Apple’s Safari web browser will be able to display AVIF image files with the arrival of iOS 16 and MacOS Ventura this fall, part of an industry effort to speed up the web by shrinking file sizes.  The AVIF file format, which has already been embraced by Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers, reduces size …

For digital spying technology, it’s a doozy of a case. Security researchers have revealed evidence of attempted or successful installations of Pegasus, software made by Israel-based cybersecurity company NSO Group, on phones belonging to activists, rights workers, journalists and businesspeople. They appear to have been targets of secret surveillance by software that’s intended to help governments pursue criminals and terrorists, and …

AI is great for rich and powerful people and for tech giants trying to boost profits. Otherwise, artificial intelligence and the automation it enables can be harmful, nonprofit Mozilla concluded in a report published Monday. “In real life, over and over, the harms of AI disproportionately affect people who are not advantaged by global systems of power,” Mozilla researchers conclude …

Amazon said Friday it’ll begin delivering packages to residents of College Station, Texas, later this year, the second location in the United States for its Prime Air delivery service and the latest in an expansion of the technology that emerged this week. College Station, about 80 miles northwest of Houston, is home to Texas A&M University, which has a drone …

Drones will begin ferrying medical supplies to addresses in Tacoma, Washington, starting in 2024, two companies behind the project said Thursday. It’s the latest example of using unpiloted aircraft to move critical goods more quickly than conventional transportation. Startup drone maker Zipline and health care provider MultiCare said the service will whisk lab samples, medicines and test kits among Multicare’s …

Wing, the drone delivery division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, on Thursday unveiled a “library” of different aircraft designs tailored for larger and smaller loads than its original Hummingbird model. Hummingbird models can carry bags weighing up to about 2.5 pounds and have made hundreds of thousands of deliveries so far. A beefier sibling, though, gets a bulbous body and …

US government agency on Tuesday named four technologies it expects will keep computer data secret when quantum computers are mature enough to crack today’s encryption tech. It’s a key step in securing computers against the potentially revolutionary new technology. Scientists showed all the way back in 1994 that quantum computers could break mainstream encryption technology if the progress in quantum …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday debuted the new M2 processor, a chip that improves core processing performance 18% over the M1 without hurting battery life in the company’s new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops. The 18% speed boost comes from the M2’s redesigned …

Concordia University researchers have found a way to use sound to solidify liquid into plastic, a 3D-printing approach that could be used to construct medical implants directly inside a person’s body. The researchers’ approach, called direct sound printing (DSP), focuses ultra high-frequency sound waves on a spot of liquid resin for only a trillionth of a second, the researchers said …

What’s happening Drones that AT&T flies during disasters are getting 5G network technology that should make them more effective for the public and first responders. Why it matters Climate change makes hurricanes, floods and wildfires more frequent, and we rely on our smartphones more and more during disasters. AT&T has begun upgrading the drones it flies into disaster areas with …