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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has triggered false alarms and called 911 during rollercoaster rides or after a phone drop while driving — Apple's crash detection for the iPhone 14 and new Apple Watch models can alert 911 and emergency contacts in the event of a collision.| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party; the Alder Lake BIOS source code was leaked to 4chan and GitHub — Hack's perpetrator and origins remain unknown. — We recently broke the news that Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code had been leaked …
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Tom's Hardware, HardenedVault, BleepingComputer, Slashdot, TechSpot, Appuals.com, Wccftech, and VideoCardz.com. Tweets: @binitamshah. Thanks:@paulyalcorn
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Experts paint a dire picture for China's semiconductor industry and AI development after the US announced new export controls on chips and chipmaking tech — Experts predict ‘tsunami of change’ for semiconductor industry as Washington wields tools tested on Huawei
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
An analysis of Pornhub's transparency reports shows the site removed 8,547 pieces of content in 2021, down 98% YoY, after adding an uploader verification tool — Pornhub is without a doubt one of the most visited adult entertainment outlets on the Internet.| Emma Camp / Reason: |
Critics say the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, a digital privacy law for minors, could lead to invasive age verification methods like face-scanning — While the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was hailed as a victory for digital privacy, critics warn of a litany of unintended consequences.
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| Melanie Walsh / Public Books: |
A look at BookScan, a subscription service for book sales data, exclusive to publishing executives, and its open-access alternative Post45 Data Collective — Culture industries increasingly use our data to sell us their products. It's time to use their data to study them.| TechCrunch: |
A look at Dance Diffusion, an AI music generator aiming to overcome the limitations of other open-source audio tools, and legal issues with AI-generated music — Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, is tackling music — It was only five years ago that electronic punk band YACHT entered … | NL Times: |
A Dutch court calls webcam tracking of a remote worker an unreasonable intrusion, awarding him €75K after his US employer fired him for not turning on a webcam — A remote employee of a U.S. business who was fired for refusing to leave his webcam on while he was working … | Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated — The internet's file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence.
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| Adele Peters / Fast Company: |
GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments — Storms worsen inequality. These $700 cash payments can help lessen the blow. — After a disaster like Hurricane Ian …
Tweets: @themayadecline
| Natalie Wong / Bloomberg: |
A look at business email compromise scams involving US real estate, and the small Secret Service team that helped recover $244M+ in stolen BEC funds since 2019 — For weeks, the Secret Service agent had been trying to identify the scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area.
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @amyokruk, @secretservice, @joelwebershow, @daniellesacks, @natalexisw, and @jeneps
| Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed to treat ADHD in children; Akili raised $160M+ after going public via a SPAC deal in August 2022 — The future of video games is about more than just fun. — On the frosty planet of Frigidus, a virtual world full of icy caverns …
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