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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) says X’s (Twitter) Grok chatbot violated privacy law by not having sufficient safeguards for its AI image generation feature at launch. In a news release, the OPC wrote that these “lack of protections allowed users around the globe to create and share non-consensu...
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Security, Privacy Tips: Android apps track you by default — this free app tells you how bad it really is. A dica foi registrada para consulta rápida, com link para a publicação original e contexto suficiente para decidir se vale abrir o material completo.
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Home, Android Auto: I packed these 4 car gadgets under $15 and stopped fumbling for my phone on every drive. A dica foi registrada para consulta rápida, com link para a publicação original e contexto suficiente para decidir se vale abrir o material completo.
Turns out the fix was just using the browser that came pre-fixed.
Valve says it’s phasing out its physical Steam gift cards in response to scammers. In an updated FAQ page, the PC gaming giant says scammers have continued to adapt to its efforts to implement protections and restrictions around physical gift cards, leading it to make the “difficult decision” to discontinue them. The...
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Linux, Nvidia: I changed two Linux settings for my Nvidia GPU and gained FPS I didn't know I was missing. A dica foi registrada para consulta rápida, com link para a publicação original e contexto suficiente para decidir se vale abrir o material completo.
A nice mix of productivity and leisure device tempered by old software
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Creative, Photography Tips: I wasted too many clear nights before I learned to plan astrophotography shots. A dica foi registrada para consulta rápida, com link para a publicação original e contexto suficiente para decidir se vale abrir o material completo.
General Motors (GM)’s EVs will soon be able to use more public chargers with the launch of a new service called Energy Pass. To summarize, Energy Pass is a new service built directly into General Motors’ dedicated apps (MyCadillac, MyChevrolet, MyGMC) for public charging, designed to work with charging stations across...
You don't need a fancy VPN to access your computer from anywhere, and it's a free app that is easy to use.
Linux closed the software gap, but cannot dismantle institutional memory.
This Gecko-based browser does more than what Firefox has claimed to for a while.
Disney+ has announced its first-ever local Canadian original titles and teased its initial two projects from the initiative. The first is an eight-episode scripted comedy called Knighted from Heavy Lifting Productions in association with 3 Arts Entertainment that follows the absurd documentary-style investigation into...
Xbox is gearing up for another significant round of layoffs, according to Bloomberg. On Wednesday, the publication reported that “major job cuts” are planned for Microsoft’s gaming division next month. While Bloomberg says the scope of these layoffs isn’t yet clear, they’re expected to happen “shortly” after Microsof...
Amazon fixed the biggest problem with the Kindle and I'm here for it.
The Motorola Edge 2026 is now available in Canada for C$849.99. The handset sports a 6.3-inch display that offers up to 5200nits of peak brightness, has a Super HD resolution of 2640 x 1216 and a 120Hz refresh rate. It also has a 50-megapixel main shooter, 50-megapixel ultrawide and 10-megapixel telephoto with 3x opti...
Windows 11 now spikes your CPU just to open the Start menu, and the fact that it works makes it worse.
Canada’s largest video game show is nearly upon us. From June 19-21, Game Con Canada will return to the Edmonton Expo Centre. Organized by Alberta’s Meibel Consulting, the event features all kinds of gaming programming, including playable game demos, celebrities like Deborah Ann Woll from Daredevil (and the recently r...
