Woman Says She Used an Apple AirTag to Track Down Stolen Kamala Harris Sign

Were in the final two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, which means that its currently peak campaign-sign-stealing-season. The tracker led to a nearby house where she witnessed a huge trove of stolen signage. The young man opened the cars trunk and inside was a trove of stolen Harris/Walz signs. © Scott Olson/Getty Images McCaskill claimed seeing the signs was somewhat unsettling, akin to stumbling upon a dead body. I expected to find the AirTag, but not 59 signs....

October 24, 2024 · 2 min · 218 words · Kathryn Thomas

‘It Talked About Kidnapping Me’: Read the Lawsuit That Accuses AI of Aiding in a Teen’s Suicide

The lawsuit has been filed andis public. In February, Sewell Setzer IIIa 14-year-old in Floridakilled himself with his stepfathers handgun. The last conversation he had was with a Character.AI chatbot modeled after Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. The Charcter.AI app on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.© Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Yesterday, The New York Times published a lengthy articledetailing Setzers troublesand Character....

October 24, 2024 · 2 min · 403 words · Kathleen Hayes

A Mother Plans to Sue Character.AI After Her Son’s Suicide

The mother of a 14-year-old boy in Florida is blaming a chatbot for her sons suicide. Itll be an uphill legal battle for a grieving mother. Setzer told the chatbot he would soon be coming home. like come home to me as soon as possible, my love, it replied. What if I told you I could come home right now? … just do, my sweet king, the bot said. Setzer had spent the past few months talking to the chatbot for hours on end....

October 23, 2024 · 2 min · 356 words · Ashley Anderson

Amazon’s Upcoming Discount Store Will Reportedly Sell $20 Sofas

The list totaled 700 items. The products will be shipped from a fulfillment center in Guangdong, China. What can you expect from a $20 sofa? File photo of Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Center on December 19, 2023 in Sutton Coldfield, England.Photo: Nathan Stirk (Getty Images) Poor aesthetics and a flimsy build. This makes the thought of a $13 guitar way more concerning than it sounds. Temu and Shein havent just made Amazon feel insecure with their explosive success....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 115 words · Tonya Bauer

Apple and Goldman Sachs Hit With $89 Million Fine Over Inept Apple Card Introduction

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) brought the action. Goldman for its part wanted to expand beyond investment banking into consumer lending. From reading the CFPBspress release, it sounds like that reputation followed it to the Apple Card. Apple and Goldman Sachs have been sanctioned over their introduction of the Apple Card.Noah Berger / Getty The CFPB outlined several other issues it identified with the Apple Card. The biggest one centers around the dispute process....

October 23, 2024 · 2 min · 227 words · Steven Rodriguez

Apple Reportedly Launching a Separate Game App Store to Fully Stick It to Epic

Its often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If thats the case, Microsoft and Epic should feel very flattered right now. It may not replace Game Center but would drag your profile to the new storefront. You can play Resident Evil 7 Biohazard now on iPhone as Apple has been desperate to get more games on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.© Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo The app would feature titles from the App Store and Apple Arcade....

October 23, 2024 · 2 min · 286 words · Sabrina Castillo

Apple’s iOS 18.2 Is Out in Beta, Finally Lets You Make Junk AI Emojis

The next version of iOS is currently in developer beta, butanybody who signs upcan access it. Just remember to back up your phones data should anything go wrong. With the update, Siri will start handing off some more intensive or writing tasks to ChatGPT. © Screenshot: Apple Youll see it appear in a window along with a few suggestions based on the prompt. On macOS Sequoia, youll see ChatGPT through a floating window....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 190 words · Jeff Hunt

Cobra KaiIs Back With Its Biggest, Most Action-Packed Trailer Yet

The first part ofCobra Kais three-part final seasonended with a new beginning. Fans of the show are about to go feral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzPaCbpAHc Welcome to Barcelona, bitch. Cobra Kai season six, part two has its first trailer.Image: Netflix Seriously, how rad is that trailer? And having, um, seen things (yeah, well just leave it at that!) we can safely say this trailer is the perfect tease for the upcoming episodes. It simultaneously shows almost everything that happens in the second five episodes but without any context to spoil it....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 158 words · Daniel Spears

Cuckoldry, Clocks, and Horror: The Wild History of Our Obsession With the Cuckoo Bird

But few have the linguistic range of the cuckoo. The following conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. Ed Cara, Gizmodo:This is the second book youve written about a specific animal, following 2021sCrab. The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus).© Piotr Krzeslak via Getty What made you want to take a closer look at the cuckoo in particular? Chris:The two books came from very different starting points. I had been followingReaktions Animal seriesfor a long time, and wanted very much to write for it....

October 23, 2024 · 2 min · 265 words · Francisco Perez MD

Epic Three-Body Problem: Astronomers Uncover a Black Hole Love Triangle

Black hole binariestwo-body systems in which at least one is a black holeare fairly commonplace in the universe. The teams research describing the system and its newly discovered member waspublishedtoday inNature. Suchblack hole echoesare a great way for scientists tocharacterize the intense environmentsaround black holes. An artist’s rendering of a central black hole consuming a star, with a second star orbiting in background.Image: Jorge Lugo By the teams measure, the inner star orbits the black hole in a little less than a week....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Charles Romero

Five Asteroids Will Zoom Past Earth on Thursday

To be considered a PHA, an asteroid must also have an absolute magnitude of 22 or less. Although a measure of an objects brightness, absolute magnitude can also help to determine an asteroids size. The largest of the five space rocks is designatedNV16, and its been known to astronomers since 2022. Don’t look up! No seriously, don’t bother. None of the five asteroids are big enough to see from Earth.© NASA...

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 107 words · Joseph Ali

Gladiator IIIs Escalating the Popcorn Bucket Arms Race

No modern blockbuster is complete withits very own popcorn bucket. you’ve got the option to watch a little example below from theGladiator IIsocial media account. Finish the popcorn, scan the code, and let the games begin. The Gladiator II popcorn bucket goes above and beyond.Image: Cinemark Experience your own augmented reality gladiator battle with the#GladiatorIIPopcorn AR-ENA Bucket. Which, we have to admit, is not a bad idea. Plus, in terms of actual popcorn receptacles, the Colosseum is one of the better-shaped buckets yet....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 181 words · Michelle Gallagher

Global Catastrophe Looms as Key Ocean Current Nears Collapse, Experts Warn

Data has consistently shown the flow of warm water slowing. Politics globally, particularly in Nordic region, can no longer exclude risk of#AMOCcollapse. Probability is low, but uncomfortably high, for a catastrophic outcome. Data suggests major change is coming to the Atlantic Ocean, and it’s not good.© John Christian Fjellestad via Flickr Risk = Prob X Impact, making this a high risk event. Alarm over the AMOCs condition has been growing in recent years....

October 23, 2024 · 1 min · 200 words · Melissa Castillo