The popular virtual private network (VPN) is reporting a 1,400 percent hourly increase in signups over its baseline so far on Friday, July 25, the day the UK's age verification law goes into effect.
This is according to an Observatory page on the Proton VPN website that tracks such usage jumps.
Proton VPN previously documented a 1,000 percent surge in new subscribers in June after Pornhub left France, its second-biggest market, amid the enactment of an age verification law there.
"This clearly shows that adults are concerned about the impact universal age verification laws will have on their privacy," the spokesperson said.
Founded in 2017, Proton VPN currently has 13,700 servers in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Jul 25, 2025 · via mashable.com
Social media can be a fun and informative way to stay up-to-date with friends, co-workers, celebrities, and politicians.
But while Instagram itself has yet to provide in-app Story captioning, third party apps exist that can help you transcribe your videos and add captions at the bottom of the screen.
DiMarco's tweets to United also inspired activist and actress Jameela Jamil to add captions to her powerful "I Weigh" video interview with Sam Smith.
YouTube outlines how to add subtitles or closed captions here, for those curious.
In addition to Clipomatic, other apps like Apple's Clips can be used to easily add text, so why not give them a try?
Mar 29, 2019 · via mashable.com
The experiment might seem outlandish initially, but the results demonstrate why relying on machines to identify objects in the real world could be problematic.
If an image of a stop sign was blurred (or altered), an AI program controlling a vehicle could theoretically misidentify it, leading to terrible outcomes.
The results of the study, which were published online today, show that AI programs are susceptible to misidentifying objects in the real-world that are slightly distorted, whether manipulated intentionally or not.
AI scientists call these manipulated objects or images, such as turtle with a textured surface that might mimic the surface of a rifle, "adversarial examples."
In the first experiment, the team presents a typical turtle to Google's AI program, and it correctly classifies it as a turtle.
Nov 2, 2017 · via mashable.com