Protection of youth and diversity: EU countries want stricter rules for YouTube & Co.

Protection of youth and diversity: EU countries want stricter rules for YouTube & Co.

EU-wide regulations for television and services for video on call must take into account the rapidly changing landscape of the audiovisual media. This is the core message that the EU Council sends to the EU Commission from 2018 in the run-up to the amendment to the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMD). According to the representatives of … Read more

Tikok can create short videos with AI from given pictures

Tikok can create short videos with AI from given pictures

The video portal Tiktok introduces a new function to create moving images. “Ai Alive” allows users to produce short videos with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) from static pictures. The AI ​​should adhere to the guidelines that are given to it by text. Tikok promises to check the videos created by AI in advance … Read more

Report: Mini camera for Apple Watch and AirPods in planning

Report: Mini camera for Apple Watch and AirPods in planning

The fact that Apple may check the installation of cameras into its earplugs of the AirPods series has been speculated for a long time. Now there is new information on how to implement. According to the Financial news agency Bloomberg If it is apparently about scanning and describing the surroundings, similar to how you know … Read more

Airbnb before radical change: booking of services now possible

Airbnb before radical change: booking of services now possible

Airbnb can no longer only book accommodations, but also a number of services and activities. The US company has now announced this And presented an extensive revision of the app. For example, you can order a cook directly in the, a personalized photo shoot, a haircut or a massage. The activities include riding tours, museum … Read more

According to the judgment: Epic is sufficient “Fortnite” with web payment at Apple-and waits

According to the judgment: Epic is sufficient "Fortnite" with web payment at Apple-and waits

It was a big victory: Epic Games had convinced a US judge that Apple does not stick to rules to open its app store platform for other payment forms. While Spotify and Amazon have already been successfully submitted and approved their apps, with which users can now buy content or subscription directly on the web … Read more

Instead of Apple Pay: PayPal starts with contactless numbers on iPhone

Instead of Apple Pay: PayPal starts with contactless numbers on iPhone

PayPal is currently launching a new function for NFC payments in Germany. The first users can now set up a virtual Debit MasterCard in the PayPal app, a PayPal account of the Mac & I editorial team has shown the extended functionality since Tuesday-even without another app update. This enables contactless payments to NFC cash … Read more

FastVLM: Apple’s new image-to-text-Ki should be much faster

FastVLM: Apple's new image-to-text-Ki should be much faster

When Apple Intelligence indicated in spring 2024, the research publications of Apple engineers were the first harbing. In retrospect, it was already evident at that time which focus on Apple in its own AI models, including the suitability, to operate some models locally on iPhone and Co. If this is repeated this year, a significantly … Read more

iOS 19 & Co: Apple delivers new functions around the operating aids

iOS 19 & Co: Apple delivers new functions around the operating aids

New operating aids should make Apple’s operating systems even more accessible. The manufacturer announced a large package of new functions related to accessibility on Tuesday, which are planned for the current year – Probably as part of iOS 19 and MacOS 16. The function is also integrated in the magnifying glass to make the text … Read more