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Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Meta has a bunch of new hardware and AI news coming out of its Meta Connect event today, including a new Quest 3S VR headset, an expansion of Meta AI features, a new Llama model, and a first look at the new Orion augmented reality glasses. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Wednesday with a new style and demonstrated new features including live translation between English and Spanish. Here’s everything announced at Meta Connect: Orion AR glasses Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Meta has revealed its Orion augmented reality glasses, and they look almost like a trendy pair of frames you could pick up without all the tech inside. Orion uses Micro LED projectors inside the frame and beams images in front of your eyes... Continue reading…

Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge Meta has big ambitions for using AI to help creators, and it showed two impressive demos of what that could look like onstage at Connect today. One version of this involves fully recreating real influencers as AI figures. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented a live demo of a creator-based AI persona, which looked like the creator, talked like the creator, and tried to respond to questions like the creator would. It was pretty wild to watch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Verge (@verge) Another tool it’s developing takes Reels and automatically dubs them into another language, maintaining the creator’s voice and even changing the movements of their mouth to match. Zuckerberg presented... Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there are complex copyright questions around scraping data to train AI models, but he suggests the individual work of most creators isn’t valuable enough for it to matter. In an interview with The Verge deputy editor Alex Heath, Zuckerberg said Meta will likely strike “certain partnerships” for useful content. But if others demand payment, then — as it’s done with news outlets — the company would prefer to walk away. “I think individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content in the grand scheme of this,” Zuckerberg said in the interview, which coincides with Meta’s annual Connect event. “My guess is that there are going to be certain partnerships that get made when... Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back on the idea that social media directly harms teen mental health. During an interview with The Verge’s Alex Heath, Zuckerberg said that “the majority of the high-quality research out there suggests that there’s no causal connection at a broad scale between these things.” This echoes the statement Zuckerberg gave in front of Congress in January during a hearing about child safety, where he argued that existing research hasn’t shown a causal link between social media and poor teen mental health. As my colleague Adi Robertson pointed out at the time, it’s difficult to prove causal links, and research shows social media could cause both negative and positive impacts on an adolescent’s mental health. “... Continue reading…

Apple's iPhone 16 has been available for almost a week now. If you recently upgraded to a new model, there are a ton of tips and tricks to make your iPhone 16 experience even better. Here are some of our favorites: Cable transfer is faster than ever: An iOS 18 hidden feature, iPhone 16 Pro users will especially enjoy faster transfer speeds when setting up their new devices. Ideally, they're upgrading from an iPhone 15 Pro and own a Thunderbolt cable. Still, even if you're coming from a Lightning iPhone, you'll still find faster transfer speeds by cable than using Wi-Fi. Set a shortcut for the Action Button: If you're coming from an iPhone 15 Pro, you might be familiar with the Action Button. However, if you own any other phone, you'll find a new button instead of the mute switch. I'd recommend setting a shortcut for an action you perform regularly. For me, I like to shuffle my downloaded songs. You can try my shortcut here. BGR also has a guide that teaches you how to customize your Action Button. Open third-party Camera apps: With the new Camera Control functionality, you can open third-party Camera apps instead of Apple's own solution. You can open Instagram, Halide, and other options you have installed. Just tweak it in the Settings app. Image source: Christian de Looper for BGR Double-click to open Camera Control: Several users have complained that a single tap to open the Camera app can be annoying. This is why Apple lets you customize this toggle with a double tap instead; with that, you can make sure only to open the Camera when you actually want to. Switch Lock Screen widgets: iOS 18 lets you switch Lock Screen widgets. Since Camera Control can work to open your Camera app, you could switch widgets to a different toggle, such as a third-party app, a connectivity toggle, and more. Customizable Photographic Styles: In order to take advantage of the revamped Photographic Styles, you need to switch your shooting format to HEIF, which is better than JPEG and saves photo information so you can keep tweaking the Photographic Styles option. Image source: Christian de Looper for BGR Cinematic slow-mo shots: iPhone 16 Pro offers a new slow-motion video recording in 4K 120fps. Apple highlighted this feature during its keynote, and you need to open the Settings app, find the Camera tab, and select this quality to enjoy your most cinematic shots yet. Macro mode control: A regular iPhone has a macro mode for the first time. However, this mode might cause some confusion, so you can turn it on or off whenever you need it. In the Camera settings, turn on Macro Control. You'll see a toggle whenever macro mode is turned on. Wrap up These are some of the best iPhone 16 tips and tricks. BGR will keep adding more features as we learn more about them. Below, you can check some hidden iOS 18 features you might not know. Don't Miss: 13 hidden iOS 18 features you should be using on your iPhone The post 8 iPhone 16 tips and tricks to take your new phone to the next level appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $510 M1 MacBook Air, $54 11-piece cookware set, $40 Anker MagSafe battery pack, more Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $410+ free Best Apple deals for September 2024 Today’s deals: $689 Apple Watch Ultra 2, $40 cordless Waterpik, $305 Lenovo IdeaPad 1 laptop, more

The United States is spearheading a new diplomatic effort to end hostilities in both Gaza and Lebanon, linking the two conflicts as part of a single initiative, six sources familiar with the initiative told Reuters.

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