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Android users are now able to edit their photos with AI, Google announced on Tuesday. In Google Photos, users will be able to talk to the AI using natural language to describe how they want to edit their photo via either voice or text, Google says. The feature is designed to make it easier to edit photos without having to understand which editing tools to use or where they can be found in the app. The Gemini-powered feature was initially made available to those with the newly launched Pixel 10 devices in the U.S., introduced in August. Image Credits:Google To…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Omega Psi Phi pledge who alleges he was so severely beaten during the Nu Eta chapter’s “Hell Night” that he had to relearn how to walk is now suing the fraternity, the University of Mississippi, multiple other people and organizations. According to the federal lawsuit, Rafeal Joseph and other pledges were struck repeatedly with a wooden paddle made from a two-by-four plank on April 16, 2023. Afterwards, Joseph went to the hospital where he underwent a blood transfusion and emergency surgery while being treated for bruised ribs, a hematoma, posterior compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis,…
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler has been the standard everyone is chasing for the last 856 days. That’s how long he has been No. 1 in the world, the longest stretch in golf for anyone since Tiger Woods.Now he is one of 12 at the Ryder Cup. His matches at Bethpage Black count no more than anyone else, whether it’s Patrick Cantlay or Harris English or Bryson DeChambeau.“At the end of the day, it’s just all about going and winning your point,” Justin Thomas said Tuesday. “All of us are very happy that he’s on our team this week…
A roster of high-profile conservative voices could soon return to YouTube.YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, said in a letter published Tuesday that it intends to “provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform” whose accounts had been terminated over repeated violations of its COVID-19 and election integrity policies.The letter, written by Alphabet lawyer Daniel Donovan to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said that YouTube “values conservative voices on its platform” and recognized their reach and role in civic discourse. (Read the letter in full below.)The House Judiciary Committee published the letter on its website on…
This month, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Flint, Paul Ballew, the National Football League’s chief data and analytics officer, said that Nielsen — widely regarded as the top media-audience measurement company — is not equipped to accurately capture the number of people watching each of the league’s games.”There are millions of viewers that we believe they are systematically undercounting,” Ballew told Flint.Ballew’s comments came as Nielsen rolled out its new audience-engagement tool, called Big Data + Panel, which is meant to more accurately count program viewership in the nascent ad-supported streaming era. For now, television viewership…
While many vibe coding startups have become unicorns, with valuations in the billions, one area where AI-assisted coding has not yet taken off is on mobile devices. Despite the numerous apps now available that offer vibe coding tools on mobile platforms, none are gaining noticeable downloads, and few are generating any revenue at all. According to an analysis of global app store trends by the app intelligence provider Appfigures, only a small handful of mobile apps offering vibe coding tools have seen any downloads, let alone generated revenue. The largest of these is Instance: AI App Builder, which has seen…
NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily drove the increase, CDC researchers wrote in an article published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Only two antibiotics work against those infections, and the drugs are expensive and must be administered through an IV, researchers said.Bacteria with the gene were once considered exotic, linked to a small number of patients who received medical care overseas. Though…
The future of work is no longer on the horizon — it’s being redefined in real time. On the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Mercor co-founder and CEO Brendan Foody will break down how artificial intelligence is transforming not just how we work, but also who gets to work in the first place. From talent access to hiring pipelines to the rise of AI-augmented teams, it’s a conversation that could reshape the way you think about your next hire. At the 20th anniversary of TechCrunchDon’t, miss this session on how AI is redefining hiring practices. Register by September 26…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bobby Cain, who helped integrate one of the first high schools in the South in 1956 as one of the so-called Clinton 12, died Monday in Nashville at the age of 85, according to his nephew J. Kelvin Cain.Bobby Cain was a senior when he entered the formerly all-white Clinton High School in Tennessee on a court order. He had previously attended a Black high school about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away in Knoxville and was not happy about leaving his friends to spend his senior year at a new school in a hostile environment. “He…
Few investors speak as bluntly — or think as big — as Vinod Khosla. The Khosla Ventures’ founder has never shied away from calling out hype, doubling down on ambitious bets, and pushing founders to look beyond incremental progress. This October at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, Khosla will return to the Disrupt Stage for a fireside chat that promises insight, provocation, and inspiration. In a session overflowing with experience and hard-won lessons, he will share his unvarnished take on the world 15 years from now — a future he believes will be defined…