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Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal : Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use —  Actor plans to use trademarks of himself saying ‘Alright, alright, alright’ and staring at a camera to combat AI fakes in court

How to master the Camera app on iPhone Air

How to master the Camera app on iPhone Air

With one camera, it's more important than ever to know every tip and trick to help you get the best photos and videos on iPhone Air . Let's take a look at everything you need to know to master the Camera app. The iPhone Air has a single rear-facing camera On the iPhone Air, there is a single 48MP rear-facing camera. It's similar to the primary camera on the iPhone 17 , iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Flipping the phone over reveals an additional front-facing camera. This Center Stage camera packs 18MP and features a distinctive square sensor. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Increasing AI demands causing supply chain bottleneck for crucial iPhone components

Increasing AI demands causing supply chain bottleneck for crucial iPhone components

Apple's supply chain and its efficiency may be the envy of the world, but even it is being constrained thanks to a sole supplier seeing increasing demand from AI companies. Future iPhones could see supply constraints thanks to increasing industry-wide component demands One of the most important successes of CEO Tim Cook is Apple's supply chain, but some components that meet Apple's quality standards are still hard to get. Its strength was exhibited by Apple's resilience through COVID and recent tariffs , but there are still weak points. According to a report from Nikkei Asia , a sole supplier of high-quality glass cloth used in printed circuit boards (PCBs), Nitto Boseki, has seen increased demand that has become unsustainable. Production capacity is being increased, but that won't take effect until late 2027, so there's nothing Nitto Boseki can do in the meantime. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Piece by piece, SpaceX preps first Starship flight from Space Coast

Piece by piece, SpaceX preps first Starship flight from Space Coast

SpaceX is making steady progress toward building out the pad at NASA’s Cape Canaveral site in Florida for the first Starship launch from the Space Coast. On Tuesday, SpaceX installed the Ship Quick Disconnect (QD) arm on the launch tower at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). Space launch enthusiast site NASASpaceflight shared footage of engineers putting […] The post Piece by piece, SpaceX preps first Starship flight from Space Coast appeared first on Digital Trends .

Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (Pew Research Center)

Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center : Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban —  Schools nationwide are cracking down on students' cellphone use.  At the same time, support for cellphone bans is rising among U.S. adults.

Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report

Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report

Insider sources have confirmed what everyone already knew — Apple Foundation Models trained by Google Gemini will have LLM features seen in other AI tools. Siri's LLM backend will have been trained by a Gemini model As artificial intelligence spreads into more available chatbots and software features, consumers have become familiar with what basic features these tools should provide. Even though Apple has already shared what its personalized Siri and Apple Intelligence features would do, one report felt the need to source internal leakers to confirm the obvious. According to a story from The Information you'd have to pay hundreds to read, Apple's newly trained-by-Gemini models will have functions like the ability to answer factual questions, which has been rumored since September, or be proactive about data found in Calendar, which was part of Apple's original Apple Intelligence announcement. The only new tidbit that might hold any interest to our readers is the potential timing of some features, but even that seems confused. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums