WhatsApp for iOS Gains Support for Passkeys
Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp today announced that it is rolling out support for passkeys on iOS, a feature that will let WhatsApp users log in to their accounts on iOS devices using Face ID, Touch ID, or their device passcode.Passkeys
Watch: Seventeen comments on AI in 'Maestro' music video teaser
K-pop group Seventeen teased its music video for "Maestro," a song from its greatest hits album "17 is Right Here."
German MEP Maximilian Krah won't back out of elections after aide arrested for spying
Conservative German MEP Maximilian Krah said on Wednesday that he will not drop out of the European election race after one of his top aides was charged with spying for China.
Watch: Alligator rescued after six months trapped in drainage pipe
A wildlife rescuer in South Carolina came to the rescue of an alligator found to have been trapped in a drainage pipe for nearly six months.
Trick Gun for Secret Society Initiations
Imagine the sheer delight of the person being initiated, when the realistic looking gun is pointed at them, a loud explosion occurs--but only water emerges! High-larious!Full patent here.
Apple Releases OpenELM: Small, Open Source AI Models Designed To Run On-device
Just as Google, Samsung and Microsoft continue to push their efforts with generative AI on PCs and mobile devices, Apple is moving to join the party with OpenELM, a new family of open source large language models (LLMs) that can
Framework Won't Be Just a Laptop Company Anymore
Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics company, period. From a report: That's one of the biggest reasons it just raised another $18 million in funding -- it wants to expand
'The Man Who Killed Google Search'
Edward Zitron, citing emails released as part of the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google, writes about Prabhakar Raghavan: And Raghavan -- a manager, hired by Sundar Pichai, a former McKinsey man and a manager by trade -- is
How the Columbia protests sparked campus demonstrations across the country
The decision by Columbia University’s president to call in the New York Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus last week appears to have sparked the spate of increasingly strident demonstrations.
Search ongoing for man who may have taken homemade raft down Colorado River
Authorities are searching for a man and his corgi after they went missing at the Grand Canyon National Park while possibly trying to travel the Colorado River on a homemade wooden raft.
Dove release as gesture of peace in European Parliament met with dismay
MEP releases dove as he calls for peace, to the consternation of other members in the European Parliament chamber.
Life Before Land
Distant weather warnings are now full-on alerts in Bangladesh as it faces the brutal effect of climate change.
About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report
Gaza, Sudan and other conflicts, along with extreme weather and economic shocks, worsened food insecurity, report says.
Are settler politics running unchecked in Israel?
While far-right settler sentiments have always existed, they seem to be having a louder and louder say in Israel today.