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Airbnb permanently bans parties and events around the world
Airbnb has permanently banned parties and events at homes on its platform, after a temporary measure during the pandemic proved popular with hosts. The firm says the rule has become "much more than a public health measure" since it was introduced in August 2020. "It developed into a bedrock community policy to support our hosts and their neighbours," the San Francisco-headqua ... Read more
2022-06-29 03:49:02
Instagram Fumbles Moderation of Abortion Content
The social network says it's trying to fix a "bug" that's resulting in content mistakenly being labeled as possibly containing graphic or violent content. Becca Rea-Tucker shared a photo of a pink cake she had baked bearing the message "pro-abortion" in white icing with her 252,000 Instagram followers. As Instagram users started to repost the cake photo, the Texas author and ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:05:32
15 Years Ago: Remembering Steve Jobs and Apple Make iPhone History
Commentary: From the moment he took the stage, Apple's co-founder knew the iPhone would change everything. Here's what I remember from that event. We all knew it was coming. Reporters, analysts, industry insiders and fans had been speculating about Apple making a phone for nearly a year by the time Steve Jobs walked onto the Macworld Expo stage on a cold January morning in San Francisco in 2007. ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:05:00
The iPhone's Most Important Part Isn't Apple's Hardware. It's Everything Else
The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Fifteen years later, the iPhone is absolutely essential to Apple's strategy for software, accessories and services. Tomorrow marks 15 years since the first iPhone went on sale. When Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone he wryly hyped it as three revolutionary products: An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator. The first iPhone only came in ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:04:18
UK decides AI still cannot patent inventions
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being. Patents assign the ownership of a new invention to its creator. A recent IPO consultation found many experts doubted AI was currently able to invent without human assistance. Current law allowed humans to patent inventions made with AI assistance, the government said, d ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:01:23
How to Take a Screenshot on Your Mac: 4 Ways to Capture Your Screen
Apple has new M1 and M2 versions of most of its iconic Macs, but how you take a screenshot remains the same. If you own any kind of modern Mac, there are three basic ways to take a screenshot with keyboard shortcuts -- and if you have a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar there's even a fourth method. Apple's MacOS software also gives you a fair number of options to easily save, delete and open the scre ... Read more
2022-06-28 03:56:11
The abortion clues that can hide on your phone
After the Supreme Court overturned citizens' constitutional right to abortion in the US, there has been concern about data protection, particularly in the 13 states which have already moved to make ending a pregnancy illegal. But what sort of data might incriminate someone, how could the authorities get hold of it, and what are the tech firms doing? Digital traces Gina Neff, professor of tech ... Read more
2022-06-28 03:54:27
Tesla Apple CarPlay Hack Claims to Work on Any Tesla Now
It's a fairly complicated procedure to pull off, though. Apple CarPlay is a great way to bring the dead-simple smartphone experience to your car's dashboard. While it's become ubiquitous in new cars, Tesla never jumped on the bandwagon, so there is no official way to bring CarPlay to Tesla vehicles -- official being the key word. A post on MacRumors brought our attention to a YouTube video from ... Read more
2022-06-27 21:56:53
Should You Buy That Used Phone on eBay? 4 Things to Think About
You can save a lot of money by buying a used or refurbished phone. But is it safe? The iPhone 13 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra boast the absolute latest and greatest in phone technology: supercharged processors, 5G connectivity and the best cameras. But they also come with sky-high price tags that are simply out of reach (or unnecessary) for many of us. Even Google's slightly more affordable Pi ... Read more
2022-06-27 21:56:34
The Samsung and Starbucks Collaboration You Didn't Know You Needed Just Dropped
Because who wouldn't want a coffee mug-inspired earbud case? Samsung and Starbucks are releasing phone accessories with the coffee shop's logo all over them. They're available starting June 28, but reportedly only in South Korea for now. Samsung didn't immediately respond to a question on whether they'd be available more widely. The collaboration includes cases for the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, S2 ... Read more
2022-06-27 21:55:54