Smart TVs watch everything on the screenShutterstock Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple snapshots of what you are watching every second – even when they are being used as external displays for your laptop or video game console. Smart TV manufacturers use these frequent screenshots, as well as audio recordings, in their automatic content recognition systems, which track viewing habits in order to target people with specific advertising. But researchers showed this tracking by some of the world’s most popular smart TV brands – Samsung TVs can take screenshots every 500 milliseconds and LG……
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A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport on July 25, 2024 in Burbank, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines is planning to reduce service to and from Atlanta next year, cutting more than 300 pilot and flight attendant positions, according to a company memo seen by CNBC.The changes come a day before Southwest’s investor day, when executives will map out the company’s plan to cut costs and grow revenue as pressure mounts from activist investor Elliott Investment Management.Southwest told staff it isn’t closing its crew base in Atlanta. Instead, it will reducing staffing by as many as…
Novo Nordisk’s top executive faced a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, as demand for both injections soars in the U.S. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen did not explicitly promise lawmakers at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., that he would slash prices for the two drugs.But Jørgensen said he wants to work with them on policy solutions that will address the “structural issues” that drive up prescription drug costs. He also committed to sitting down with pharmacy benefit managers – middlemen who negotiate…
Primal Scream have released two new songs, ‘Ready To Go Home’ and ‘The Centre Cannot Hold’, ahead of upcoming album ‘Come Ahead’. Listen to the tracks below. Today (September 25), the band issued the two singles on streaming platforms via BMG, following recent peeks into their twelfth album in the form of ‘Deep Dark Waters’ and ‘Love Insurrection’. “It’s a joyous acceptance of death. It’s dark, but it’s also up, full of humour,” frontman Bobby Gillespie says of ‘Ready To Go Home’, which is the album’s opening track. He notes that he sang the lyrics of the song to his…
US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as they attend the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation’s annual event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration on Tuesday announced its support for the latest short-term government funding proposal, greatly reducing the chances of a partial shutdown ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.In a statement from the Office of Management and Budget, the White House applauded the bill for giving Congress “more time to complete full-year funding bills later this year that deliver…
Exciting changes are coming to Book Riot and newsletter subscriber inboxes! Starting this October, we’ll be bringing the diverse perspectives and thoughtful stories found at Book Riot to our host of newsletters. You’ll find pieces written not only by the writers who have become your trusted advisors on what’s new and interesting in your favorite corners of the book world, but also some new-to-you voices who have their own thoughts, insights, and, of course, book recommendations to share. We’ve been working behind the scenes on Book Riot’s membership platform, built to support more robust content and community, and the updates…
If you’re like most guys, myself included, you likely only dabble with skincare products as the need arises. Or maybe someone stuffed a thing of beard butter in your stocking one year. Or your friend’s skin always looks so smooth, and you finally bought a tube of his secret skincare weapon. Regardless of your routine, or lack thereof, the best men’s skincare kit is going to be the one that meets a broad spectrum of your needs. Plus, they present a perfect opportunity to try out multiple face products without committing to a full-sized bottle. The products in some kits…
(Left) Matthias Schoenaerts in ‘The Regime.’ Photograph by Miya Mizuno/HBO. (Right) DC Comics’ Supergirl from writer Tom King’s ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.’ Photo courtesy of DC.com.Preview:Matthias Schoenaerts is joining Supergirl.He’ll play the villain opposite Milly Alcock’s conflicted title character.‘Cruella’s Craig Gillespie is in the director’s chair.While we’ve known for a while that ‘House of the Dragon’ actor Milly Alcock has snagged the role of Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl in ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,’ other news has been slower to arrive.That changes today, as Deadline reports that Matthias Schoenaerts has scored the role of the villain in the new movie.Not Yet…
The first trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s Cross is here, and it’s clear the title character is going to be dealing with a very twisted villain when this series premieres in November. Cross is an adaptation of the James Patterson novels and centers on Alex Cross, played by Aldis Hodge, a detective with a Ph.D in psychology who is raising his two children as a single father following the devastating murder of his wife. The logline for the new series is: “Alex Cross is a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their…
Apple Intelligence features are scheduled to roll out to compatible iPhone models with the iOS 18.1 update starting in the US, which could be rolled out sometime next month. Ahead of the release, the Cupertino-based tech giant has revealed how much storage space these features will require. The details were shared in the latest iOS 18.1 Developer Beta 5 update. Notably, the storage requirement is considerably high, and it might require some users to free up space before they can download and install the update.How Much Storage Space Will be Required to Run Apple Intelligence?In the support documentation for the…
OpenAI has launched advanced voice mode for audio chats with ChatGPT.Jordan Novet, CNBCChatGPT is ready for more natural audio chats.OpenAI said Tuesday that its popular chatbot now has an advanced voice feature for people who pay for the premium service. The tool allows for more fluid conversations.The release will continue through the week. The company said it’s not yet available in EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or the U.K.OpenAI announced the new capability in May. The rollout got plenty of publicity because of a voice called Sky that resembled that of Scarlett Johansson in the 2013 movie “Her.” Legal…
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it was launching a probe into Calvin Klein-parent PVH Group over alleged business disruptions around its Xinjiang supply chain.The ministry said the investigation is part of its “unreliable entities” list mechanism. Launched in 2019 shortly after the U.S. blacklisted Huawei, the list is China’s version of the U.S. Commerce Department’s entity list that restricts named companies from accessing items originating in the U.S.The U.S. Commerce Department…
Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion.The prison term was significantly stiffer than the recommendation by the federal Probation Department that Judge Lewis Kaplan sentence Ellison to three years of supervised release, with no time at all behind bars.Defense lawyers also had requested a no-prison sentence for Ellison, who had run Alameda Research, a…
Note: This article contains references to alleged sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing.Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by a woman who claims that he and one of his employees raped her in 2001. The woman, Thalia Graves, filed her complaint today (September 24) in a New York federal court.According to the lawsuit, obtained by Pitchfork, Graves met Diddy “in or around late 1999 or early 2000 through her then-boyfriend, who was an executive at [Diddy’s] Bad Boy [Records].” She claims that, “around the summer of 2001,” Diddy called her and said that “he wanted to meet with…
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTrump Media shares turned higher Tuesday as the company behind Truth Social looked to pull up from a downward spiral that coincided with company insiders, including majority owner Donald Trump, getting clearance to start selling their stock.DJT shares climbed as much as 7% in heavy trading shortly after the opening bell. The stock was up more than 4% in the final hour of trading.The upswing followed six straight trading days in the red, which drove Trump Media stock down more than 32%.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconTrump Media (DJT) Stock PriceThat dive was just the…
Maybe I’m prejudiced. But isn’t that the right of anyone evaluating books? It’s about what you like. Or don’t. In the case of author Jean Hanff Korelitz, I’m indeed prejudiced. That’s because The Plot, her ingenious thriller in which a bestselling book becomes a matter of life or death, is one of my favorite reads of all time. And I’m not alone. When it came out in 2021, Stephen King called it “one of the best novels I’ve ever read about writers and writing.” There’s more high praise from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Malcolm Gladwell,…
Fashion week has come and gone, but the beauty looks that went down the runways left a permanent mark on our brains that we haven’t been able to shake. This year, the beauty was particularly sublime. Grungy eye looks, futuristic nail art, barefaced boldness, and incredible bobs graced the runways, and our beauty team can’t seem to shut up about it. I, for one, will gladly continue the conversation about Phillip Lim’s 20th-anniversary show. The brand debuted its stunning S/S 25 collection with a modern, fresh makeup look courtesy of SHEGLAM.Celebrity makeup artist Fara Homidi created soft and simple glam…
Oh Mary! broke the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the sixth time last week, with a gross of $1.16 million. The show, written by and starring Cole Escola as a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, has played to 100 percent capacity almost every week of its run, which began at the end of June. The play also had the highest average paid admission in the industry last week, with an average ticket price of $162.25, edging out shows such as Hamilton, best musical winner The Outsiders and the new play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr. McNeal, which is…