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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Apple sends threat notifications to individuals in 92 countries, warning them that their iPhone may have been targeted by remote “mercenary spyware attacks” — Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.
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| Ashna Teresa Britto / Reuters: |
Apple changed “state-sponsored” to “mercenary spyware” in threat notifications, a source says after pressure from India for linking breaches to state actors — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a …
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| Chris Velazco / Washington Post: |
Apple says owners of the iPhone 15 or newer will be able to fix broken devices with used parts, including screens, batteries, and cameras, starting in fall 2024 — Starting this fall, you may be able to pay less for a fully functioning fix if you have an iPhone 15 or newer
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Humane AI Pin review: well-made and easier to access than a phone, but doesn't work half the time, really slow even when it does work, and lacks basic features — For $699 and $24 a month, this wearable computer promises to free you from your smartphone. There's only one problem: it just doesn't work.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Andy Jassy criticizes US and EU regulators over blocking mergers like the iRobot deal, saying they trust Chinese companies with maps of homes more than Amazon — In his letter to shareholders, Andy Jassy says generative AI could usher in the largest tech transformation since the Internet
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro, a $9.99-per-month service offering a VPN, personal information removal, and identity theft restoration, available in the US — Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Instagram plans to automatically detect and blur nude images DMed to teens, and show a pop-up to the sender and the recipient, rolling out in the coming months — Obscured photos and warnings will discourage users from exchanging nude photos with potential strangers
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Docs: Adobe offers its network of photographers $120 for videos of people engaged in everyday actions, or ~$2.62/minute to ~$7.25/minute on average, to train AI — - OpenAI's Sora has increased competitive pressure on Adobe — Adobe has built AI models with stock library, procured media
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| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Spotify is developing tools to let subscribers speed up, mash up, or edit songs as a type of playback feature; rights holders would still get paid — Streamer is developing tools that would make it easier for fans to create custom versions of their favorite music
More: Dexerto, 9to5Mac, and Tubefilter
| Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA raises concerns after uncovering an “interconnected web” of 90+ AI deals and investments involving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia — - Apple, Google and Microsoft AI deals seen as problematic — CMA says stakes in startups could reduce competition
More: The Guardian, BBC, GOV.UK, ComputerWeekly.com, and Quartz
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| Bloomberg: |
The US and Japan announce a $110M joint AI research university program funded by Nvidia, Arm, Amazon, Microsoft, Softbank, and nine other Japanese companies — - Leaders look to cooperate on developing emerging technology — Kishida touts benefits of Japan's investments in the US
More: The White House, Microsoft, ZDNet, AI News, The Seattle Times, and GeekWire
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds Andrew Ng to its board to boost its AI expertise, after longtime TV executive Judith McGrath stepped down; Ng has worked for Baidu and Google Brain — If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon's just made an interesting move to change up its direction.
More: GeekWire, About Amazon, The Information, and Associated Press
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Auto parts maker Magna will pilot Sanctuary AI's humanoid robot in its factory; Figure and Apptronik are piloting their humanoid systems with BMW and Mercedes — Sanctuary AI announced that it will be delivering its humanoid robot to a Magna manufacturing facility.
More: Bloomberg and RoboticsTomorrow.com
| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Micron says Taiwan's April 3 earthquake would hurt a calendar quarter of DRAM production by a mid-single digit percentage, and production is not yet fully back — Memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O) said on Thursday the April 3 earthquake in Taiwan would hurt a calendar quarter …
More: Barron's Online and PC Gamer
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Taylor Swift's music returns to TikTok, ahead of her next album due out on April 19, after UMG pulled her songs as part of an ongoing dispute with TikTok — Are you ready for it? … As of Thursday morning, multiple Swift songs — including “You Belong With Me,” “Lover,” “Cardigan,” …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Substack now lets podcasters distribute their shows on Spotify, and says podcasters on Substack collectively earn $100M per year, which doubled in the past year — Substack announced on Thursday that it's launching a few new features for podcasters on its platform.
More: Engadget, Spotify, The Verge, and On Substack
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US jury finds AWS owes Chicago-based Kove $525M for infringing three of its patents in data-storage technology that had become “essential” to AWS — Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud-service provider, owes tech company Kove $525 million … | Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based Mistral AI launches Mixtral 8x22B, its latest sparse mixture of experts model, after releasing Mixtral 8x7B in December 2023 — As Google unleashed a barrage of artificial intelligence announcements at its Cloud Next conference, Mistral AI decided to jump into action with the launch …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
The US SEC sends decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap a Wells notice warning that the agency intends to bring an enforcement action against the company — The Securities and Exchange Commission warned Uniswap on Wednesday that it intends to bring an enforcement action against the company …
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