In wonderful news for far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists, Apple is letting Parler back onto theApp Store. TheiPhonemaker banned the controversial app in January after receiving complaints that the service had been used to coordinate the siege on the US Capitol. The Silicon Valley giant also found posts on the social network that “encouraged violence, denigrated various ethnic groups, races, and religions, glorified Nazism, and called for violence against specific people....

Barely a couple of days have passed sincethe revelation of the infamous Pegasus spyware being used to snoop on journalists and politiciansin several countries. Now, there’s a tool from Amnesty International to check if your phone has been infected with it. Impressive and alarming all at once. TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker hasthe dirt on this; you’ll need to use a command line interface for now, take a backup of your iPhone or Android device files, and let the program do its thing....

Did you knowNeuralis taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021.Secure your online ticket now! A scientist from Peking University recently publisheda pre-print research paperdetailing a video game-based system designed to teach AI agents to evade pursuit. The name of the game isStarCraft II, or rather, a mini-game designed in theSCIItraining environment. And the point is to flip a common paradigm on its head in order to discover new methods of training AI....

Is there anythingElon Muskcan’t do? The modern-day Renaissance man has already set his sights on colonizing Mars, saving the world from environmental catastrophe, developing a “revolutionary” subway system, and putting chips in all our brains. But his latest venture could be his most daring yet. The Tesla tycoon will host “Saturday Night Live” for the first time on May 8, finally giving his comedic genius the spotlight it deserves. ???pic.twitter.com/WyTGhSsSVg...

Imagine living in a virtual space that merges the physical and digital worlds — and is built by Facebook. It may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but Mark Zuckerberg hopes to make it a reality. Yup, the 37-year-old billionaire wants to build a metaverse. “You can think about the metaverse as an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content — you are in it,” hetold The Verge. In Zuckerberg’s vision, the metaverse will be accessible across VR, AR, PCs, mobile devices, and game consoles:...