Chase DiBenedetto

Apple gets FDA green light on AirPods Pro hearing aid mode

Apple’s newly announced hearing aid capability is officially the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software to be approved by the FDA. And it should be available on devices soon. The federal agency formally ushered in the tech giant’s new “Hearing Aid Feature” (or HAF, as the agency refers to it) …

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Apple Watch Series 10 introduces a new sleep apnea feature

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple Watch Series 10 Pre-order at Apple Pre-Order Here Apple’s “Glowtime” event kicked off with a dramatic unveiling of its new, sleeker Apple Watch Series 10, complete with new display, sound, and even health features. Wedged within announcements of a slimmer screen and …

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Microsoft Bing amps up its ability to stop explicit deepfake images from appearing in Search results

Microsoft Bing now has more power to scrub AI-generated or deepfake images, a form of nonconsensual intimate image (NCII) abuse, from appearing on the search engine, as the company announces a new nonprofit partnership. A collaboration with victim advocacy tool StopNCII, Microsoft is supplementing its user-reporting with a more “victim-centered” …

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X beefs up safety staff, a few dozen people at a time

X (formerly Twitter) is re-investing in its trust, safety and security teams pre-election, after CEO Elon Musk controversially dissolved the platform’s oversight council nearly two years ago. The company has opened up two dozen new safety and cybersecurity positions at sites across the United States, TechCrunch reported, a lean addition …

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Scammers are using pictures of your home to amplify sextortion threats

As the tech landscape evolves, and the public’s awareness of digital attacks grows, scammers are harnessing every tool at their disposal — including Google Maps. A new sextortion scam (a form of financial coercion in which bad actors threaten to release personal, explicit images to the public) leverages publicly accessible …

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How Big Tech is approaching explicit, nonconsensual deepfakes

In pursuit of technological innovation, generative AI‘s advocates have thrust the tools for highly-realistic, nonconsensual, synthetic forgeries, more commonly known as deepfake porn, into the hands of the Average Joe. Ads for “nudify” undressing apps may appear on the sidebars of popular websites and in between Facebook posts, while manipulated …

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