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SURVEILLANCE AS A SERVICE — Israeli firm says it uses AI to analyze “billions of ‘human pixels’ and signals.” Dan Goodin - Jan 13, 2023 11:28 pm UTC Getty Images Meta said it’s suing “scraping-for-hire” service Voyager Labs for allegedly using fake accounts, proprietary software, and a sprawling network of IP addresses to surreptitiously collect

Yikes — Another reminder to keep those masks on during flights. Beth Mole - Jan 13, 2023 11:05 pm UTC Enlarge / A passenger wearing protective clothing amid the COVID-19 pandemic waits to board a domestic flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on January 3. Although China has largely abandoned COVID-19 case reporting, evidence of

Less Than Total — Also, the points program will now be exclusive to Best Buy Credit Card holders. Samuel Axon - Jan 13, 2023 10:10 pm UTC Best Buy Big changes are afoot in electronics seller Best Buy's member and customer loyalty program as the company aims to generate more revenue and compete with Amazon

Please be good — One critic who's played the games and one who hasn't—we're the original odd couple! Kyle Orland - Jan 13, 2023 9:39 pm UTC Enlarge / Is it dark in here or is it just HBO's The Last of Us adaptation? HBO's TV adaptation of The Last of Us premieres on Sunday

"Reflexions, refractions, inflexions, and colors of light" — David DiLaura called his discovery "a once-in-a-collector’s-lifetime event." Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 13, 2023 8:22 pm UTC Enlarge / Isaac Newton's personal copy of the 1717 second edition of Opticks, long thought lost, has been found.Peter Harrington Rare Books David DiLaura, an emeritus professor at the University

A must in 2005 - and today? More cameras, larger battery, high-end SoC, and still cheaper - Motorola's Razr 2022 seems much more sophisticated than its direct predecessor at first glance. Find out here whether the foldable smartphone also convinces us in the test.Florian Schmitt, ???? Florian Schmitt, ✓ Anton Avdyushkin (translated by DeepL /

This unofficial Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra concept render shows a Galaxy Note design influence. (Image source: TechnizoConcept & Unsplash - edited)The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has received at least four notable improvements over its predecessor according to the well-known leaker Ice universe. The source has discussed four important aspects of the upcoming Galaxy S23 Ultra

MIUI Global 13.0.12 Stable ROM now available (Source: Own)While both MIUI 13.5 and Android 13-based firmware are still nowhere to be seen, the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro and its non-Pro sibling now receive the Android 12-based MIUI Global 13.0.12 Stable update. This software package brings together the October, November, and December security updates, without any