Talk Fuse

    Topic: Technology

    Technology covers the tools, companies and systems shaping how people work, communicate, create and access information. It includes artificial intelligence, software, consumer devices, space and digital infrastructure, as well as the policy, security and social questions that follow them.

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    • PaleyFest NY Launches New Award; Billy Crystal, ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘Dexter’ Among First Recipients

      The Paley Center for Media has launched a new PaleyFest Award, to be presented annually as part of its PaleyFest NY festival, marking the honour’s debut alongside the Center’s 50th anniversary. The award recognises that selection for PaleyFest itself represents a mark of distinction, and winners’ work will become a permanent part of the Paley…

    • Spotify to Start Labeling AI Artists

      Spotify has announced a new “AI Personas” feature to identify AI-generated artist profiles on its platform, marking one of the streaming service’s most significant efforts yet to improve transparency around AI content. The badge will appear on artist profiles, in search results and on track listings, alerting listeners when an artist’s identity is AI-generated rather…

    • Spotify to label artificial artist profiles with AI Persona badge

      Spotify has confirmed it will introduce an “AI Persona” badge from mid-September to flag artist profiles that are not human, whether disclosed voluntarily by the artist or identified through the platform’s own review process. The move is intended to preserve trust between listeners and artists as generative AI increasingly enables synthetic musicians and performer identities,…

    • Bumble allows either user to initiate heterosexual match chats

      Bumble has scrapped its founding rule that only women could send the first message in heterosexual matches, now letting anyone initiate a conversation. The dating app, long marketed as the “feminist Tinder” for shielding women from unwanted approaches, says the shift reflects users wanting “more flexibility” rather than one prescribed way to connect, and points…

    • A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call

      Security researchers have disclosed vulnerabilities in Zoom’s screen-sharing feature that could have let an attacker silently take control of another participant’s device during a call, without any warning or interaction required from the victim. The flaws, found by the firm A Security, are particularly striking because they were uncovered using publicly available AI models in…

    • What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

      Amazon’s SVP of Devices and Services, Panos Panay, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about the future shape of consumer hardware as AI shifts from standalone apps into the core of devices and operating systems. His appearance matters because he brings direct experience reshaping product categories, having previously led Microsoft’s Surface line and Windows 11…

    • ‘A Must-Have Day One Purchase’: You Only Need to Buy Control Resonant in September, Remedy Reckons

      Remedy Entertainment has ramped up its marketing rhetoric for Control Resonant, calling it a “must-have day one purchase” ahead of its release in a heavily contested September 2026 window. This is a notable shift for a studio typically described as modest in its promotional tone, and reflects confidence in a title that will compete directly…

    • Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster

      Spanish national police say they have arrested a man suspected of using deepfake software and a rigged lighting setup to fraudulently obtain digital certificates in other people’s names. The suspect allegedly made 38 attempts to impersonate 30 different people, successfully tricking a certified security company’s video identity checks on multiple occasions. Digital certificates carry significant…

    • Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images

      Anthropic has announced it will start embedding invisible, machine-readable watermarks in text and images generated by its Claude AI models, in order to comply with new EU transparency rules. The move, disclosed on a new Claude support page, means generated text will carry embedded watermarks while generated files will include digitally signed provenance metadata where…

    • Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models

      Anthropic has confirmed it will add watermarks to text generated by its Claude AI models, bringing it in line with new European Union transparency rules. The move follows the EU AI Act’s Transparency Code, which came into force on 2 August 2026 and requires AI firms to label AI-generated or edited content so it can…