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A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts — The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General's office's contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms' content decisions
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Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and Beehaw
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators enter prompts to generate virtual environments, get help with coding, and more — Roblox announced a new conversational AI assistant at its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) that can help creators …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Bloomberg: |
An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software — - Judge orders company to stop advertising TurboTax as free — Intuit to appeal ‘flawed and highly questionable’ decision
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package — Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package. — North Korea-backed hackers …
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Mastodon: @ravirockks@infosec.exchange. X: @evacide, @shanehuntley, @lukolejnik, @_xpn_, @jgamblin, @vxunderground, @wdormann, @maddiestone, @wdormann, @ryanaraine, @kseproso, @digivector, @felixaime, @maddiestone, @ianwboyle, @johnhultquist, and @billyleonard. LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco
Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Hillel Italie / Associated Press: |
Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through … | Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums — - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.
More: Oculus Blog
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.| Bloomberg: |
Code in Uber's iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks — - Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU's legislation to make USB-C the standard, forcing Apple to replace the iPhone's Lightning port — Apple's new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU's smallest country.
More: Android Authority, CNET, Wired, and Mercury News
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch MacBooks with an M3 chip “before the end of this year”; other reports point to M3 Macs as soon as October 2023 — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year.
Source: @mingchikuo. More: iClarified, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, SlashGear, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, TweakTown, Trusted Reviews, The Verge, Wccftech, BGR, AppleInsider, and Supercharged
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X: @luftkopptim, @brandonbutch, @mike_wuerthele, @vadimyuryev, and @rsgnl
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls — Elon Musk's X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated.
More: United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division, Insider, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Reclaim The Net, Associated Press, The Hill, Chamber of Progress, Engadget, and Reuters
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X: @globalaffairs, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @elonmusk
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