Elon Musk doesn’t own TikTok, but the short-form video app is evidently sensitive to criticism of the Tesla CEO. The Hollywood Reporter reported that TikTok has “permanently suspended” the official …
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AccordionItemContainerButton Photosynthetic photon flux Ddensity, or PPFD, expressed in micromoles per square meter per second (μmol/m²/s), is a measurement of how much light reaches your plant that’s usable for photosynthesis. …
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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
by Alan Northby Alan NorthMeta recently updated its commercial terms of use, declaring that the company can “use any content from [a business account’s] domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, …
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iOS 27 lets Apple Intelligence build Shortcuts from natural-language descriptions and adds new triggers, model choices, storage, and web-connected automation tools. The post iOS 27 AI Shortcuts: What Changed and …
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Game developers cancel upcoming public demo out of fear of AI copycats
by Alan Northby Alan NorthThere’s currently some tension between the video game industry and the proliferation of AI tools. You can see the evidence of this in a recent development regarding the upcoming indie …
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First proposed in 2025, and partially revised due to blistering criticism from tech companies and civil society, Canada’s C-22 bill can broadly place requirements on tech companies, including those outside …
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Replit, the AI coding platform that has become a favorite of startup founders and developers, is no longer working with Anthropic, the company’s CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad said Thursday …
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Google’s Rambler voice typing cleans up spoken thoughts instead of transcribing them word for word. Here’s how rewriting, offline use, privacy, and review work. The post Pixel 11 Rambler AI …
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The best smartwatches of 2026: Comparing Apple, Google, Samsung
by Alan Northby Alan NorthTable of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsThe smartwatch market is crowded, and that’s good newsThe best smartwatch for iPhone users: Apple Watch Series 12The best budget smartwatch for …
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Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
by Alan Northby Alan NorthBefore being fired five days into her stint as White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia spent much of the day attempting to explain her past. Throughout her brief tenure, Zacharia’s …