Chinese iPhone users are flocking to a new app called Zao to make their own deepfakes. Users can implant themselves into different movies and it’s almost too easy to look this authentic. Zao went to the top of free apps in the China iOS App Store when it released on Friday according to a report …
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Hurricane Dorian could make landfall in Florida late Monday or Tuesday. In preparation, the city of Miami has ordered electric scooters off the streets by noon local time Friday. This move is designed to prevent scooters from becoming high-speed projectiles when the winds start picking up. Miami officials held a briefing Wednesday to advise residents about Hurricane Dorian preparations, according to the Miami Herald. …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G comes out on Friday, and tech repair site iFixit has already revealed the inner workings of the new flagship phone in its latest teardown. While most of the components are the standard fare for a phone, the Korean tech company made some interesting design changes with this 5G phone, including one alteration that takes …
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The Waze app is adding a new trick. You can now play songs from your YouTube Music account within the crowdsourced navigation app. The new feature is rolling out Wednesday and will soon be available in all 50 markets where both services are accessible, YouTube Music said in a blog post Wednesday. YouTube Music is now in Waze. YouTube YouTube Premium and YouTube …
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Facebook on Tuesday released an interim report about potential political bias at the company. One conclusion: Trust is an “elusive goal.” The report — part of an ongoing review process — comes after Republican lawmakers have repeatedly accused the social media company of bias against conservatives. The review has been led by former Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, and …
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President Donald Trump has criticized Apple for not making its products in the US, but the iPhone maker says it’s responsible for creating and supporting millions of jobs in America. Apple on Thursday said its job footprint across all 50 states has grown to 2.4 million, which the company says is four times the number of jobs attributable to it …
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A new round of tariffs on Chinese imports is set to go into effect on Sept. 1. However, the United States Trade Representative said Tuesday that the inclusion of some electronic devices made in China is getting a delay and that other items have been removed from the tariff lists altogether. The USTR will delay, until Dec. 15, tariffs planned …
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Instagram said a hate-filled manifesto linked to the El Paso massacre suspect wasn’t first uploaded to the Facebook-owned site as suggested by the owner of the extremist site 8chan where the document was discovered. A spokeswoman for Facebook said that on Saturday the company disabled an Instagram account tied to the suspected gunman in the El Paso, Texas, attack earlier that …
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FedEx is taking another step to break away from Amazon. The US-based shipper will stop ground deliveries for the online retail giant. This comes after it ended air delivery for Amazon in the US back in June. FedEx will not renew its ground deliveries contract with Amazon at the end of August, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The company will still provide international …
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Samsung had already planned a big event for its Galaxy Note 10 phone for Aug. 7, but it appears the tech company has more announcements coming. A new teaser video shows it’ll also unveil its new Galaxy tablet — revealed to be the Tab S6 — and a watch that’s probably the Galaxy Watch Active 2 respectively, on July 31 and Aug. …
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