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CBS News

Customers of numerous U.S. cell service providers reported outages and other service problems early Thursday morning, according to the website Downdetector.com, which tracks such reports. AT&T had the most by far, with tens of thousands of customers …

CNET UK

Apple released iOS 17.3 to the general public in January, more than a month after the company released iOS 17.2 in December. The latest update brings some new features, like Stolen Device Protection, as well as some important bug fixes to your iPhone.

CBS News

Customers of T-Mobile, Verizon, UScellular and Consumer Cellular were also reporting issues, though far fewer. T-Mobile and Verizon told CBS News that their networks were operational, although some customers may be encountering problems when trying to …

Forbes

There were already plenty of reasons to look forward to the next iPhone update, due in early March. But now, Apple has announced something completely unexpected, which will make a huge difference. Get ready for quantum computer protection for iMessage.

fortune.com

It’s been a week since OpenAI unveiled Sora, its new text-to-video generative AI model it says can turn short text prompts into strikingly realistic videos up to a minute long. The videos shared thus far have been received as thoroughly impressive and …

Forbes

The iOS 17.4 update will add the post-quantum cryptographic protocol PQ3 to iMessage on iPhones, iPads and Macs, essentially safeguarding your device from future attacks, as my Forbes colleague Zak Doffman writes.

Forbes

Elon Musk took aim at Google search on Friday after claiming the company’s AI business is biased and “racist,” expanding his attacks on the tech giant and fanning conspiracy theories it is working to rig the 2024 election amid intense backlash over …

The New York Times

Images showing people of color in German military uniforms from World War II that were created with Google’s Gemini chatbot have amplified concerns that artificial intelligence could add to the internet’s already vast pools of misinformation as the …

BBC News

Google has had to publicly state Gmail is “here to stay” after a hoax claiming it was shutting down spread widely on social media. A post on X, formerly Twitter, which has been viewed more than seven million times, claimed it would be closing in August …

CNET UK

Characters stand on a rock spur overlooking grasslands. 1 of 14 David Lumb/CNET. After a nonplayer character guides you to the first of many …