Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive…

Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts

Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them.…

No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance

On Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of what appeared to be a cease and desist letter from the surveillance technology…

Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine

More cities and towns deployed drones to spot illegal fireworks during the Fourth of July celebrations commemorating America’s 250th anniversary—leading to a $100,000 fine in one instance and coming as…

Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor

There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing. Issues like whether we can make enough high-quality hardware qubits to connect into the error-corrected…

Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.

China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it

China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China Sea.…

Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers stole Apple secrets to advance the AI startup’s hardware plans. In its complaint, Apple says it uncovered “a pattern of theft of Apple’s…

The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban

The Xtra Muse and the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Last year, we told you about Xtra, the company that lets DJI sneak…