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Wear OS 7 Tracks Deliveries and Sports Scores on Your Wrist

Amid the flurry of today’s Google I/O announcements, Google shared details about Wear OS 7, the next major update to its smartwatch platform. To help you keep track of things like deliveries and sports scores, Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that were introduced on Android last year – which can appear […]

Ownership of TikTok: Who Controls the Power?

pushing it to the edge of a complete U.S. prohibition. Now divided into three distinct entities, TikTok presents quite a complex situation to unravel.

Prohibitions, acquisitions, and suppression

AI-Powered Description Function on Ring Cameras Sparks Privacy Issues

unsettling realities regarding the use of Ring cameras, although one specific feature might make you feel uneasy.

Supported by generative artificial intelligence (AI), Ring’s Video Descriptions are designed to assist users in differentiating between typical occurrences and emergencies while reviewing camera footage. Offered through a subscription, Video Descriptions deliver insights about activity detected by the camera. While this can be beneficial, it can also be unsettling to realize that AI is analyzing your video recordings. Thankfully, you have choices.

Video Descriptions are part of a broader range of AI capabilities offered by Ring, which also features Single Event Alert, designed to minimize notifications by merging alerts, and Active Warnings, which informs visitors of the presence of recording devices. While there are numerous functionalities you may not have known your Ring camera possesses, let’s focus on what Video Descriptions entail and how you can manage this AI feature.

Understanding Video Descriptions and how to turn them off

Demis Hassabis Called This the ‘Foothills of the Singularity.’ What Does That Mean?

Welcome to a “profound moment for humanity,” according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O’s keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google’s cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI’s incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world. When we look back at this time, I think we will realize that […]