tech radar Wednesday October 11, 2023
Apple recently acknowledged that its new iPhone 15 and 15 Pro can get hot: The company said background activity, an iOS 17 bug and third-party apps were the cause. (Apps including Instagram, Uber and Asphalt 9, were known to cause the phone's temperature to rise; Instagram was updated to help the iPhones keep their cool.) Now, notes Tech Radar, a new update for iOS 17 fixes the overheating issue. The update, iOS 17.0.3, also brings critical security fixes.
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David Schonauer Wednesday October 11, 2023
Former President Donald Trump was in a New York City courtroom for the opening days of a civil fraud trial that will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of his business empire. Before the trial began, a
state Supreme Court judge found Trump and co-defendants liable for fraud for grossly inflating asset valuations on financial statements. The trial will determine the amount of damages … Read the full Story >>
GIZMODO Tuesday October 10, 2023
Who is at fault when the deepfakes aren't fake at all? That question lies at the heart of Gizmodo’s story about 50-year-old Raffaela Spone, whose 17-year-old daughter was part of a highly competitive local cheer squad called the Victory Vipers All-Stars. A Pennsylvania prosecutor accused Spone of using artificial intelligence to fabricate salacious images and videos of the other teenagers on the cheerleading team. “But evidence shows Weintraub’s deepfake Cassandra was built on a lie,” writes Mack DeGeurin.
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DAZED Tuesday October 10, 2023
Photographer J Houston’s book Tuck and Roll (GOST) imagines his trans sitters in a world where they can exist in the landscapes of the American Midwest — where Houston was raised and lived for many years — without fear or compromise, notes Dazed. “Existing outside of formal narratives often stereotyping the region, the portraits and domestic landscapes in the book are interwoven with hints of magical realism, and implicit connections between people and symbols,” notes GOST.
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