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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.
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Livemint, Thurrott, Macworld, Bloomberg, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Business Today, TechRadar, Android Central, Ghacks, Wccftech, SamMobile, Droid Life, Daring Fireball, PhoneArena, PYMNTS.com, Techaeris, Mashable, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, The Guardian, Redmond Pie, CNET, mjtsai.com, nextpit, IGN, ExtremeTech, Android Authority, Fortune, HotHardware, iThinkDifferent, Wired, Light Reading, The Information, Neowin, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Axios, Sammy Fans, Six Colors, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, The Messenger, 9to5Google, and Pocket-lint
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Bluesky: @dead.place, @jeremydstanley.com, @cachiporra.bsky.social, @sbisson.com, @epro.social, and @addisonryan.bsky.social
X: @getpeid, @markgurman, @getpeid, @lockheimer, @maxwinebach, @gartenberg, @ianzelbo, @mike_wuerthele, @getpeid, @gadgetsboy, @phhusson, @richontech, @stevesi, @gartenberg, @mkbhd, @charlesarthur, @phhusson, @greengart, @thisistechtoday, @joannastern, @benwood, @mkbhd, @drh2023, @florian4gamers, @bradstone, @ishanagarwal24, @benbajarin, @chancehmiller, @stevesi, @android, @ianzelbo, @ishanagarwal24, @nexusben, and @cugwmui
LinkedIn: Robert Gerstmann, Spenser Blank, Elmar Weber, Dario Betti, and Gianluca Varisco
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says green bubbles will be used for RCS messages, while iMessages will be blue to denote what it considers the safest way for iPhone users to communicate — Earlier today, Apple announced its plans to bring RCS support to the iPhone in 2024. Since I published my story on the news this morning …
More: AppleInsider and Android Authority
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @stephenrobles, @9to5mac, @tomaxwell, @panzer, @joannastern, and @mightijamie
Forums: r/Android, r/apple, and r/technology
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
IBM suspends its advertising on X globally after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, and others alongside pro-Nazi material — Tech company's move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino's efforts to convince brands Elon Musk's platform is safe
More: Media Matters for America, The Verge, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Post, Variety, Agence France-Presse, CNBC, X Out Hate, NBC 7 San Diego, Business Insider, Pixel Envy, Axios, TIME, Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Hill, The Information, Rolling Stone, NBC News, The Messenger, Mashable, and Rolling Stone
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Mastodon: @KingShawn@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange, @fraying@xoxo.zone, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @dangillmor@mastodon.social
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Forums: r/samharris, r/Twitter, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| 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: BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, DataBreaches.net, DeviceSecurity.io, and SC Media
LinkedIn: Michael J. Levin, Scott Crawford, Spencer Alessi, Jon Miller, Jason Alexander, Cory H., Mickell T., Derek A., and Nick Mullen
Forums: r/nottheonion, r/wallstreetbets, and r/nottheonion
| 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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| 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, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, PCMag, Windows Report, and ZDNet
Mastodon: @dascandy42@mastodon.social and @bamboombibbitybop …
Forums: r/europe and r/microsoft
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Meta unveils new AI tools to edit images and generate videos from text instructions, based on its image generation model Emu announced in September — Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. said today they have made significant advances in AI-powered image and video generation.
More: Meta, Metaverse Post, The Verge, Cryptopolitan, VentureBeat, Decrypt, Bitcoin Insider, TechCrunch, and Social Media Today
Threads: @thebrianpenny and @tobykurtzz
| 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 …
More: Windows Blog, Windows Blog, Ars Technica, Windows Central, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, BleepingComputer, SamMobile, Ghacks, XDA Developers, Thurrott, CRN, SlashGear, Android Headlines, MakeUseOf, and Windows Report
Forums: r/technews, r/Windows10, and r/Windows11
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Coinbase updates Coinbase Commerce with its new open source Onchain Payment Protocol, which offers instant settlement, low fees, and broad asset support — - Coinbase has built an open source “Onchain Payment Protocol” to improve its Commerce product. — The protocol currently supports Ethereum, Polygon and Base ecosystems.
More: Coinbase, Coinbase, Unchained Crypto, Cryptonews, and CoinGape
| 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: Cult of Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Information, PhoneArena, Supercharged, MacDailyNews, iClarified, and AppleInsider
X: @philsolis, @shameermulji, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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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X: @bwplotka, @a_greenberg, @ambaonadventure, @signalapp, @mer__edith, @mikarv, @signalapp, @mer__edith, @profwoodward, and @trevortimm. LinkedIn: Tim N.
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technology, r/signal, and r/signal
| 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, CNBC, GeekWire, The Verge, Nikkei Asia, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Seattle Business Journal, International Business Times, Gizmodo, and Bloomberg
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LinkedIn: Adam Selipsky, Matt Nuffort, David Steinberg, and Jacob Fullmer
Forums: Hacker News, r/electricvehicles, r/business, r/wallstreetbets, r/REBubble, and r/cars
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Google told some cloud customers not to expect access to its Gemini AI model until Q1 2024, after previously saying they would get access by Nov. 2023 — Google's company-defining effort to catch up to ChatGPT creator OpenAI is turning out to be harder than expected.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI and CISA release an advisory detailing tactics used by Scattered Spider, a hacking group that now collaborates with the BlackCat ransomware group — The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory …
More: Cybersecurity …, The Record, CyberScoop, InfoRiskToday.com, Reuters, Nextgov/FCW, and The Register. Forums: r/InfoSecNews
| 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, SecurityWeek, and Security Affairs
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky plans to release a public web interface around the end of November and launch federation in early 2024, and says it crossed 2M users — Bluesky, the company building a decentralized alternative to Twitter/X, announced today it has hit 2 million users — up by another million since September …
More: Bluesky, The Verge, and Whatever
Bluesky: @sela.bsky.social, @strayopalts.bsky.social, @fyrescotch.bsky.social, @moschoenfeld.bsky.social, and @belladevil.bsky.social. Forums: Beehaw
| 404 Media: |
Forever Companions, which let paying users speak to an AI girlfriend modeled after influencer Caryn Marjorie, stopped working after CEO John Meyer was arrested — “CarynAI being down has really caused an uproar within my community,” Caryn Marjorie said.
More: The Overspill and PC Gamer
X: @edzitron, @emanuelmaiberg, @grady_booch, @molly0xfff, @samleecole, @jason_koebler, @dancow, and @molly0xfff. Forums: r/technology
| 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 …
Forums: r/InfoSecNews
| 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 … | Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Sources: chip equipment maker Applied Materials is under a US DOJ criminal investigation for possibly evading export restrictions on SMIC, China's top chipmaker — Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT.O) is under U.S. criminal investigation for potentially evading export restrictions … | Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
MediaTek announces a partnership with Meta to develop chips for AR smart glasses; the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 — Meta is looking to expand on what AR smart glasses could actually accomplish, and a new partnership with MediaTek proves that the company is taking it seriously.
More: The Verge and Android Central
Threads: @greengart and @michaeljosh
X: @anshelsag, @mediatek, @benbajarin, @swebster77, @benbajarin, @mediatek, @thisistechtoday, @wayne_lam, @tech_reve, and @anshelsag. Forums: Slashdot
| 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+.| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
The web version of X's job search tool is live for all users, with iOS and Android availability expected “soon”; applications are completed on third-party sites — You'll still need to use third-party websites to complete an application. — The LinkedIn-like job search tool …
More: Social Media Today. Bluesky: @amateurcrastinator.com. X: @traviscurnutte, @xhiring, @oshea, and @xhiring
| 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: Unchained Crypto, Finbold, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, Crypto Briefing, and Bitcoin News
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