https://en.ammonnews.net/category/21 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:50:51 +0300 Unix10 FeedCreator ar https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94565 If you prioritize internet speed and stability over the convenience of Wi-Fi, connecting your computer or another device directly to the router with an Ethernet cable may feel like a smart choice. Modern routers usually have multiple Ethernet ports on them, but they're not all the same. The port... Gotcha Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:36:51 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94565 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94560 It's a common occurrence: You have your fully charged laptop plugged in before you, but your smartphone is seriously lagging behind. So, you unplug the charger from your laptop and use it with your phone. Both have USB-C ports, so it should be OK, right? That's the big question that we've... Gotcha Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:26:39 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94560 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94542 New Zealand's government will introduce legislation on Monday banning under 16s from using social media, joining a number of countries seeking to keep youngsters off sites such as Instagram and TikTok.New Zealand has been investigating a social media ban for over a year, after neighbouring Australia... Gotcha Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:56:16 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94542 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94527 Instagram can make an ad feel almost telepathic. Browse a product on another site, and an ad for the same thing may appear in your feed minutes later. Despite its uncanny accuracy, Meta says it doesn't use your phone's microphone to listen in on your conversations to serve those ads. A retailer,... Gotcha Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:36:07 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94527 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94526 Attaching photos to a ChatGPT conversation on an iPhone has always been easy enough, but the latest update removes a few more taps from the process. A new shortcut now lets users jump straight to their most recent images, making it quicker to add a photo when asking ChatGPT to identify, explain, analyze,... Gotcha Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:34:09 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94526 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94503 A Chinese ‌humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men's world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation ​Center,... Gotcha Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:21:22 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94503 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94494 If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has just launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, allowing interested users to connect their Messages inbox with the chatbot.The benefits of doing this, OpenAI argues, are numerous.... Gotcha Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:50:16 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94494 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94484 TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice over claims that the video-sharing platform violated federal children's privacy laws, the department announced on Friday.Regulators around the world have been ramping up enforcement against social media companies... Gotcha Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:49:55 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94484 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94453 An average home router typically has 4-5 Ethernet ports, and while they suffice if most devices are connected wirelessly, the moment you think of switching to Ethernet connectivity, the ports can become a limitation. We all know that Ethernet is almost always more reliable than Wi-Fi, offering lower... Gotcha Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:20:58 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94453 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94450 There's nothing wrong with skipping an app update once in a while—maybe your phone is running low on storage, or you're worried an update will change a feature you like. Updating apps is entirely optional since both Android and iOS give you options for managing automatic updates, but you... Gotcha Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:30:18 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94450 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94449 Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new study tools across Search and Gemini, including AI-generated interactive visuals, 3D simulations, a dedicated student hub, customized practice quizzes, and more.The launch of the new study features marks Google’s latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant... Gotcha Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:25:06 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94449 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94425 Whether you're embarking on a cross-country road trip or taking a quick skip downtown, Apple Maps is one of the navigation apps you should use for any journey. It's also the default platform that your iPhone uses, so it pays to learn the software's many ins and outs. One visual element... Gotcha Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:48:48 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94425 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94416 After numerous lawsuits over AI chatbots’ lack of safety measures, leading to teens’ suicides and other mental health concerns, OpenAI on Monday announced the launch of ChatGPT for Teens. The new product promises to include additional safety measures, as well as address the educational crisis of... Gotcha Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:27:00 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94416 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94415 TikTok is developing a feature that would allow users to send each other money via direct messages, according to a new report from Bloomberg. If rolled out, the feature would use the social media service’s TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases.References... Gotcha Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:11:42 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94415 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94386 If you have an iPhone with 64GB of storage or even 128GB, you might find yourself without a lot of space to store your photos, music, and apps. It's important to have some spare storage on your device so you can continue to take photos, download content, and update your device to the latest operating... Gotcha Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:56:29 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94386 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94380 YouTube announced on Monday that it’s changing how views are counted on its platform, with a view now counting as soon as a video starts playing or someone enters a live broadcast. Although the Google-owned platform never disclosed how it previously counted views, it was generally understood that a... Gotcha Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:17:42 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94380 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94361 Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred over witnesses and financial penalties.A coalition of states sued Meta in 2023, and the four states now going to trial were selected to represent them.Lawyers for the... Gotcha Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:57:39 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94361 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94342 Smart glasses can be genuinely useful, whether you’re taking a hands-free photo, listening to music, or asking an AI assistant about whatever is in front of you. Unfortunately, putting a camera on someone’s face also opens the door to some much less pleasant uses. That’s becoming a problem for... Gotcha Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:02:45 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94342 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94341 Meta has been hit with successive losses in court over how its platforms have targeted and harmed young users, but a jury trial set to begin on Tuesday may pose the biggest threat yet to its operations.The trial stems from a lawsuit filed in 2023 by 30 US states, including California and New York, in... Gotcha Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:54:08 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94341 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94340 Chromebooks carry a reputation as simple, budget-friendly laptops, which is well earned as they cost a fraction of what a comparable Windows machine goes for. This is largely because the reasons behind those low prices down to cloud-based storage and lighter hardware. But the affordable price point hides... Gotcha Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:52:07 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94340 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94297 Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to help you protect yourself if you suspect someone has broken into your account on one of the internet’s... Gotcha Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:54:03 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94297 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94296 Instagram on Thursday introduced a new wordmark, which is the text-only logo that spells out the company’s name. The social media giant’s logic was that the older version of its logo felt dated after a decade in use.The change was announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on both Instagram and Threads,... Gotcha Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:51:59 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94296 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94290 Meta has launched a new optional AI-powered scam alert feature on WhatsApp, currently rolled out as a limited test version to warn users about potential fraud.According to a report by tech publication 'The Verge', the feature—dubbed 'Scam Alert'—triggers a warning banner when AI detects... Gotcha Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:28:22 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94290 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94269 When the iPhone first hit the market in 2007, I never imagined it would become a part of my professional picture-taking process. Even though I've always had a love of imagery, and I was slinging around a video camera professionally at the time too, photography was yet to stick. But the iPhone quickly... Gotcha Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:07:36 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94269 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94268 Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark from its AI generations, including images, videos, and songs. The company specified that this won’t affect the invisible SynthID watermark and C2PA standard-related metadata.Josh Woodward, the company’s VP for Gemini,... Gotcha Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:04:16 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94268 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94255 France’s top court on Friday blocked a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression, a setback for President Emmanuel Macron who asked his government to rewrite the legislation.“By prohibiting minors under the age of fifteen from accessing certain... Gotcha Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:47:24 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94255 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94237 A security researcher has published details of a new vulnerability in the latest versions of Windows that allows hackers to gain system-wide access to the user’s device and data, despite facing a legal threat from Microsoft weeks earlier over the release of previously unknown software flaws.The new... Gotcha Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:41:24 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94237 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94236 Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out a stand-alone Creator Studio app, an AI-powered app that gives creators personalized tips to grow their audiences and new tools to engage with their communities. The official iOS rollout comes a few weeks after Facebook began testing the app with... Gotcha Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:39:43 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94236 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94218 Facebook ​and Instagram owner Meta said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected ‌were held by Australians aged under 16 since a world-first ban on teen accounts, and promised more action in the face of possible regulatory intervention.The company said it had deactivated... Gotcha Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:59:38 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94218 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94211 The humble flash drive has come a long way over the years, yet there's no shortage of internet experts telling you to stop using them, or that there's no need for them anymore. You've been told to throw them out and stop buying them; you've been told they're obsolete, or have... Gotcha Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:15:24 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94211