How technology is being used to preserve memories at risk from climate disasters

Tesla / YouTube An image shown during Tesla’s We, Robot event The maker of the film Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Discovery, alleging they used imagery from the movie without permission. Production firm Alcon Entertainment claims it had specifically denied a request from Warner Bros to use material from…

These old Apple products are starting to rot. The tech company has announced that several antiquated devices need software upgrades to use iCloud storage backups. In a customer memo, Apple announced that starting Dec. 18, all devices must be running at least on iOS 9, which debuted in 2015. iCloud will no longer be accessible…

BuzzFeed News managed to find more than 20 Foopah challenge videos within an hour of being on the platform, only to be shown more on the For You page because of that engagement. (BuzzFeed News will not be linking to or embedding any videos besides Andrews’s, as we cannot guarantee all users taking part in…

SAN FRANCISCO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a handful of artificial intelligence-related bills that would give actors more protection over their digital likenesses and fight against the spread of deepfakes in political ads, among other regulations aimed at the fast-rising technology. “They were important election integrity bills that are long overdue,” Newsom said in…

Brendan Carr, the incoming Federal Communications Commission Chairman, has demanded answers from Big Tech firms about their involvement in what he described as an “censorship cartel” to suppress speech with which they disagreed. Carr – who President-elect Trump dubbed a “warrior for free speech” on Sunday as he announced him as his pick to lead…

Chinese scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in a real-life “Death Star” energy beam weapon, according to reports. The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to make one large focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by firing a particle beam comprised of…