Neowin News Feed for: Fappening

A Microsoft whistleblower is continuing to sound alarms on its Designer AI image creator

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:30:02 +0000

The Microsoft employee who made headlines earlier this year stating his concerns about its Designer AI image creator has now provided more evidence that the app's guardrails don't work. Read more...

10 years after The Fappening literally everyone can recreate it. And it's as dark as it gets

Martin Hodás — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Opinion: In 2024, artificial intelligence allows you to strip celebrities of their dignity. But unethical or straight up malicious uses of AI extend far beyond the seemingly innocent ones. Read more...

Hacker responsible for 'The Fappening' has been arrested

Rich Woods — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:48:02 +0000

A year and a half ago, a hacker leaked nude photos of celebrities from their iCloud and Google accounts. The man suspected of being behind the hack has now been arrested by authorities. Read more...

Jennifer Lawrence: "I will never get Twitter." Star turned off to the Internet

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:16:01 +0000

In a radio interview with the BBC on Monday, Jennifer Lawrence made it clear that she will never get Twitter and that the reason has more to do with the "Fappening" leaks than anything else. Read more...

Google responds to lawsuit threat from celebrities whose images were leaked

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:04:01 +0000

Google has said that it has removed all links and images in response to the image removal requests made by lawyers of celebrities whose images were leaked from iCloud recently. Read more...

PR firm responsible for EmmaYouAreNext.com hoax; wants 4chan shutdown

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:54:01 +0000

PR company Rantic staged its very own sensationalism stunt at the weekend involving Emma Watson, 4chan and Barack Obama, with the ultimate goal of getting 4chan shutdown. 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...