Neowin News Feed for: Celebrities

Bing and Google criticized for showing AI deepfake porn prominently in search

Martin Hodás — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:12:01 +0000

Deepfake porn is not an issue only for celebrities but for regular people, especially women too. A new report suggests Microsoft and Google are not doing enough to limit access to such content. Read more...

Which celebrity do you look like most? Microsoft might soon tell you

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:26:23 +0000

Microsoft's latest hobby has been to analyze pictures and see how old people are and which dog breed they might be. And now they'll use that same system to tell you which celebrity you resemble most. Read more...

The Fappening has fappened again; more naked celeb leaks surface

Steven Parker — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:46:21 +0000

Three weeks after the original round of leaks showing dozens of celebrities in compromising poses went online, it appears that another batch has leaked which include previous and other celebs. Read more...

Apple (finally) breaks silence on Celeb media hacks

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:53:50 +0000

Apple has broken their silence over the breached celeb accounts hack which resulted in dozens of celebrities having their most private moments put online for the whole world to see. Read more...

Why Nokia wants Instagram: Celebrities

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:00:00 +0000

A Reddit user claims to have spoke to an "insider" at Nokia about their recent push to introduce Instagram onto Windows Phone. The insider claims that Nokia wants Instagram because of celebrity users Read more...

Facebook wants to charge you $16 to message a celebrity

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:15:22 +0000

Facebook is expanding its trial to charge users to contact "non-friends", with messages to celebrities and public figures costing up to $16, as the company claims its plan is simply to reduce spam. Read more...

Google+ introduces vanity names, if you're famous enough

Paul Ferson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:56:07 +0000

Google's product team remains committed to adding new features to the service, including custom URLs to help denote an official or famous account as necessary. Read more...

Twitter getting ready to serve local news to users?

Sam Symons — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:37:51 +0000

Twitter has become extremely successful since its launch, and has since won the hearts of many with its simplicity, and ease of use. Even celebrities are using it, from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails... Read more...

Celebrities can't get enough of Twitter

Tom Warren — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:48:19 +0000

Celebrities seem to be taking over Twitter at the moment. In the past week we've seen Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Phillip Schofield mention the micro blogging service on UK national TV. Twitter, which allows... Read more...

Dell Enlists Celebrities to Beg for Customers

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:05:20 +0000

In a definite "outside the box" move designed to boost holiday sales, computer-maker Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice-T, and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others.... Read more...