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Google adds a scam-detection feature, built on RCS, to Android 12 and later that verifies whether a call is coming from the caller's actual smartphone (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/android-is-fighting-phone-scams…

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who's Calling
Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever's calling you is who they appear to be.

Vor Android 17: Google verteilt neue Features auch für ältere Android-Versionen
Google verteilt neue Funktionen auch für ältere Android-Versionen teils bis runter zu Android 12. Unter anderem AirDrop und Circle to Search.

Vor Android 17: Google verteilt neue Features auch für ältere Android-Versionen
Google verteilt neue Funktionen auch für ältere Android-Versionen teils bis runter zu Android 12. Unter anderem AirDrop und Circle to Search.

Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including on nutrition, weight lifting, and anxiety (Eli Tan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/technology/meta-safety-features-teenage…

Meta Expands Safety Features for Teenagers
The changes, after Meta’s legal losses in two child safety cases, are aimed at limiting harmful content shown to teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.

Apple Wallet: Neues „Rechnung teilen“-Feature in der Mache
Anbieter wie Venmo in den USA bieten sogenannte Bill-Splitting-Dienste bereits an, in Europa bietet es etwa Revolut. Nun wolle auch Apple mitmachen, heißt es.

Apple Wallet: Neues „Rechnung teilen“-Feature in der Mache
Anbieter wie Venmo in den USA bieten sogenannte Bill-Splitting-Dienste bereits an, in Europa bietet es etwa Revolut. Nun wolle auch Apple mitmachen, heißt es.

“…this is the first AI film to demonstrate that AI can now sustain character consistency, world coherence, and narrative arc across a complete feature,” is roughly equivalent to “we made a car that actually has wheels and can take you somewhere.”
And it wasn’t in the festival, it just screening in the same town.
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First AI-made Feature Film Premieres at Cannes on Higgsfield | Alex Mashrabov posted on the topic | LinkedIn
We just showcased the trailer of our first 95-minute feature film made entirely on Higgsfield in Cannes. Hell Grind is a 95-minute sci-fi heist directed by Aitore Zholdaskali and co-written with Adilkhan Yerzhanov, a two-time Cannes Official Programme filmmaker. A team of 15 professional directors, DPs, and editors made it on Higgsfield in 14 days for under $500K. The traditional comparable production cost is around $50M. But beyond the numbers, this is the first AI film to demonstrate that …

Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including on nutrition, weight lifting, and anxiety (Eli Tan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/technology/meta-safety-features-teenage…

Meta Expands Safety Features for Teenagers
The changes, after Meta’s legal losses in two child safety cases, are aimed at limiting harmful content shown to teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.

Plex adds new social features, including Discussions, a community forum with a hybrid AI and human moderation system, and a Match Score to suggest content (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/plex-launches-new-social-fea…

Plex adds new social features ahead of a major price hike for its lifetime pass | TechCrunch
Plex has come a long way from being just a personal media server. Over the past few years, it has transformed into a streaming hub, today featuring

X launches a React with Video feature on iOS that targets creators and is being pitched as a multimedia alternative to the Repost and Quote Post functions (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/x-caters-to-creators-with-new-react-…

X caters to creators with new 'React with Video' feature | TechCrunch
X will now let you 'react with video' to posts.

X launches a React with Video feature on iOS that targets creators and is being pitched as a multimedia alternative to the Repost and Quote Post functions (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/x-caters-to-creators-with-new-react-…

X caters to creators with new 'React with Video' feature | TechCrunch
X will now let you 'react with video' to posts.

Sources: Microsoft has been working on a disc-to-digital feature for Xbox One and Xbox Series X that will let users digitize their physical game collections (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection
Microsoft’s disc-to-digital feature could be essential for next-gen Xbox consoles.