornographic videos.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ashley Belanger

4 hours agoMr. Deepfakes is, thankfully, no more. In a development that can only be seen as positive, non-consensual deepfake porn site Mr. Deepfakes has shut down for good, reports 404 Media. This news comes due to the site losing one of its service providers. "A critical service provider has terminated service …

2 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Ashley Belanger

Judge downplayed Meta’s “messed up” torrenting in lawsuit over AI training. A judge who may be the first to rule on whether AI training data is fair use appeared skeptical Thursday at a hearing where Meta faced off with book authors over the social media company's alleged copyright infringement.