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OpenAI has finally extended its much-anticipated native image generation feature to free ChatGPT users , allowing them to create enchanting Studio Ghibli-style images without a paid subscription. Users are transforming everything from personal photos to iconic memes into the whimsical, hand-drawn aesthetic of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. However, free users face a daily cap of three image generations due to overwhelming demand straining OpenAI’s infrastructure. This has fueled a surge in “Ghiblification,” where users reimagine scenes and portraits in the lush, dreamy style synonymous with Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro ....

Successful gamers often expand their income by selling merchandise besides views count. While this seemed good, they should be responsible for delivering promised goods to those who applied. Denying them after payment could lead to harsh punishments as Shayene Victorio , a Brazilian Counter-Strike gamer got. She was sentenced to prison time of 116 years for embezzlement! Shayene Victorio, or shAy, was a popular gamer of counter-Strike: Global offensive in past and left playing to become a social influencer....

Months after spurring the interest of buying Twitter, Elon Musk today revealed that he’s backing off from the deal. In a regulatory filing, Musk’s team noted that Twitter failed to disclose the spam bot count on its platform, even after asking repeatedly, resulting in a material breach of the proposed contract. Though Musk said he’d pull out, Twitter’s chairperson said they’ll legally sue Musk under the same contract conditions. Dropping the $44 Billion Acquisition Deal After all, the drama of Elon Musk taking over his favorite social media platform isn’t going to end!...

As planned, Etsy sellers are going on a virtual strike this month due to the unfair policies of the platform that were made recently. These include the hiking of transaction cuts Etsy receives, forced spending on advertising, and other programs that put unrealistic pressure on sellers to meet goals. While it’s unknown how many sellers are participating in this strike, it’s said to continue until the 18th of this month....

The ease of swapping the phone’s batteries seems like a nostalgic feeling. However, the European Union (EU) is working on bringing it back. According to the latest proposal filed by the EU , it wants smartphone makers to make it easier for customers to replace their phone’s battery just like in the good old days. Here’s the story. EU Files Proposal To Change Phone’s Battery With Ease According to the latest proposal filed by the EU, it ought to make phone batteries sustainable with a new approach ....

A survey funded by European Union revealed that most of the current young people – aged between 16 to 19 – are committing low-level cyber crimes that are treated as normal! Some of the behaviors they were surveyed through include hate speech, online harassment, digital piracy, watching pornography, acting as money mules, etc. This survey results come at a time when the EU and the UK are preparing a new online safety bill that’d treat more of the above online incidents as criminal offenses....

Since yesterday, Eurostar has been emailing all its users to reset their account passwords – by sharing a link that’s unfortunately not working. Following the link leads to a password setting page, which blocks the process citing technical issues. As it effectively locks out the user from his account, several have expressed their frustration online against Eurostar. The company acknowledged this and blamed its maintenance as the cause. Eurostar Password Reset Issues Eurostar, a high-speed rail operator popularly known for connecting the UK to France, Belgium, and Netherlands through the Channel Tunnel, is now being angered by its community....

Facebook is the world’s largest social media platform, is often target to hackers. Adversaries are always active to exploit any available vulnerability and could make them money. This couldn’t just be technical, but also social. Here’s one such incident happening in India, where some Facebook accounts are taken over by adversaries to be used for stealing money from the victim’s friends. Facebook Accounts Breached and Used For Stealing Money We have learned a new Facebook account scam campaign running in the wild, which includes taking over accounts and spamming the victim’s friend’s list with messages asking for monetary help....

After heavy criticism, Facebook released the Q1 2021 transparency report regarding the most-viewed content on its platform. This was previously shelved and now popped up with a fair reason shared by the company’s policy manager. Facebook had also shared its Q2 2021 transparency report last week. Most-Viewed Content on Facebook Facebook decided to release a quarterly transparency report revealing the most-viewed content and other similar information in the period for unknown reasons....

FanDuel, a popular sports betting site, sent an email warning to its customers last night about a data breach incident caused by one of its third-party vendors. While it didn’t mention who it was, we related that to MailChimp – which disclosed a data breach incident last week, affecting several of its customers. FanDuel asked its users to remain vigilant about potential cyberattacks and change passwords to secure. An Indirect Data Breach at FanDuel With millions of active users every month, FanDuel is a fairly popular online sportsbook platform that manages regulated betting on several sports....

This technology helps to reduce and eliminate the gridlock on toll plazas all over the nation, India. There is an automatic deduction of the toll charges through this tag. Firstly, you need to activate the tag account, and then, the tag pasted on the windshields of the vehicle started working. Further, antennae installed at the toll plaza and directly debited the toll for a particular journey from the bank account of the user....

It is irritating when the volume keeps going up and down on the windows system. This general issue can happen with anyone out of software or hardware-related reasons. This issue is encountered when there’s some fault in the internal speakers or the external audio peripheral. Troubleshooting this issue is easy once you know the reason behind it. This article will guide you on how you can fix the Volume Level Automatically Goes Up Or Down in Windows 11....

Are you tired of facing Disney Plus Stuck on Loading Screen frequently? A bunch of Disney users is facing the same issue as you. Is there any convenient fix to watching a movie? We have demonstrated some methods to fix Disney Plus stuck on the loading screen . However, facing such an issue in a prominent streaming app is frustrating and directly hampers our streaming experience. Let’s explore possibilities to prevent it....

The Control Panel is an essential program on every Windows device. It helps modify system settings and offers utilities to fix, update, and enhance your device’s performance. However, recently, many people have reported that the Control Panel does not open in Windows 11 . As the Control Panel is an important part of Windows, fixing this issue is crucial. Keep reading to learn how to do it. This error mainly occurs due to damaged installation files....

Google Chrome is one of the most famous browsers these days. People around the world widely use it. It is fast and loaded with many features. Users love Chrome not only for its features but also because of its helpful plugins. In short, Chrome is very useful in tasks like browsing, streaming, and watching videos online, and it is helpful with its plugins. If you are a Chrome user, you must have encountered a problem loading some sites....

A new email extortion campaign is actively being targeted against those publishers who’re serving banner ads. The malicious group has been warning publishers to drive unusual traffic to their sites, causing Google to flag fake and ban them eventually. Google has responded to this campaign and said they’re defending such threats with their tools and would help potential victims to safeguard themselves. Google AdSense Scam: Publishers Extorted Bitcoins For Avoiding Fake Traffic...

Google is updating its Developer Program Policy in order to let 15 more countries list their gambling apps in Playstore. These include many from Europe and the US, where citizens of these nations can play online gambling games like casinos, betting, fantasy sports, etc with actual funds, though some rules vary depending on local laws. Online Gambling Apps in Google Playstore While UK, Ireland, and France became the first countries to allow online gambling with real names, Google now added few more countries to the list via its updated store policies....

Researchers at Google Project Zero noted that half of the zero-day bugs found in H1 2022 – that were exploited before a patch was publicly available – can be avoided if concerned software vendors made better testing of their patches. Also, there have been four zero-day bugs spotted that were just the variants of previously released patches – produced by hackers. Some of the 18 zero-day bugs they noted today were from Google’s own Chrome and Pixel software too....

Google is open-sourcing two of its Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to let anyone freely process data without breaching the privacy of others. One of the tools is an internal video blurring one to mask critical objects in a playing video – such as someone’s face, tattoos, or vehicle number plates. And the other is a computational tool to let researchers make calculations over data without personally accessing the sensitive information in it....

A day after researchers declared Linux having more vulnerabilities than Windows, Google now makes a free tool to be used by Linux systems to avoid potential USB keystroke attacks. The software would be running background to monitor any suspicious activities from a plugged USB, and notify a user about potential attacks. This was published by Google in its GitHub for Linux PCs. USB keystroke attacks could be bad, if not worse....