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Google confirms that it will no longer respond to geofence warrants after making changes to the way Maps stores users' location data — “Geofence warrants,” which allow law enforcement to get location data across a wide area, have become commonplace in recent years.
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Crypto wallet maker Ledger updates Connect Kit, saying a former employee “fell victim to a phishing attack” that let a hacker insert malicious code — Crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger has confirmed an exploit that led it to warn users to “stop using dapps” started because a former employee fell for a phishing scam.
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Intel 5th-Gen Xeon Platinum 8592+ review: the $11,600 64-core chip outperforms AMD's 64-core EPYC Genoa in several benchmarks, particularly in AI workloads — The sun shines brighter for Intel. … Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products …
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Andreessen Horowitz says “we will, for the first time, get involved with politics by supporting candidates who align with our vision and values” for technology — As software has eaten the world, it has become integral to every industry and nearly every endeavor in our society.
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Sources: Apple plans to deploy advanced OLED screens in high-end iPads in 2024 and in a MacBook model in H2 2025, and is also considering making foldable iPads — Display industry in for disruption as investment pours into newer technology — Apple is the leader in the global tablet computer market thanks …
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Filing: Apple and Corellium settle a copyright dispute dating to 2019 in which Apple tried to shut down Corellium's virtual iPhone software — Court announces a settlement after a protracted legal dispute in which Apple tried to shut down Corellium's virtual iPhone software, which is largely used by security researchers.| Wall Street Journal: |
Some publishers estimate that Google's Search Generative Experience could cut referral traffic by 20% to 40% if the final version resembles recent iterations — Tech giant's AI-powered search product is being tested on roughly 10 million users; publishers rely on Google for traffic and see a gathering storm
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Cox Media Group claims it can listen to conversations of consumers through microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices and use it to target ads — “What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations?
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Google DeepMind's FunSearch model cracks the unsolved cap set problem in pure mathematics, the first time an LLM has solved a long-standing scientific puzzle — They had to throw away most of what it produced but there was gold among the garbage. — Google DeepMind has used a large language model …
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
The US DOJ announces an indictment for four people, two of whom have been arrested, in an alleged international pig butchering crypto scam costing victims $80M+ — - Los Angeles federal prosecutors said four indictments and two arrests had been made in an international “pig butchering” scheme.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
How Microsoft's 10-year-old Digital Crime Unit uses unique legal tactics and the company's technical reach to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors — Ten years in, Microsoft's DCU has honed its strategy of using both unique legal tactics and the company's technical reach …
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
The US FCC grants SpaceX a “temporary authorization” to test its cellular Starlink system by beaming data to unmodified smartphones in over two dozen locations — The experimental authorization lets SpaceX test the cellular Starlink system by using 840 satellites to beam the data … | Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
The confusion around Dropbox's AI toggle highlights an AI trust crisis where many users don't believe OpenAI's claims that their data won't be used for training — Dropbox added some new AI features. In the past couple of days these have attracted a firestorm of criticism.
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