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Why ‘Michael’ Star Jaafar Jackson’s Special Visit to the King of Pop’s Hometown Had Fans in Tears
Jaafar Jackson, who's set to portray his 'King of Pop' uncle in the new Michael Jackson movie, recently visited Gary, IN. And you've got to see what happened next!
The Axie Infinity co-founder who survived a $620M North Korean hack is now building AI drone detection for Europe’s defence
Stendr, a Norwegian counter-drone startup led by Aleksander Leonard Larsen, who co-founded blockchain gaming unicorn Sky Mavis, has raised a $5.4M oversubscribed pre-seed from RainFall, ACME, SkyFall, and a consortium of European defence and tech investors. Stendr, a Norwegian defence technology startup developing AI-driven systems to detect and track drones, has raised $5.4 million in […]
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Screen Zooming on iOS and iPadOS
Steven Troughton-Smith:
If you want to pixel-peep on iOS or iPadOS, it also has the Zoom accessibility setting, and can be controlled via touch, keyboard, or trackpad. It works for display mirroring too, and has other options like a minimap and HUD (‘Zoom Controller’).
These settings are in Settings → Accessibility → Zoom. I prefer switching the Zoom Region from the default Window Zoom (which gives you large magnifier glass window to drag around the screen) to Full Screen Zoom, which is more like how zooming works on the Mac.
On iPadOS, you should go into the Keyboard Shortcuts panel (inside Accessibility → Zoom) and turn on Zoom with Scroll Wheel. This lets you zoom Mac-style, using the Control key, when you have a keyboard and trackpad/mouse connected.
(You can, of course, zoom on VisionOS too.)
Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface
Adobe launched the Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational agent that orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and Frame.io using natural language. Previously codenamed Project Moonlight, it enters public beta in coming weeks, integrates with third-party models including Anthropic’s Claude, and maintains context across sessions. Adobe also announced Firefly Image Model 5, Custom Models, […]
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Everything You Need to Know About the U.S. Military’s Plans to Automatically Enroll Young Men in the Draft This Year
Starting this year, the U.S. government is officially flipping the switch on Automatic Draft Registration. Here's everything you need to know.