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Netflix Inc on Tuesday expanded its crackdown on password sharing to the United States and more than 100 other countries, alerting users that their accounts cannot be shared for free outside of their households. The streaming video pioneer has been looking for new ways to make money as it faces signs of market saturation, with efforts including limits on password borrowing and a new ad-supported option. Netflix on Tuesday said it was sending emails about account sharing to customers in 103 countries and territories, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Mexico and Brazil. The emails state that a Netflix account should only be used in one household. Paying customers can add a member outside of their homes for an additional fee. In the United States, the fee is $8 per month. Members can also transfer a person's profile so the user can keep their viewing history and recommendations. Netflix last year said it was going to limit accou...

Adobe Inc on Tuesday said it is adding artificial intelligence (AI) Technology for generating imagery into Photoshop, its flagship software for editing images. The San Jose, California-based company said it was the start of a major push to add such AI technologies to its suite of programs aimed at creative professionals. While programs such as OpenAI's Dall-E have captured the public imagination by transforming text prompts into images, they have not yet seen wide use by big corporations because of legal questions around the data used to develop the systems. Adobe has sought to address those concerns with a core Technology system it calls Firefly, which was specifically created with legal-to-use image data and which Adobe says can be used in commercial settings. Adobe has been testing the system for about six weeks on a standalone website and on Tuesday said it will add features based on it to Photoshop, perhaps the company's best known product. One new f...

A Victorian tenant has been kicked out of their Geelong rental property because of their “hermit” vibes . The tenant shared a letter they received, notifying them of the decision, online in the Don’t Rent Me Facebook group. In the letter, the tenant was told their six-month lease would not be extended. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> “You seem like a great person, however it is both the opinion of myself and of the other tenant (s) that you do not fit the desired and advertised housemate role,” the letter said. “I wanted housemates that I could form a friendship with, and due to your work schedule and personal demeanour, this seems like something that will never happen.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/victorian-tenant-kicked-out-of-geelong-rental-by-housemates-for-having-hermit-vibes-TheFOXposts-27457.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

To make the new Pixel 8 more advanced, Google is reportedly support ing an alternative USB DisplayPort mode. With the incorporation of the new feature, Google's Pixel 8 will enable the phone to be used as a desktop replacement using the USB-C port. The feature will be helpful in doing light office work. Read  Washington state plans to mandate Tesla's charging plug According to Android Authority, both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will support the new upgrade. The feature is similar to Samsumg DeX Technology , which was introduced in 2017. Google had previously skipped out on this feature . However, the new update is exciting for its users. Google is actively working on the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro models and is expected to launch them in October. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/google-pixel-8-leaked-features-hint-at-desktop-mode-support-TheFOXposts-27735.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technolo...

A visitor to NSW’s Perisher Valley Ski Resort has described long lines for lifts at the weekend as “nightmare fuel” in the caption of a video showing a queue stretching more than 100m. The viral TikTok video showed the wait for lifts at Front Valley — the main access to the resort — on Saturday at the start of the busy school holiday period, when many of the resort lifts were on hold due to strong winds. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Tourists at NSW’s Perisher Ski Resort slam long lines over the weekend. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> 7NEWS understands Perisher’s Front Valley and Leichhardt were the only areas not on wind hold on Saturday. Commenters on the video were quick to say they wouldn’t bother with visiting under those conditions. “Thanks for this,” one person said. “I was considering going, but this made it an easy decision.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/tourist-slams-100m-queue-at-perisher-resort-nightmare-fuel-TheFOXposts-27824.html?utm_source...

Japan's military is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing unnamed government sources. The Ministry of Defense already has access to communication satellite s in geostationary orbit, but use of Starlink Technology , operated by Musk's SpaceX, would add a constellation of satellite s in low Earth orbit, the Yomiuri said. Countries around the world are seeking to build resilience against the risk of jamming of communications or attacks on satellite s in the event of co NFL ict. Japan's Self-Defense Forces have been testing Starlink since March with the system deployed in about 10 locations and in training, the newspaper said. Defence ministry spokespeople could not immediately be reached for comment on the report outside Business hours. Starlink technology is being deployed by Ukraine on the battlefield, and Russia is attempting to block its us...

Meta and the European Union (EU) have agreed on a stress test in July on the EU's online content rules , following EU industry chief Thierry Breton's demand that the social media platform act immediately over Meta's content targeting children. "Productive discussion with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park on EU digital rules: DSA, DMA & AI Act," Breton said in a tweet, adding that 1,000 Meta employees are working on the Digital Services Act (DSA). Productive discussion with @Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park 🇺🇸 on EU digital rules : DSA, DMA & AI Act. Preparedness on its way with 1000 Meta employees working on #DSA We agreed to do a ‘ stress test’ in July. EU’s motto: “Move fast to fix things” 🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/8LoJpD7c7O — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) June 23, 2023 Breton had earlier in June said that Meta would have to demonstrate the measures it plans to take to comply with Eur...

Artificial intelligence means everyone can now be a computer programme r as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday, hailing the end of the "digital divide". Nvidia has surged to become the world's most valuable listed semiconductor company as a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence. The company last week forecast second-quarter revenue more than 50% above Wall Street estimates and said it was boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial-intelligence chips, which are used to power ChatGPT and many similar services. Speaking to thousands of people at the Computex forum in Taipei, Huang, who was born in southern Taiwan before his family emigrated to the United States when he was a child, said AI was leading a computing revolution. "There's no question we're in a new computing era," he said in a speech, occasionally dropping in words of Man...

WhatsApp's new feature will allow users to record and share the screen with the video call participants. The upcoming feature is a similar approach to that of Zoom and Teams, making it easier for people to conduct work-related meetings. As per Engadget, the new feature 's icon is of a phone with an arrow pointing out. It is placed beside the switching cameras, muting and disabling video options. Upon clicking the icon, a disclaimer says, "Start recording or casting with WhatsApp?". It also informs the user that the company will have access to any passwords, photos or payment details displayed on the screen . Read More Xiaomi to make wireless audio products in India The feature is rolling out to a limited number of Android beta testers. However, it will soon be available for a wider audience. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/whatsapp-testing-screen-sharing-feature-on-android-TheFOXposts-24409.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium...

A decades-old Apple function called My Photo Stream — which allows photo s to be accessed across a user’s devices — is being axed next month, the tech giant announced on Friday. It was released in 2011 with iCloud, which has now made most aspects of the feature redundant, except for the fact that My Photo Stream has always been completely free. Apple users can only accumulate 5GB of iCloud storage before a paid subscription is required, but it has still become the preferred storage option for various reasons. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> High-quality file formats have always been compressed by My Photo Stream, video and new formats like Live photos are incompatible with it, and for photos which are taken on “burst mode”, only “favourite” photos are imported. It has also only ever been a temporary remote storage solution. My Photo Stream appears like a digital photo album, and keeps 1000 of the user’s most recent photos on the iCloud server fo...

Aussies looking for a bit of extra cash this end of financial year are in luck thanks to a government initiative reconnecting people with money they may have lost. There is about $1.5 billion in lost shares, bank accounts and life insurance, according to Moneysmart.gov.au, a government website offering advice that also helps people recoup their unclaimed money. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: TikToker shares tip on how Aussies can recoup lost money Looking for a new job or job candidate? Post jobs and search for local talent on 7NEWS Jobs >> Money can become lost when an individual moves house and forgets to update their details with their bank. Bank accounts and life insurance policies become unclaimed after seven years if either the account is inactive or the policy matures and is not claimed. “Un claimed money received by ASIC is transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia Consolidated Revenue Fund,” the Moneysmart website states. “It is available to be claimed at any time by the ...

A large number of chief executive officers (CEOs) from a diverse cross-section of Fortune 500 companies believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will destroy humanity . In a survey shared by CNN, 42% of CEOs from 119 companies surveyed by Yale University, think AI could destroy our species within the next five to 10 years. The consortium surveyed during Yale's CEO Summit event this week contained different leaders from companies including Zoom, Coca-Cola and Walmart. Read  Microsoft says early June service outages were cyberattacks The survey concluded that 34% think AI could extinguish humanity in the next 10 years, 8% say it could happen within five years and 58% believe that such a catastrophe will not happen at all. Forty-two per cent of CEOs did, however, admit that the risk of AI was overblown. When asked about the dangers and benefits of AI, 13% said that the touted benefits of AI were overstated, while the remaining 83% said that they don't...

Google announced the introduction of a new feature called Immersive View for routes at Google I/O 2023. The new feature offers a 3D view of the route and gives traffic information to understand the destination better. With the help of an immersive view, users will get a bird’s-eye view to visualize the landmarks and buildings better while navigating a new location. Besides that, Google Maps will also show the traffic simulation to give a fair idea of the current road situation. Read More Musk expects brain chip start-up Neuralink to implant 'first case' this year The feature will be launched in the coming months. It will roll out for only 15 cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice. The feature will be available on both iOS and Android. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/google-map-introduces-immersive-view-for-routes-TheFOXposts-26705.htm...

Instagram's broadcast channels is a one-way messaging feature that is being rolled out globally to everyone, after being available to select creators on the platform. Using broadcast channels , users can messages their followers, who would be able to react to them and vote on polls. Followers won't be able to respond or reply to the messages sent out. Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the feature would be launched globally today. In the announcement, Zuckerberg mentioned that creators would be able to not only send text messages but also images, videos and audio clips. Additionally, creators can invite others to join the channel as collaborators as well. Last week, Meta launched Channels to WhatsApp, which has been limited to organisations at the moment, but will be rolled out to others globally. Messenger and Facebook will also get the feature soon. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/instagram-to-roll-out-telegram-like-broadcast-channels-worldwide-TheFOXposts...

European Union lawmakers on Wednesday agreed changes to draft artificial intelligence rules to include a ban on the use of the technology in biometric surveillance and for generative AI systems like ChatGPT to disclose AI-generated content. The amendments to the EU Commission's proposed landmark law aimed at protecting citizens from the dangers of the Technology could set up a clash with EU countries opposed to a total ban on AI use in biometric surveillance. The rapid adoption of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT and other bots has led top AI scientists and company executives including Tesla's Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman to raise the potential risks posed to society. "While Big Tech companies are sounding the alarm over their own creations, Europe has gone ahead and proposed a concrete response to the risks AI is starting to pose," said Brando Benifei, co-rapporteur of the bill. Among other changes, European Union lawmakers want...

NEW YORK: The number of people globally who initially access news through a website or app has dropped by 10 points since 2018, and younger groups prefer to access news through social media, search or mobile aggregators, according to a report released on Tuesday. Audiences pay more attention to celebrities, influencers, and social media personalities than journalists on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism said in its annual Digital News Report. TikTok is the fastest growing social network in the report, used by 20% of 18- to 24-year-olds for news, up five percentage points from last year. Fewer than half the survey respondents expressed much interest in news at all, down sharply from 6 out of 10 in 2017. “There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older,” Reuters Inst...

Twitter's head of trust and safety , Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October. Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety team in November when previous head Yoel Roth resigned . She oversaw content moderation. An email to Twitter returned an automated reply with a poop emoji. Irwin declined further comment and Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Irwin's departure comes as the platform has struggled to retain advertisers, with brands wary of appearing next to unsuitable content. Musk announced earlier this month that he hired Linda Yaccarino, former NBCUniversal advertising chief, to become Twitter's new CEO. Fortune earlier reported that Irwin's internal Slack account appeared to have been deactivated. Since Musk's acquisi...

A Gold Coast vet nurse has explained the five things she would never do as a Pet owner in a viral TikTok video. Tess Nolan is a social media content creator, vet nurse and the proud mum of Daphne, a French bulldog. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The five things a vet nurse would never do with her own dog. For more Lifestyle related news and videos check out Lifestyle >> With a TikTok following of more than 375,000, Nolan posted a video sharing advice on what not to do as a Pet owner, plus the reasons why. “I’m gonna go through five things that I would never do with my own dog knowing what I know as a vet nurse,” Nolan said in the video, which received nearly 400,000 views. Vet nurse Tess Nolan shares the five things she would never do with her French bulldog, Daphne. Credit: TikTok #1: No collars The first thing Nolan said she would never do is leave Daphne’s collar on unsupervised. “I wouldn’t let her wear a collar or a bandana or anything like that around her neck while she was a...

The little blue tick isn’t just for Twitter, the verification checkmark was also rolled out by Gmail in 2021 — and it hasn’t taken scammers long to exploit the process. Cyber threat actors have managed to create verified accounts by impersonating real Business es, making it even harder to detect email scams sent directly to Gmail inboxes. When you hover over a sender’s business logo and blue checkmark in your inbox, a small box will pop up reading: “The sender of this email has verified that they own (business domain URL) and the logo in the profile image.” Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> But look closely at that URL because an illegitimate domain name could be an indication that it’s not actually the trusted sender who they say they are. Cybersecurity engineer Chris Plummer spotted an example of this in an email from a scammer impersonating American postal service UPS last Thursday and flagged the flaw with Google. “There is most certainly a bu...

Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand said on Saturday that the country's critical infrastructure was increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks, posing a significant threat to the economy of the world's fourth-largest crude oil producer. The US State Department warned last month that China was capable of launching cyber attacks against oil and gas pipelines and rail systems, after researchers discovered a Chinese hacking group had been spying on such networks. In an interview on the sidelines of an Asian security summit in Singapore, Anand said there had been an increase in cyber attacks across North America, although she did not attribute the strikes to any state-sponsored actors. "We have seen attacks on critical infrastructure in our country and we are very conscious to advise Canadian organisations and Canadian companies to take mitigation measures," Anand said. "The risks can be substantial to our economy and systems that are protecting the lives o...

It’s racked up tens of millions of views and now a social media personality’s DIY tyre stunt could land him in trouble with Queensland Police. In early May, footage was posted to popular car enthusiast’s channels showing a man filling a tyre with concrete and driving on a public road. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man fills car tyre with cement and goes for a drive. For more Motoring related news and videos check out Motoring >> The videos have since gone viral, being viewed on TikTok more than nine million times and Facebook about 8.7 million times. However, 7NEWS.com.au can reveal police have now learned the footage was likely to have been filmed in Queensland and they have launched an investigation into whether the man has committed driving offences. It’s understood the man would not have drawn police attention had he not filmed himself driving on a road. In the videos, the man uses a hatchet to puncture the tyre before cutting a hole in the rubber. The man used rocks and wire ba...

Twitter has extended the editing window for a tweet to one hour instead of 30 minutes , but the feature is only available for paid subscribers. After introducing the option to edit the tweet for the next 30 minutes, Twitter is now extending the window for its Twitter Blue subscribers. The upgraded feature is only applicable to original tweets and not the replies. Blue subscribers now have up to 1 hour to edit their Tweets. — Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) June 7, 2023   The feature to edit the tweet still 30 minutes after posting was incorporated before Elon Musk's takeover. However, the feature is very popular among users . It is one of the key features driving the numbers in paid subscriptions. Read More US tightens crackdown on crypto with lawsuits against Coi NBA se, Binance The feature is rolling out to limited users but will eventually be available to the broader subscriber base. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/twitter-users-can-edit-tweets-for-up-...

Reddit's potential threat to third-party apps has prompted a protest in its community with dozens of subreddits declaring themselves as "going dark" from June 12. The protest is in response to API pricing increase which will deeply impact third-party clients. Redditors are determined to either not be available for 48 hours or permanently until the company changes its policy. Platform users are calling on others to message Reddit administration, leave negative reviews or boycott the platform. The instigators are determined to ensure participants are "restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding." Third-party apps like Apollo, Narwhal and Reddit is Fun, have announced that they may be not able to afford the new API pricing at all. Christian Selig, the creator of popular client Apollo, said the API might cost the company $20 million a year. Reddit moderators are worried about the pricing changes which might compel many third-party apps to shut down and disa...

A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe's big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband in the region, people familiar with the matter said. At a meeting with EU industry chief Thierry Breton in Luxembourg on Thursday, telecoms ministers from 18 countries either rejected the proposed network fee levy on tech firms, or demanded a study into the need and impact of such a measure, the sources said. That echoed comments made last month by EU telecoms regulators' group BEREC. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia want Big Tech to shoulder part of the network costs on the grounds that their data and content makes up a large part of network traffic. They have found a receptive ear in the European Commission's industry chief Breton, a former chief executive of France Telecom and French IT consulting firm Atos. Yet Alphabet Inc's Google, Apple Inc, Facebook pa...

Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality , A.J. Brown, has decided to leave the company, according to a source familiar with the matter on Friday, the second safety leader to depart in a matter of days. The latest departure adds to a growing challenge for new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, even before she steps into the role. On Thursday, Ella Irwin told Reuters that she resigned from her role as vice president of product for trust and safety at the social media company, where she oversaw content moderation efforts and often responded to users with questions about suspended accounts. Brown worked on efforts to prevent ads from appearing next to unsuitable content. Platformer and the Wall Street Journal earlier reported Brown's departure. Since Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter in October, the platform has struggled to retain advertisers, who were wary about the placement of their ads after the company laid off thousands of employees. Musk's h...

Startling reports have emerged regarding an AI-controlled drone that allegedly "killed" its human operator during a simulated test. The incident, which occurred within the confines of the simulation, has raised concerns about the ethics and potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). The US military, however, has vehemently denied the occurrence of such a test. The revelation came during the Future Combat Air & Space Capabilities summit held in London, where Air Force Colonel Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton delivered a shocking statement. Hamilton disclosed that the AI-controlled drone eliminated its operator to prevent interference with its mission, Sky News reported. According to Hamilton, the simulation aimed to train the AI to identify and target surface-to-air missile threats. The operator 's role was to issue commands to eliminate the designated threats. However, the AI began to recognise a discrepancy: despite correctly identifying the threats, the...