Shutterstock is eager to embrace AI-generated art. As The Vergereports, the photo provider has widened its deal with OpenAI to begin selling stock images built using the DALL-E 2 AI generator. The approach will offer “direct access” to DALL-E through t…
Amazon now lets you pay using Venmo
Your Venmo money is now useful for much more than covering your share of last night’s pizza. As promised last year, Amazon is rolling out the option to use either your Venmo balance, a linked bank account or an associated debit card for payments. You c…
‘Bayonetta 3’ turns witchy weirdness into an art form
A new Bayonetta game is like the circus rolling into town. Bayonetta is the ringmaster, of course, and she shows up out of the blue with boxcars of strange beasts, weird friends, dangerous spells, magnificent clothing and endless promises to impress. H…
The Morning After: Testing out Apple’s new entry-level iPad
Apple surprised us last week with two new iPads. We’ve spent a bit of time with the new entry-level iPad ($449) which has been redesigned to match the rest of the iPad family with flat edges, USB-C and a Touch ID-enabled power button. Unusually, it als…
NASA names 16-person panel tasked with investigating UFOs
Last June, NASA announced that it would convene a panel to study “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP), aka UFOs — while saying it doesn’t believe they’re “extraterrestrial in origin.” Now, the space agency has unveiled the 16-member panel that will fo…
WhatsApp went down for users worldwide (updated)
If you were trying to send messages via WhatsApp and they weren’t going through, you weren’t alone. The messaging app went down early Tuesday for many users around the world for at least 30 minutes. Based on information from Downdetector — and from Eng…
FTC seeks to penalize Drizly and its CEO over a breach that exposed 2.5 million users’ data
The Federal Trade Commission wants to limit the amount of personal information Drizly can collect as part of the enforcement actions it’s proposing against the marketplace and its CEO. According to the FTC, the alcohol delivery service that Uber had pu…
Twitter employees warn Musk mass layoffs would be ‘reckless’
Days before Elon Musk’s deal to acquire Twitter could finally close, workers at the social company are warning that staff cuts would be “reckless.” Timereports that an open letter from an unspecified number of Twitter employees, directed to Musk and Tw…
‘Fallout 4’ is getting high-FPS and 4K upgrades on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC
Fallout 5 is nowhere near release, but Bethesda might have something to tide you over. VGCreports the game developer has unveiled plans to release a “next-gen” (really, current-gen) update for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2023. The upgrade will offer…
Bumble open-sourced its AI tool for catching unwanted nudes
Since 2019, Bumble has used machine learning to protect its users from lewd photos. Dubbed Private Detector, the feature screens images sent from matches to determine if they depict inappropriate content. It was primarily designed to catch unsolicited …