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Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters

In Brief Warner Bros. is suing AI startup Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the company allows users to generate images and videos of characters like Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny without permission. As first reported by Reuters, Warner Bros says that Midjourney knowingly engaged in wrongful conduct, noting that the company previously restricted subscribers from generating content based on infringing images, but recently lifted those protections. “Midjourney has made a c

The one way millennials beat Gen Z in AI adoption

koto_feja/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Gen Z is using AI for far more tasks than older generations. Millennials, however, are more willing to spend money on AI. Different generations cited different barriers to adopting AI. The adoption and use of generative AI tools vary widely between generations, according to a recent study from media company Future. Based on a survey of more than 2,000 people across the US and UK, the stud

South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid on GA Hyundai facility

South Korea said Friday that it had expressed “concern and regret” to the U.S. Embassy over an immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia during which it said “many” South Korean nationals had been detained. “The economic activities of our companies investing in the U.S. and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated,” said Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry of the key U.S. ally, according to the Yonhap news agency. Agents from Immigratio

The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All

The subtitle of the doom bible to be published by AI extinction prophets Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares later this month is “Why superhuman AI would kill us all.” But it really should be “Why superhuman AI WILL kill us all,” because even the coauthors don’t believe that the world will take the necessary measures to stop AI from eliminating all non-super humans. The book is beyond dark, reading like notes scrawled in a dimly lit prison cell the night before a dawn execution. When I meet these

Scale AI’s former CTO launches AI agent that could solve big data’s biggest problem

Isotopes AI came out of stealth on Thursday with a healthy $20 million seed round. It offers an AI agent to solve a problem that data analytics products have struggled with for decades: The people who know how to run the big data infrastructure are not the ones who actually need to use the data. With LLMs, business managers can ask questions of their data in natural language. Isotopes’ agent, Aidnn, can provide answers and draft complex planning documents, gathering data from wherever it’s sto

Gemini's 'Nano Bananas' AI Image Editing Is Fun, but I Ran Into Too Many Slipups

I've been trying out the image editing capabilities in Google's latest generative AI model, and you can, too. Named Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, it upgrades the ability to edit your photos natively in Gemini. AI enthusiasts have referred to it as the "nano bananas" model, spurred on by a series of teasers from Google execs. Google has been investing heavily in its generative media models this year, dropping updated versions of its image and video generator models at its annual I/O developers confere

Gemini’s coming, but are you dreading the big Google Home speaker shakeup?

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. It’s been a long time coming, but Gemini will finally be rolling out to Google Home speakers at the beginning of next month. Some consumers are undoubtedly rejoicing at the news of the far more powerful voice assistant usurping Assistant on their smart home cornerstones. But while upgrades are

Galaxy S26 Edge leaked renders point to slim body, not-so-slim camera bump

TL;DR New CAD renders of the Galaxy S26 Edge show a ridiculously large camera island, seemingly inspired by the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro. The Galaxy S26 Edge could be thinner than its predecessor at its thinnest point, but this three-tiered camera bump could make it thicker overall. Previous leaks suggest the entire Galaxy S26 lineup could feature Qi2 magnets for wireless charging. Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series isn’t due until early next year, but just yesterday, we got a good look at dummy units

Critical SAP S/4HANA vulnerability now exploited in attacks

A critical SAP S/4HANA code injection vulnerability is being leveraged in attacks in the wild to breach exposed servers, researchers warn. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-42957, is an ABAP code injection problem in an RFC-exposed function module of SAP S/4HANA, allowing low-privileged authentication users to inject arbitrary code, bypass authorization, and fully take over SAP. The vendor fixed the vulnerability on August 11, 2025, rating it critical (CVSS score: 9.9). However, several systems h

1Password vs. NordPass: I tested both password managers, and here's the best pick

1Password and NordVPN/ZDNET A password manager is an essential tool for generating, securely storing, and accessing credentials and other sensitive personal data across your devices, whether you need to log into your bank or fill out your information during online checkout. The best password management tools on the market do this seamlessly, but they have a range of features to meet varying user needs at different price points. In our head-to-head comparison of two of our favorite password man

ChatGPT Glossary: 56 AI Terms Everyone Should Know

AI is rapidly changing the world around us. It's eliminating jobs and flooding the internet with slop. Thanks to the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming AI summaries at the top of its search results, AI is completely taking over the internet. With AI, you can get instant answers to pretty much any question. It can feel like talking to someone who has a doctoral degree in everything. But that aspect of AI chatbots is only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help do yo

7 Best Password Managers (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Even the best password managers are the vegetables of the internet. We know they’re good for us, but most of us are happier snacking on the password equivalent of junk food. For nearly a decade, that’s been “123456” and “password”—the two most commonly used passwords on the web. The problem is, most of us don’t know what makes a good password and aren’t able to remember hundreds of them anyway. The safest (if craziest) way to store your passwords is to memorize them all. (Make sure they are lon

Relace (YC W23) Is Hiring for Code LLM's (SF)

Hey, we're a highly technical team building code generation models, and growing fast. We're looking for people who are down to scrap and love to build -- on both technical and GTM/Devrel roles. If you have a Physics, Math, CS degree; and training fast codegen models is something that piques your interest, please email me directly at [email protected].

Your robot is about to get its own robot

This week on The Vergecast, we’re talking about our favorite tech (so far!) from the huge trade show that’s going on right now in Berlin. Jen joins Vee and I to discuss some of the biggest trends, starting with the wild ways that robot vacuums are learnings to climb stairs. Then we take a deep dive into the major upgrades to the Philips Hue lineup, where a decade’s worth of light bulbs are getting upgraded with motion sensing abilities, as long as you buy a new hub to power it all. Then Lauren

PSA: Google’s new Pixel Flex Dual Port 67W charger isn’t the same everywhere

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s new Pixel Flex Dual Port 67W charger may be missing one feature depending on where you buy it. Users on Reddit point out that the charger’s prongs don’t fold as advertised on Google’s website and Amazon. The lack of foldable prongs may be limited to specific regions, though. Google’s new Pixel Flex Dual Port 67W charger is surely one of the best accessories you can buy for your Pixel 10 phone. The $59.99 USB-C fast charger uses proprietary tec

Another Pixel, another 911 failure: Pixel 10 users say emergency calls sound like screeches

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel 10 series users report that they cannot reliably make 911 calls. The 911 call connects but only delivers garbled, incomprehensible audio, described as “shrill electronic screeches.” Google’s Pixel series has had a long history of not connecting 911 calls. This bug is technically different, but the end result is the same. Google’s Pixel lineup has an unfortunate history of being unable to make 911 calls, a statement that doesn’t incite confidence

7 features I’m excited to try when Gemini lands on my Google Home speakers

Adam Molina / Android Authority Gemini support on Google Home and Nest speakers has been a long time coming. The feature has been in preview testing for some lucky US users with specific voices for months now, but Google just announced the exact date when it’ll start showing up for real: October 1. Although this will still be an early access, I can’t wait to get my proverbial hands on it because I’m sick of Google Assistant’s glitches. The inconsistency, frequent bugs, and silly downgrades hav

1Password vs. NordPass: Which password manager is best?

1Password and NordVPN/ZDNET A password manager is an essential tool for generating, securely storing, and accessing credentials and other sensitive personal data across your devices, whether you need to log into your bank or fill out your information during online checkout. The best password management tools on the market do this seamlessly, but they have a range of features to meet varying user needs at different price points. In our head-to-head comparison of two of our favorite password man

Waymo Says You’re Not Getting Its Footage Without a Warrant

Waymo is quietly drawing new boundaries over how authorities access data from its autonomous vehicles. The company said it will reject any requests that are not backed by a legal request such as a warrant or court order. The move is one of several signaling a growing tension between innovation, privacy, and law enforcement power. A new privacy guardrail Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana recently emphasized that the company will challenge, limit, or reject robotaxi footage requests from law enforc

How I Fix AI Image Hallucinations While Using ChatGPT, Midjourney and More

I'm CNET's AI image and video generator reviewer, and one of the best parts of my job is laughing at the truly terrible, deeply flawed, occasionally frightening AI images that pop out while I review different AI image generators. Don't get me wrong, AI creative software has come a long way in a short amount of time. I've created beautiful sci-fi scenes in Midjourney, realistic looking product images with Stable Diffusion and AI-ified myself with ChatGPT. But no AI service is perfect, and I've n

BMW’s iX3 is a ‘new class’ of EV that packs a lot of range and computing power

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. For years, BMW has been teasing its forthcoming next-generation “Neue Klasse” electric vehicle platform, complete with better batteries, better range, and an all-new “superbrain” with enhanced computing power. Today, the German automaker finally revealed the first Neue Klasse vehicle: the iX3. And at first glance, it has a

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against popular AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of stealing and exploiting its intellectual properties. The complaint revolves around the AI tool's ability to generate images and videos of Warner Bros.' popular fictional characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and his friends from Looney Tunes. "Midjourney thinks it is above the law," the company wrote in its lawsuit. It said that the image generator sells

iPhone 17: These new models may include more RAM and storage

We’re only days away from Apple’s iPhone 17 event on September 9, and today TrendForce outlined its latest expectations for the new lineup—including RAM and storage upgrades for several models. RAM and storage boosts expected for most iPhone 17 models Today TrendForce published its latest projections for what Apple will announce on September 9. The report summarizes what we’ve largely already been expecting, with a couple notable changes. On the RAM front, here’s what’s expected: iPhone 17:

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Type-safe and user-friendly error handling in Swift 6

Learn how to implement user-friendly, type-safe error handling in Swift 6 with structured diagnostics and a hierarchical error model. Swift 6 brings an exciting new feature to the language: typed throws. This change makes error handling in Swift much more type-safe, allowing us to define exactly what kinds of errors a function can throw. It’s a small change on the surface, but it opens the door to writing cleaner, more reliable code. Now, you might be wondering — how do we actually use this in

World Cup 2026 Qualifier Soccer: Stream Argentina vs. Venezuela Live From Anywhere for Free

Already qualified Argentina could deliver a hammer blow to Venezuela's World Cup 2-26 qualification hopes as these two team's meet on Thursday in Buenos Aires. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Lionel Scaloni's defending world champs sealed their place in next summer's tournament back in March, but today's nevertheless remains significant

Who Have Marvel’s Avengers Become?

Every mainstream comic book character is defined by their pre- and post-adaptation life. After they’re brought to life in film or TV, the change becomes notable, and nowhere is it more apparent than with the Avengers. They’ve always been a key superhero team, but they were elevated to a higher position thanks to the MCU and Marvel not owning fellow high-profile teams, the X-Men and Fantastic Four, and actively working to downplay them throughout comics and other media. With four movies under th

Marvel Rivals Season 4 Release Time: Angela Abilities and Balance Changes

Marvel Rivals season 4 is about to begin, bringing a one-winged angel of vengeance to the free-to-play game's roster of playable heroes. No, we're not talking about Sephiroth: The next vanguard is Angela, the former Image Comics angelic bounty hunter and current Marvel Comics Asgardian goddess. While the radiant new tank is the centerpiece of the season 4 update, a new map, hero balance changes, cosmetics and live events will also shake up how the game plays over the next two months. If you've

Figma's stock slumps almost 20% after first earnings report to lowest since IPO

Figma shares plummeted nearly 20% on Thursday, falling to the lowest price since the design software vendor's initial public offering in July after the company reported earnings for the first time as a public company. Results for the second quarter were largely in line with expectations, as Figma had issued preliminary results a little over a month ago. Revenue increased 41% from a year earlier to $249.6 million, slightly topping analysts' estimates of $248.8 million, according to LSEG. Analys

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. If, like my ZDNET colleague David Gerwitz and I, you were tinkering with computers in 1975, you badly wanted an MITS Altair 8080 computer, the first PC. To build software on it, most of us used Altair BASIC. A pair of

RIP to Horror Icon Scott Spiegel, Co-Writer of ‘Evil Dead II’

You might not immediately recognize the name Scott Spiegel, but if you—like most horror fans—are a sworn devotee of the legendary splatter comedy Evil Dead II, you are well familiar with his work. Spiegel, who passed away this week at age 67, co-wrote that film with a buddy of his since high school: director Sam Raimi. He had also acted in Within the Woods, Raimi’s proof-of-concept that later helped him make the first Evil Dead. Spiegel’s other credits include co-writing the Clint Eastwood thri