Lost iPhone survives 33 days under water off Hawaiian coast

A Minnesota man gave up on retrieving his iPhone after dropping it while on vacation, but the phone had a lot more endurance than he thought.

Tinder trouble: Man charged with impersonating deputy on dating app

The images showed him wearing a deputy's uniform, and one image showed him carrying a loaded gun, New Mexico authorities said.

Twitter verification blue checkmarks reportedly reappearing for some users

Twitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee. But the marks mysteriously returned for many highly followed accounts over the weekend.

How scammers are using your Snapchat and TikTok posts in their AI schemes

AI scams that employ synthetic voice and images pull data from TikTok, Facebook and Snapchat to fabricate fake hostages' voices and images, according to a security adviser.

Facial recognition company says it collected 30 billion social media images for police to use

New York facial-recognition company Clearview AI says it has collected 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media platforms to build its vast database of images that critics complain amount to a perpetual police line-up.

Social media images being used for facial recognition by police
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The next time police are trying to identify a crime suspect, they might put 'your' face in a line-up to consider whether you're responsible. FOX 26 Business Reporter Tom Zizka shares the details about a facial recognition company getting some controversial attention.

These jobs are safe from the AI revolution — for now

Jobs involving manual or outdoor labor or specialized knowledge are less likely to be replaced by AI-informed automation.

Taxidermy bird drones aim to assist, advance wildlife research

Researchers hope to expand what they learn from these taxidermy bird drones to improve fuel efficiency in aviation and possibly into assisting space exploration.

Twitter starts removing blue check marks from users who don’t pay

Twitter will require users to pay a monthly fee to keep the blue check mark. The social media giant had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue check system — many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures.

Drake and The Weeknd AI-generated song about Selena Gomez goes viral on TikTok

A Hit Song That Isn't An Actual Song: The song, titled "Heart on my Sleeve," seemingly cloned the two rappers' voices to create a song about Selena Gomez, The Weeknd's ex-girlfriend.

Comcast Texas pledges another million-dollar donation to bridge digital divide

“These investments are part of Comcast Texas’ ongoing commitment to provide people with the digital tools needed to succeed in this ever-connected world,” Ralph Martinez, Comcast Texas’ Regional Senior Vice President said in a press statement