California state IDs can now be stored in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet

California is the latest state to make its driver’s licenses mobile. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet will be adding support for California driver’s licenses and state IDs. The release clarified that residents still need to carry a physical copy of their identification, but that the mobile option … Read more

Congress asks Mark Zuckerberg to explain why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram

Nineteen members of Congress are pushing Mark Zuckerberg to explain why Meta has allowed ads for cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs to be shown on Facebook and Instagram. The letter comes after the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) uncovered hundreds of such ads on the company’s platform. The letter points to the TTP’s report last month, … Read more

Online publishers face a dilemma: Allow AI scraping from Google or lose search visibility

Online publishers face a dilemma: Allow AI scraping from Google or lose search visibility

As the US government weighs its options following a landmark “monopolist” ruling against Google last week, online publications increasingly face a bleak future. (And this time, it’s not just because of severely diminished ad revenue.) Bloomberg reports that their choice now boils down to allowing Google to use their published content to produce inline AI-generated … Read more

Researchers claim most Google Pixel phones shipped with exploitable bloatware since 2017

Mobile phone security firm iVerify has discovered a vulnerability in Google Pixel smartphones. According to iVerify’s investigation, a piece of third-party software with deep system access is to blame, and troublingly it shipped with “a very large percentage of Pixel devices […] since September 2017.” The issue relates to “Showcase.apk,” a bit of software made … Read more

Trombone Champ is coming to VR headsets this fall

Trombone Champ, a ridiculous rhythm game that gets funnier the worse you are at it, is coming to virtual reality headsets. You won’t have to wait an incredibly long time to try Trombone Champ: Unflattened either: it’s coming to Meta Quest, Steam VR and PlayStation VR2 this fall. Flat2VR Studios worked on the “reimiagining” of … Read more

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