Author: Michael Comaous

“I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the comment sections on these videos actually, and it does not seem like bots. I clicked on people’s profiles; these are real profiles, thousands of followers, no signs of inorganic activity,” Maddox says. “People just like it.”But even if the views and engagement are real, that doesn’t mean this content is profitable—yet. Maddox noted that because the accounts are so new, most likely aren’t yet enrolled in TikTok’s Creator Fund or other forms of social media ad revenue-sharing, because those usually require accounts to apply and have a certain number of views.…

“If you had Guardian playing a siren tone that was tuned to match the frequency of the speaker and a police car playing as the siren tone next to it, Guardian would be three times louder,” he said. The Seattle-based BRINC makes drones currently used by over 900 American cities, including Laredo, Texas, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, as part of the growing “drone as first responder” (DFR) system. Typically, cities pay a few hundred thousand dollars per year per drone—with contracts reaching into the millions with more drones and more capabilities. A year ago, Newport Beach, California, announced a $2.17 million,…

As demand grows for training and refining AI models, Deccan AI — a startup supplying post-training data and evaluation work — has raised $25 million in its first major funding round, with much of that work carried out by an India-based workforce of experts. The all-equity Series A round was led by A91 Partners, with participation from Susquehanna International Group and Prosus Ventures. While frontier AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic build core models in-house, much of the post-training work — from data generation to evaluation and reinforcement learning — is increasingly being outsourced as companies push to make systems…

Just how little power might it consume? Notebookcheck has tested a version of the laptop with that LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip — and it appears to be the most efficient laptop that’s ever gone through its Wi-Fi web browsing test. At idle, the Core Ultra 325 laptop drew as little as 1.5 watts, and lasted nearly 27 hours of web browsing despite only housing a 70 watt-hour pack. That’s well shy of the 99.5Wh Dell has sometimes crammed into its 16-inch models.That’s more battery life than Notebookcheck has gotten out of any MacBook or…

Android 17 is getting a new Contact Picker that changes how apps access your contacts list. Earlier reports hinted at this shift toward tighter privacy, and now Google is rolling it out. 📣 New feature in Android 17!Android 17 is introducing a new Contact Picker feature that provides a standardized, secure, and searchable interface for contact selection.Historically, apps needing access to your contacts relied on the broad “READ_CONTACTS” permission, which… pic.twitter.com/eLZ1zVRArS— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) March 25, 2026 Instead of giving apps full access to your address book, you will be able to choose exactly which contacts they can see. Previously,…

Any performer will tell you that entrance music is crucial. Choosing the right piece of music to accompany you as you enter a stadium or event can not just set the tone for the night, but also convey everything that you’re about. Star Wars characters don’t usually get moments like that. But Star Wars characters aren’t usually Maul: Shadow Lord. Premiering on Disney+ starting April 6, Maul: Shadow Lord is Star Wars‘ latest animated show, following in the footsteps of The Bad Batch, Rebels, and Resistance. The show follows Maul (voiced by Sam Witwer) in the events after The Clone…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETThe Apple Watch Series 9 is a great addition to your iOS device collection, offering both 5G and Wi-Fi connectivity as well as integrated GPS capabilities to create the ultimate blend of smart watch and fitness band. And if you’ve been looking to upgrade your Apple Watch or pick up your first wearable, right now during the Amazon Spring Sale, you can grab the Apple Watch Series 9 for over 50% off. But you’ll have to hurry because this deal ends tonight.Also: Apple Watch Series 10 vs. Apple Watch Series 9This version is made with a 45mm watch face…

I was a late convert to air fryers, in part because I worried about versatility: Just how many wings and nuggets and fries does anyone need? (Don’t answer. The answer will incriminate you.)The Typhur Dome 2 is the air fryer that obliterated this worry, by adding pizza, browned meats, grilled asparagus, and toasted bread to this list—not to mention perfect crispy bacon. It’s an innovative device that takes over most of the functions of a classic auxiliary oven, but with far more powerful convection.After testing more than 30 air fryers over the past year, the Dome 2 is the one…

At the end of a long day on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman looked down at a table littered with microphones and jokingly referred to the space agency’s new Moon base manager, Carlos Garcia-Galan, as the “Lunar Viceroy.” It was a bit of humor, but it also seemed to represent affection from Isaacman for a long-time NASA employee so willingly taking on a major new challenge. Garcia-Galan was, in many ways, the emerging star at the daylong Ignition event in Washington, DC. Heretofore he has largely been an anonymous engineer at NASA who has now been thrust into a very…

One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed the social media giant — along with Google — another defeat. In a case arguing that social media platforms played a major role in harming a young woman’s mental health, jurors have sided with the plaintiff, known by her initials, K.G.M., or her first name, Kaley. The decision means Meta and Google will have to pay out $3 million in compensatory damages, with Meta bearing 70% of that cost. More damages may also be awarded as the jury continues to…