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Magnifier for Mac A wave of accessibility announcements today from Apple reveals updates that should help people read, see, and even speak via its various devices. We’ll highlight a few here, but Apple’s press release has the complete list, including changes to features that can both reduce distracting background sounds and, for users who may…
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to be understood by the machine. The Meta CEO has recently been pitching a future where his AI tools give people something that “knows them well,” not just as pals, but as professional help. “For people who don’t have a person who’s a therapist,” he told Stratechery‘s Ben Thompson, “I think…
The House committee tasked with writing the U.S. tax code is meeting on Tuesday afternoon to advance one of the most significant portions of President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill.” A sweeping piece of legislation unveiled by the House Ways & Means Committee on Monday would follow through on Trump’s campaign promises to eliminate taxes…
A small nodule was found in the prostate of former President Joe Biden during a recent physical exam, according to media reports. The discovery “necessitated further evaluation,” the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing a spokesperson. A spokesperson for Biden did not immediately respond Tuesday to multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital. During his…
Apple previewed new Vision Pro accessibility features today that could turn the headset into a proxy for eyesight when they launch in visionOS later this year. The update uses the headset’s main camera to magnify what a user sees or to enable live, machine-learning-powered descriptions of surroundings. The new magnification feature works on virtual objects…
If the question, “Who is Meta’s biggest rival?” were on a Family Feud survey, TikTok would likely be the winning answer. In the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the Facebook and Instagram owner, the government’s response probably wouldn’t even make the top 10: a small blockchain-based platform called MeWe. MeWe looks a fair amount…
French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred, and was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence by a Paris court on Tuesday. He was also fined a total of 29,040 euros (around $32,350), and the court requested that he be…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged to move against Hamas with “full force” in the coming days to “complete” the fight against the Iran-backed terror group. Netanyahu made the remarks about the war in Gaza while visiting with Israel Defense Forces reservists. “In the coming days, we are going in with full force…
Product design requires considering lots of different things. How things look; how they work; how people will understand how to use them. Here’s one probably not on a lot of designers’ lists, though: the insect enticement factor. Maybe that needs to change, because as The Verge‘s Will Poor discovered, the way your gadgets are designed…
Premium subscribers can hold down on the AI DJ button at the bottom-right of the feature to give it voice commands. Spotify is giving users more control over which songs are spat out by its AI DJ feature. Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers can now use English voice commands to personalize what music they want…