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Apple's plan to find CSAM should have centered around scanning images on iCloud servers, not on users' devices, where there is a greater expectation of privacy — It was in August 2009, two months after the release of the iPhone 3GS, that the barbarians crashed the gates; from The Online Photographer:
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple publishes a CSAM FAQ to address misconceptions and concerns about photo scanning — Apple has responded to misconceptions and concerns about its photo scanning announcements by publishing a CSAM FAQ - answering frequently asked questions about the features.
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| Jeff Benson / Decrypt: |
The latest cryptocurrency compromise amendment to Senate's infrastructure bill fails to reach a vote after Sen. Shelby files an objection over military spending — The Senate rejected an amendment championed by the cryptocurrency industry that exempts non-custodial crypto actors …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Twitter's photo cropping algorithm favors people with slimmer, younger-looking faces, and lighter skin; a researcher was awarded $3,500 for the discovery — The service's algorithm for cropping photos favors people with slimmer, younger faces and lighter skin.
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| Reuters: |
Shares of Krafton, the game studio behind PUBG, fell as much as 20% after it raised $3.8B in its Seoul IPO at a valuation of ~$19B, likely due to China concerns — Shares in Krafton Inc (259960.KS), the Tencent Holdings-backed (0700.HK) South Korean company behind blockbuster video game …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Labor lawyers say Apple has violated worker protections by shutting down three employee-run surveys on women and underrepresented minorities' pay equity — Apple insists it does not have a problem with pay inequality. Skeptical Apple employees have been trying to verify that claim by sending …
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| New York Times: |
Inside the rift between the White House and Facebook over vaccine misinformation, as the administration grew frustrated with Facebook's lack of transparency — Frustrations grew behind the scenes among top leaders on both sides, potentially hurting the government's efforts to overcome the pandemic.
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
How text-heavy meme posts, often paired with nonsensical, low-quality images, have begun sweeping through Instagram, thanks largely to Gen-Z accounts — Fueled by Gen Z, text-heavy meme posts, often paired with nonsensically unrelated pictures, are turning the photo and video app into a destination for written expression.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Amazon says it will pay up to $1,000 in damages for dangerous goods sold by third-party merchants starting September 1 in the US — More than half of products sold on the platform come from third parties and are not vetted by ecommerce giant — Amazon will start directly paying compensation … | Reuters: |
US prisons are exploring the use of AI to analyze inmates' phone calls, a practice privacy advocates say could amplify racial bias in the justice system — WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For people like Heather Bollin, a 43-year-old woman in Texas engaged to a man …
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint has dismissed its lawsuit against Facebook and has agreed to transfer a series of disputed phishing test domains to Facebook — Cyber-security firm Proofpoint has dismissed its lawsuit against Facebook and has agreed to transfer a series of disputed web domains … | Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
SoftBank's Vision Fund reports Q1 profit of $2.14B and says it made 47 new investments worth $14.2B; Facebook and Microsoft are no longer listed as investments — Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Tuesday reported a 39% fall in first-quarter net profit, even as Vision Fund returns were boosted by listings during the period.
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