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(NewsNation) — Sales at Yondr, maker of magnetic pouches that lock up cellphones, are reportedly booming. A big client adding to those sales are U.S. classrooms, where many students are increasingly required to secure their cellphones before studies begin each day in some schools. Since 2021, Yondr sales have increased from $174,000 to $2.13 million, according to … Read more
James McCaffrey, the actor who provided the voice of the titular character of the Max Payne video games, has died aged 65. The actor died on Sunday at his home in Larchmont, New York, having been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, his wife, the actor Rochelle Boström confirmed. Prior to becoming … Read more
(NewsNation) — A new update coming to Google Maps will give users more local control over their location data, including the ability to delete the places they’ve been. The app’s Timeline feature logs all the routes and stops a user takes, and that data will now be saved directly on the phone rather than in … Read more
Picks of the week June: Voice of a Silent TwinBBC Sounds, all episodes from Boxing DayFor the first time, June Gibbons (below right) tells the story of her and her sister Jennifer – known as the Silent Twins – in her own words. After their parents moved from Barbados to rural Wales, the twins only … Read more
(NewsNation) — No, it’s not science fiction; Digital news anchors could be on your TV screen starting next year. Channel 1 says it will be the world’s first AI-powered news network. The goal is to give each viewer a personalized broadcast. However, the idea has many journalists worried about their future in the news industry. … Read more
Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to new research published on Wednesday. The operators of some of the largest and most-used sets of images utilized to train AI shut off access to them in response to the study. The Stanford Internet … Read more
(NewsNation) — Plans are underway for Tesla CEO Elon Musk to open his own STEM-focused primary and secondary school in Austin, Texas. Bloomberg first broke the story based on tax filings by the billionaire. The report said that Musk has already invested $100 million into this school, and it’s going to begin as a primary … Read more
The police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the government. Should the police wish to put a name to an image collected on CCTV, or shared on social media, the legislation would provide … Read more
(The Hill) — A new iOS setting designed to address security vulnerabilities has been rolled out to beta testers as of Tuesday, according to Fox Business. A security issue has allowed thieves to take over customers’ iPhone accounts, access saved passwords, lock people out of their digital memories and steal money — all of which … Read more
TikTok faces questions over safeguards for child users after a Guardian investigation found that moderators were being told to allow under-13s to stay on the platform if they claimed their parents were overseeing their accounts. In one example seen by the Guardian, a user who declared themselves to be 12 in their account bio, under … Read more
