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ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator

TechCrunch

about 3 hours ago

ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator

The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.

Aether OS is computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol

The Verge

about 4 hours ago

Aether OS is computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol

Aether OS puts a full-fledged desktop in your browser that ties directly into the AT Protocol. That means it connects to your Bluesky account and other public records. It offers a pretty full suite of apps, 42 in total, covering text editing, task management, and social media. There's even a rudimentary tracker for making chiptunes, a DAW, and a video editor. Of course, part of the appeal is also the cyberpunk good looks that draw obvious inspiration from The Matrix. Right now, the project is in alpha, and there are a lot of rough edges. Documentation is also basically non-existent. So, if you get stuck trying to use an app, you're kind … Read the full story at The Verge.

Video shows dozens of migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea

Al Jazeera

about 5 hours ago

Video shows dozens of migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea

More than 120 migrants, including at least 20 minors, were rescued in the central Mediterranean over the past 48 hours.

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

Hacker News

about 6 hours ago

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n61dg3/grandparents-are-glued-to-their-phones-families-are-worried Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47389784 Points: 17 # Comments: 2

Influencer Andrew Tate, facing rape charges in 2 countries, parties in Hong Kong

South China Morning Post

about 9 hours ago

Influencer Andrew Tate, facing rape charges in 2 countries, parties in Hong Kong

Online influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who both face rape and human‑trafficking charges in Romania and the United Kingdom, were reported to have entered Hong Kong over the weekend, sparking heated discussion online. Andrew posted a photo of himself and Tristan on a luxury boat in Victoria Harbour on X on Sunday, while other posts showed the brothers visiting the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district and a crab restaurant in Causeway Bay. A video he posted a day earlier showed him singing...

Could the PLA’s new shipborne drone redefine naval operations in the South China Sea?

South China Morning Post

about 10 hours ago

Could the PLA’s new shipborne drone redefine naval operations in the South China Sea?

A new type of autonomous helicopter has been seen operating on the Type 075 amphibious assault ship, possibly improving the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) capabilities in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Mainland state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday released a video explaining the operational capabilities of China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship. It showed a lightweight uncrewed helicopter parked on the ship with folding rotors that appeared to be slightly smaller than the PLA’s...

The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse

The Verge

about 12 hours ago

The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse

In 2020 and 2021, the social media world seemed to be on the verge of complete change. A new app called TikTok was ascendant, bringing a whole new kind of vertical video to phones everywhere. And another app - not as popular, but growing fast, and already hugely influential among the tech set - looked like it might have an entirely new social idea on its hands. It was called Clubhouse, and it was a huge bet that audio might be the future. It was the next big thing, until it wasn't. On this episode of Version History, we tell the story of the early days of Clubhouse, and how a simple audio group chat app turned into a booming entertainment a … Read the full story at The Verge.

ByteDance reportedly suspends launch of Seedance video AI model after copyright disputes

South China Morning Post

about 15 hours ago

ByteDance reportedly suspends launch of Seedance video AI model after copyright disputes

TikTok’s ⁠Chinese parent, ByteDance, has put ⁠on hold the global ⁠launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, after copyright disputes with major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms, The Information reported on Saturday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the situation. Reuters could not ‌immediately verify the report. ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ByteDance said last month it would take steps to prevent the unauthorised use of...

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FPV drone slams into US military base in Iraq

Al Jazeera

about 19 hours ago

FPV drone slams into US military base in Iraq

Iraq's Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah has released drone video from an attack on the US's Victory Base in Baghdad.

Iran’s Space Research Centre severely damaged in strikes

Al Jazeera

about 21 hours ago

Iran’s Space Research Centre severely damaged in strikes

Video has revealed the Iranian Space Research Centre in Tehran has suffered significant damage from Israeli-US strikes.

The women bringing chess into the 21st Century - with 'bullet' matches and viral videos

BBC World

about 23 hours ago

The women bringing chess into the 21st Century - with 'bullet' matches and viral videos

Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.

ByteDance has reportedly suspended the global rollout of its new AI video generator

Engadget

1 day ago

ByteDance has reportedly suspended the global rollout of its new AI video generator

A month after Seedance 2.0's launch in China sparked cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance over its use of copyrighted materials, its developer ByteDance has reportedly hit pause on the release of the AI video tool in other regions. According to The Information, which spoke to two anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter, ByteDance has suspended Seedance 2.0's global rollout. Engadget has reached out to ByteDance for comment and will update this story if we hear back with more information. Seedance 2.0 caught heat from Hollywood studios almost immediately upon its release, after user-generated videos including a viral AI clip of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise sparked concerns that copyrighted works were used in training the model. In February, ByteDance told the BBC that it is "taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorised use of intellectual property and likeness by users." It's unclear when exactly ByteDance planned to release the tool more widely. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/bytedance-has-reportedly-suspended-the-global-rollout-of-its-new-ai-video-generator-212326112.html?src=rss

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ByteDance’s Controversial AI Video Model Reportedly on Hold Globally Due to Copyright Disputes

Gizmodo

1 day ago

ByteDance’s Controversial AI Video Model Reportedly on Hold Globally Due to Copyright Disputes

If you have your heart set on AI-generating some John Wick-style action scenes starring celebrities with weird voices, we have some bad news.

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Iranian woman explains ‘Allahu Akbar’ to Americans, amid explosion in Iran

Al Jazeera

1 day ago

Iranian woman explains ‘Allahu Akbar’ to Americans, amid explosion in Iran

Video shows an Iranian woman recording a message to Americans, amid an explosion in Iran.

Engadget

1 day ago

Spotify’s new Taste Profile feature lets users fine-tune their algorithm’s recommendations

You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile feature, which allows users to personally customize exactly what they want to listen to, whether it's music, audiobooks or podcasts. This AI-powered feature is still in beta, and it will be available to Premium users in New Zealand in the coming weeks. From its short video demo, Spotify's Taste Profile feature will show you a summary of your listening habits and offer a "Tell us more" prompt at the bottom. With the new prompt, users can inform the AI what they want to see more of or if they want to get rid of a genre that keeps popping up in their algorithm. Spotify said that the Taste Profile will take into consideration more ambiguous prompts, too, like if you're training for a marathon and want upbeat music or want to listen to news podcasts during your commute to work. Spotify added that Taste Profile is an optional feature, and unwilling users can "leave it and enjoy Spotify as usual." With Taste Profile, Spotify is continuing its momentum of offering AI features, like the Prompted Playlist feature that was made available last month. Unlike the existing AI Playlist feature, Prompted Playlist lets you put in specific requests to generate a playlist, like only including songs from a specific TV show. Like Taste Profile, the Prompted Playlist feature saw beta testing in New Zealand first, before expanding to US and Canadian users a month later. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/music/spotifys-new-taste-profile-feature-lets-users-fine-tune-their-algorithms-recommendations-191104626.html?src=rss

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Rosamund Pike Thinks the ‘Doom’ Movie Is So Bad It Nearly Killed Her Career

Gizmodo

1 day ago

Rosamund Pike Thinks the ‘Doom’ Movie Is So Bad It Nearly Killed Her Career

A lot of video game movies haven't been good, but to Pike, 'Doom' was bad enough to jeopardize her entire acting future.

Protesters in Cuba attack Communist party office amid blackout fury

South China Morning Post

1 day ago

Protesters in Cuba attack Communist party office amid blackout fury

Anti-government protesters attacked a ⁠Communist party office in northern Cuba early on Saturday, a ⁠state-run newspaper reported, in a rare outburst of public dissent triggered by worsening blackouts that have been exacerbated by a US oil blockade. A rally against power cuts and food shortages appeared to begin peacefully in the city of Moron late on Friday then turned violent in the early hours of Saturday morning, Invasor newspaper said. Videos on social media showed a large fire and ‌people...

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China’s new security era in Africa: protecting assets, citizens from DR Congo to Somalia

South China Morning Post

1 day ago

China’s new security era in Africa: protecting assets, citizens from DR Congo to Somalia

Living in container houses under the constant shadow of terrorism, Chinese diplomats in Somalia represent the extreme front line of a new, assertive era in Beijing’s foreign policy. During a video call to staff at the Chinese embassy in Mogadishu, Foreign Minister Wang Yi laid bare the “complex and severe risks of terrorism”, using the situation in the war-torn nation as a stark reminder of why China was overhauling how it protected its citizens and interests overseas. The call was made in...

OpenAI reportedly plans to add Sora video generation to ChatGPT

Engadget

2 days ago

OpenAI reportedly plans to add Sora video generation to ChatGPT

OpenAI plans to add its Sora video generation model directly into ChatGPT, The Information reports . The standalone Sora app was seen as a smash hit when it launched alongside Sora 2 in September 2025, but interest in the video generation app has fallen in the time since as users ran into limits on the amount and kinds of videos they could create. Adding Sora to the ChatGPT could give the model a second life, and ideally grow the ChatGPT app's weekly active users from the 900 million OpenAI reported in February, to a billion or more. According to The Information, the standalone Sora app will stick around after the model is integrated, even though the app has fallen out of the App Store's top 100 free apps and only a small number of users reportedly share their videos publicly in the app. It’s hard to pin down an exact number for what generating a video costs OpenAI, but the company charges API customers $0.10 per second for a 720p video, and in 2025, it was willing to give away 30 free video generations per account per a day in the Sora app. When you consider the even larger audience that could use the model in the ChatGPT app, things could get expensive fast. That could be one reason The Information reports OpenAI has projected it could spend over $225 billion on inference — the cost of running the company's models — between 2026 and 2030. The company has attempted to monetize the Sora app by having users pay for credits to generate new videos, and could deploy something similar once the model comes to ChatGPT. Maybe giving customers the ability to generate videos with Disney characters could even get people to pay for more videos once they run out of free generations. Whether or not adding Sora to ChatGPT moves the needle for OpenAI, though, the company will likely be spending even more money than it was before. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/openai-reportedly-plans-to-add-sora-video-generation-to-chatgpt-222611439.ht

Meta is bringing more international news to its AI

Engadget

2 days ago

Meta is bringing more international news to its AI

Meta AI should soon be better at surfacing international news content thanks to a set of new deals with publishers. The company announced new agreements with international outlets and offered additional details on its recent deal with News Corp. The latest deals bring French newspaper Le Figaro, Spanish media company Prisa and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung into the fold. Together, along with News Corp, which runs a number of outlets in the UK, these sources should give Meta AI better access to timely info about world events. Meta didn't disclose terms of the deals — The Wall Street Journal previously reported the News Corp arrangement was worth up to $50 million a year — but it said that it intends to link out to the relevant news sources. "These integrations will also facilitate easier access to information by linking out to articles, allowing you to visit these partners’ websites for more details while providing value to partners, enabling them to reach new audiences," Meta wrote in an update. The company has a long and sometimes fraught history with publishers as its priorities have shifted over the years. In the past, Meta has struck deals to pay publishers to produce live video and "instant articles" only to change course as news content has become less of a priority for Facebook. Now, with Meta struggling to compete with its AI rivals, it seems the social media company is once again interested in news content. As the company notes in its blog post, Meta AI isn't always great at surfacing accurate and timely info. I noted this in 2024 when the company's assistant was repeatedly unable to accurately answer seemingly simple questions like " who is the Speaker of the House of Representatives." By striking a bunch of deals with publishers, the company should be better equipped to handle these kinds of queries (and hopefully more complex ones). How much benefit publishers will see from these arrangements, however, is an open question. While Meta says it wil

Amazon Is Jacking Up the Price on Prime Video Without Ads

Gizmodo

2 days ago

Amazon Is Jacking Up the Price on Prime Video Without Ads

The ad-free video streaming plan is getting more expensive, but some new perks are coming.

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You'll now have to fork out for an additional subscription if you want to watch 4K content on Prime Video

Engadget

2 days ago

You'll now have to fork out for an additional subscription if you want to watch 4K content on Prime Video

Amazon is raising the price of its ad-free Prime Video subscription and locking 4K UHD streaming behind this new tier. Starting April 10 for US customers, a rebranded Prime Video Ultra subscription will cost $5 per month, up from $3 per month. For that extra $2, you get a download capacity increase from 25 to 100, and you can now run five streams concurrently instead of three. Whether those "Ultra" upgrades are worth the $24 annual hike will probably depend on how many boxsets you like to plough through on a long flight, or how many devices are using your Prime Video account. The changes are most galling for Prime members who automatically qualify for Prime Video with ads through their membership, as Amazon has decided to remove 4K streaming from the standard tier. That means that, despite already paying $15 per month or $139 per year for Amazon Prime, you’ll be stuck with 1080p shows and movies unless you sign up to Prime Video Ultra. Amazon has thrown in Dolby Vision support for the first time, as well as upping the concurrent stream and download count on its free tier as well, but you’re losing the privilege of UHD content that has been available to all Prime Video members for years. Dolby Atmos remains exclusive to the $5 tier too. Amazon is the latest streamer to put its prices up, following similar recent hikes to Apple TV, Disney+ and HBO Max. If you don’t want to give the company any more of your hard-earned, you have just under a month to binge your way through the second season of Fallout in all of its irradiated UHD glory. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/youll-now-have-to-fork-out-for-an-additional-subscription-if-you-want-to-watch-4k-content-on-prime-video-174028064.html?src=rss

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Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10

Ars Technica

2 days ago

Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10

Amazon says its service requires "significant investment."

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The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam

TechCrunch

2 days ago

The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam

The FBI believes a series of video games published on Steam in the last two years were embedded with malware by the same hacker.

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ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator

Aether OS is computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol

Video shows dozens of migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

Influencer Andrew Tate, facing rape charges in 2 countries, parties in Hong Kong

Could the PLA’s new shipborne drone redefine naval operations in the South China Sea?

The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse

ByteDance reportedly suspends launch of Seedance video AI model after copyright disputes

FPV drone slams into US military base in Iraq

Iran’s Space Research Centre severely damaged in strikes

The women bringing chess into the 21st Century - with 'bullet' matches and viral videos

ByteDance has reportedly suspended the global rollout of its new AI video generator

ByteDance’s Controversial AI Video Model Reportedly on Hold Globally Due to Copyright Disputes

Iranian woman explains ‘Allahu Akbar’ to Americans, amid explosion in Iran

Spotify’s new Taste Profile feature lets users fine-tune their algorithm’s recommendations

Rosamund Pike Thinks the ‘Doom’ Movie Is So Bad It Nearly Killed Her Career

Protesters in Cuba attack Communist party office amid blackout fury

China’s new security era in Africa: protecting assets, citizens from DR Congo to Somalia

OpenAI reportedly plans to add Sora video generation to ChatGPT

Meta is bringing more international news to its AI

Amazon Is Jacking Up the Price on Prime Video Without Ads

You'll now have to fork out for an additional subscription if you want to watch 4K content on Prime Video

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The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam