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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to adopt the GSM's RCS messaging standard by releasing a software update “later next year”, bringing iMessage-style features to cross-platform texts — In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard.
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
MeridianLink confirms a cyberattack after a ransomware gang claimed to have reported the financial software company to the US SEC for not disclosing the breach — Financial software company MeridianLink confirmed that it is dealing with a cyberattack after the hackers behind …
More: DataBreaches.net, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, SC Media, HotHardware, BankInfoSecurity.com, SiliconANGLE, ITPro, Infosecurity, TechRadar, Metacurity, Tech Monitor, and ComputerWeekly.com
Mastodon: @jalefkowit@octodon.social, @gsuberland@chaos.social, and @ThrunterX@hackers.town. X: @caseyjohnellis
LinkedIn: Michael J. Levin, Scott Crawford, Spencer Alessi, Jon Miller, Nick Mullen, Jason Alexander, Cory H., Mickell T., and Derek A.
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
In a first, the Signal Foundation publishes Signal's operating costs: ~$40M in 2023, projected to hit $50M by 2025, with $14M for infrastructure costs in 2023 — Signal's president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations …
More: Signal Messenger and PCMag
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Forums: Hacker News, r/signal, r/privacy, and r/signal
| Ted Johnson / Deadline: |
TikTok removes videos promoting Osama Bin Laden's “Letter to America” that justified the 9/11 attacks, but calls reports that they were trending “inaccurate” — - George Santos “Blatantly Stole From His Campaign” And Deceived Donors, House Ethics Committee Report Says; Congressman Won't Seek Reelection
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, which uses DeepMind's Lyria AI to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
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LinkedIn: Pamala Billman, Karthika Periyathambi, Tom Hume, Deepti Jasti, and Vadim Lavrusik. Forums: r/technology
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to release Copilot for Windows 10 Home and Pro to Release Preview testers, for devices with a minimum of 4GB of RAM and a 720p screen resolution — Microsoft is bringing its AI-powered Copilot to Windows 10. … “It's a key opportunity for us to bring Copilot value to more customers … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches a Windows App in preview for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, letting customers connect to Windows devices and apps remotely — Microsoft brings Windows to non-Windows devices. — What you need to know — Microsoft is launching the “Windows app” … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple may again postpone releasing its own iPhone modem chip, until at least late 2025 or early 2026, the final year of its extended Qualcomm contract — Company will likely miss a 2025 goal to roll out its own cellular modem inside the device — Apple Inc. has fallen further behind …
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
| Katie Malone / Engadget: |
Google finds and helps patch a Zimbra Collaboration email server zero-day used to steal data from governments in Greece, Moldova, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Pakistan — Google's threat analysis team discovered the security flaw in June. — Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed on Thursday …
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, The Record, SecurityWeek, Dark Reading, The Messenger, and DataBreachToday.com
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google's Search Generative Experience adds shopping tools to help find niche or unique items and expands virtual try-ons to men's tops from hundreds of brands — Google's AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is behind a bunch of new shopping features that aim to help users find niche …
More: The Keyword, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Search Engine Roundtable, PYMNTS.com, MarTech, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Engadget, Lifewire, NewsBytes, Search Engine Journal, ZDNet, and 9to5Google
LinkedIn: Lilian Rincon, Ben Hanson, Daniel Tunkelang, and Paula Marie Kilgarriff
| Ryan Felton / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon plans to let US auto dealers sell new vehicles on its platform, starting in 2024 with Hyundai, which will include Alexa in its cars beginning in 2025 — The companies say Hyundai will be the first brand available to car buyers on tech company's platform starting in 2024
More: About Amazon, The Verge, Seattle Business Journal, PCMag, International Business Times, Gizmodo, CNBC, Engadget, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Reuters, Tech Xplore, and The Messenger
LinkedIn: Matt Nuffort and Jacob Fullmer
| Bloomberg: |
Tether plans to spend ~$500M over the next six months to become one of the world's top Bitcoin miners, after acquiring a 20% stake in Northern Data in September — - Tether to invest about $500 million in the next six months — Stablecoin issuer builds its own facilities in three countries
More: Finbold, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, Cryptonews, and Bitcoin Insider
| K.J. Yossman / Variety: |
Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs that impacted ~900 staff, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games in development than in Q2 2022 — “Lord of the Rings” owner Embracer Group has reported a 13% increase in net sales year-on-year in Q2, in part thanks to its intensive restructuring program.
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X: @stephentotilo, @rim_aj, @deeketweak, @alannamode, @stephentotilo, @mauronl3, @mauronl3, @embracergroup, and @keefstuart
Forums: r/pcgaming and r/XboxSeriesX
| Laurent Giret / Thurrott: |
Nvidia updates its GeForce Now app to introduce Game Syncing, which lets users stream PC games purchased via the Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ — Nvidia is releasing a new update for its GeForce Now app today that introduces Game Syncing with the Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+.
More: NVIDIA, PCWorld, PCMag, The Verge, Dexerto, Neowin, KitGuru, 9to5Google, TechPowerUp, and Windows Central
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details Windows 11 changes coming to the EEA to comply with the DMA, like letting users disable Bing web search, add search providers, and remove Edge — Microsoft will soon let Windows 11 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) disable its Bing web search, remove Microsoft Edge …
More: Ars Technica, ZDNet, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Windows Report, Digital Trends, and Neowin
Mastodon: @dascandy42@mastodon.social and @bamboombibbitybop …
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases Apple Music Classical for iPadOS as part of a v1.1 update, the first major update to the app since its release in spring 2023 for iOS and Android — Apple Music Classical, included as part of a standard Apple Music subscription, launched as an iPhone only app in the spring ... but is now available on the iPad too.
More: App Store, iThinkDifferent, The Apple Post, TechRadar, iLounge, The Verge, Supercharged, TechHive, NewsBytes, iMore, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacRumors
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies” — Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”
More: GitGuardian Blog, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, Infosecurity, and Security Boulevard
Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange and @audiodude@sfba.social
X: @gitguardian, @gitguardian, and @ravirockks
LinkedIn: Joe H., Timo Kissel, Garett Moreau, Alex Lokshin, Ahmed A., Justin Hutchings, Jeffrey Daro, and David Luxford
Forums: r/cybersecurity and Ars OpenForum
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Toyota Financial Services, which provides auto financing to Toyota customers, confirms a breach after the Medusa ransomware gang threatened to leak company data — Toyota Financial Services (TFS) has confirmed that it detected unauthorized access on some of its systems in Europe and Africa … | Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$30.8B, beating est., a ~$3.8B net income, up from a net loss YoY, and nixes its cloud business spinoff; BABA drops 9%+ — - The decision marks a dramatic reversal on a signature move — Alibaba's historic six-way restructuring is now in doubt| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals — TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube updates its guidelines to allow monetizing videos that display nudity while breastfeeding if a child is present, non-sexually graphic dancing, and more — YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
At its conference, Unity says Unity 6 is coming in 2024 and releases early access versions of Unity Muse, an AI suite for content creation, and Unity Cloud — Unity, the global game engine and monetizationplatform, said that its Unity 6 platform will launch in 2024 with AI innovations and platform updates.
More: The Verge, Business Wire, Wccftech, GamesIndustry.biz, Pocket Gamer.biz, TechCrunch, and Game Developer
X: @unity, @kenneynl, @notargs, @slipster216, @unity, @the_doddler, @gamesplusjames, and @unity. LinkedIn: Valentino Megale, PhD
| Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: |
Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites” — The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
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| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
Digital bank Revolut plans to offer its “secret sauce” HRtech, used to manage its 7,500 staff, as a B2B proposition to select companies on an invite-only basis — The move marks the challenger bank's latest bid to diversify its revenue streams.| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Common Sense Media's first ratings for 10 chatbots and AI services warn parents that Snapchat's MyAI, Dall-E 2, and Stable Diffusion may not be safe for kids — Common Sense Media's first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat's My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids.Sponsor Posts
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