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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Security consultant and Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt has detailed a vulnerability in the API of Spoutible‚ a social platform that emerged following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter‚ that could allow hackers to take full control of users’ accounts. After someone alerted Hunt to the vulnerability‚ he discovered that hackers could exploit Spoutible’s API to obtain a user’s name‚ username‚ and bio‚ along with their email‚ IP address‚ and phone number. Spoutible has since addressed the vulnerability‚ writing in a post on its site that it didn’t leak decrypted passwords or direct messages‚ while confirming the “information scraped included email addresses and some cell phone numbers.” It invited anyone who still wants to use the service... Continue reading…

This Polestar will probably be for sale soon. | Hertz Global Holdings‚ Inc. Hertz continues to backtrack on its commitment to purchase more electric vehicles for its rental car fleet‚ as the Financial Times reports that the company has paused plans to acquire more EVs from Swedish automaker Polestar. In 2022‚ Hertz said it planned on purchasing 65‚000 battery-powered Polestars in a bid to become a global leader in EVs. This was on top of 100‚000 Teslas that the company already said it would acquire. Tesla’s valuation topped $1 trillion for the first time after the news. But a little more than a year later‚ Hertz had a change of heart‚ mostly because its acquired EVs had lost most of their value. Price cuts (mostly from Tesla)‚ higher depreciation than expected‚ and spiraling repair costs have made EVs a bad... Continue reading…

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta’s manipulated media policy is “incoherent” and focuses too much on whether a video was altered through artificial intelligence‚ rather than the harm it could cause‚ the company’s own Oversight Board said in a decision issued Monday. The policy recommendation came even as the Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to let an altered video of President Joe Biden continue to circulate on the platform. The video in question uses real footage of Biden from October 2022 placing an “I Voted” sticker above his adult granddaughter’s chest‚ per her instruction. But the edited video‚ posted as early as January 2023‚ loops the moment his hand reaches her chest to make it seem like he inappropriately touched her. One version posted in May... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Roblox built an AI model that it says translates text chats so quickly users may not even notice it’s translating the messages of other players at first. It works with 16 languages‚ including English‚ French‚ Japanese‚ Thai‚ Polish‚ and Vietnamese. Dan Sturman‚ Roblox CTO‚ said in an interview with The Verge that the goal is to make Roblox users feel more comfortable engaging with each other by letting them understand what they are saying. The translator automatically translates chats‚ but users can click an icon to see the original message. “We know engagement goes up when users speak or interact with others in their own language‚” Sturman said. “We took that concept and removed the language barrier with the automatic translation.” R... Continue reading…

The Apple Vision Pro launched only on Friday and we already have a video of someone using the spatial computer while driving a Tesla Cybertrick with Autopilot engaged. That might be how we drive cars in a few years: Use head-mounted computers while the car takes us to our destination. But it's absolutely not the way to go with what technology has to offer now. Tesla Autopilot is the subject of a major recall involving over 2 million cars‚ which is almost every model sold to date in the US. In other words‚ it still needs your undivided attention‚ and that's one reason why the driver in question was arrested. Continue reading... The post Apple Vision Pro and Tesla Autopilot: A match made in hell appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals This $16 clip-on lens kit fits the iPhone or any Android phone‚ and it’s awesome Amazon deal offers a 7-inch Android tablet for under $43 Save 61% on a 6-port USB rapid charger on Amazon Save 75% on a Canon black and white multifunction laser printer on Amazon

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Sunday on a new crisis tour of the Middle East as he seeks to push forward a proposal to halt the devastating conflict in return for the release of hostages.