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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will make Recall an opt-in feature, encrypt its search index database, and require Windows Hello authentication and proof of presence to view timeline — Microsoft says it's making its new Recall feature in Windows 11 that screenshots everything you do on your PC an opt-in feature and addressing various security concerns.
More: Windows Blog, Wired, Ars Technica, The Record, CNET, VentureBeat, SC Media, Windows Central, 9to5Mac, CyberScoop, The Information, BBC, The Register, OSnews, Gizmodo, BGR, GeekWire, PaymentSecurity.io, PCWorld, PC Gamer, SlashGear, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, CNBC, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Neowin, Lifewire, Digital Trends, Engadget, Pocket-lint, BleepingComputer, 9to5Google, Liliputing, Android Headlines, Help Net Security, BetaNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Breakfast At Ralf's
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @jon@social.vivaldi.net, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, @agreenberg@infosec.exchange, and @screaminggoat@infosec …
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LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman, Christopher Rice, Andy Greenberg, Alexis B., Kevin Beaumont, Vasu Jakkal, Pavan Davuluri, and Yusuf Mehdi
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/Surface, r/Windows11, r/technology, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
More: DoublePulsar, Wired, SiliconANGLE, CRN, ZDNet, Pureinfotech, TechSpot, The Hacker News, CNET, Jamie Tanna, xaitax on GitHub, Ars Technica, and Wired
Mastodon: @engagedpractx@sciences.social, @mattburgess@infosec.exchange, @confluency@hachyderm.io, @Kierkegaanks@beige.party, @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange, @kellogh@hachyderm.io, @USBTypeSteve@infosec.exchange, @tehstu@hachyderm.io, @SteveBellovin@mastodon …, @sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place, and @skye@toot.cat. Bluesky: @clearspark.bsky.social
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Forums: r/technews, r/Windows11, r/pcmasterraceFR, r/technology, r/france, and r/aiwars
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect at WWDC 2024: plans to integrate AI into its apps with a new opt-in service called Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2, and more — The company will introduce ‘Apple Intelligence,’ its long-awaited push into modern AI for the iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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Forums: r/apple, r/OpenAI, and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Adobe clarifies its terms, saying it does not train Firefly Gen AI models on customer content and will never assume ownership of a customer's work — A change to Adobe terms set the internet alight yesterday, after a number of pro users of the company's apps reacted with anger and confusion to the scary-looking wording.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A website for cybercriminals lists 500+ allegedly stolen Snowflake customer credentials, including for environments belonging to Santander and Ticketmaster — Cloud data analysis company Snowflake is at the center of a recent spate of alleged data thefts, as its corporate customers scramble …
More: Wired, Benzinga, BleepingComputer, VentureBeat, Axios, Bloomberg, ITPro, CRN, Edgio, Silicon Republic, Runtime, SC Media, SiliconANGLE, TechRadar, Cybernews.com, SOCRadar® Cyber …, and CRN
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LinkedIn: Ronan Murphy, Stanley Tsang, Matthew Venne, Robert Fernandes, and Scott Jarkoff. Forums: r/technology
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Google Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot won't return results on any elections globally or historical US elections, and refuse to confirm that Biden won in 2020 — With just six months to go before the US presidential election, Gemini and Copilot chatbots are incapable of saying that Joe Biden won in 2020 …
More: NBC News, WinBuzzer, and Cointelegraph
Forums: r/DeFranco, r/inthenews, r/technology, and r/artificial
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
TikTok says it has fixed a vulnerability that allowed user accounts to be hijacked after clicking on a malware-laced DM — - TikTok confirmed to Axios that the unidentified hackers were able to take over CNN's account. — Reports suggest that they also attempted to hijack Paris Hilton's TikTok account.| Matthew Barakat / Associated Press: |
A judge, not a jury, will give the verdict in the antitrust trial about Google's ad business, after Google paid $2.3M to cover US government's monetary damages — A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising.| Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal: |
How ex-FTC commissioner Joshua Wright became the tech industry's fixer, while allegedly juggling inappropriate relationships and skirting conflicts of interests — Joshua Wright cleared a path to domination for the world's biggest tech companies, keeping regulators at bay …
X: @sandeepvaheesan, @tomvalletti, @sarahnemerson, @ppolitics, and @jason_kint. LinkedIn: Arielle Garcia
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn will no longer allow advertisers to target EU users based on data obtained from their participation in LinkedIn Groups, following a complaint to the EU — LinkedIn has confirmed it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on data gleaned from their participation in LinkedIn Groups.
More: European Commission and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Bakkt, Intercontinental Exchange's digital-asset marketplace launched in 2018, explores a sale, after issuing a going concern warning earlier in 2024 — - Range of options includes a breakup, people familiar say — Crypto firm issued a going concern warning earlier this year| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta is rolling out a new Communities feature on Messenger to all users globally, allowing up to 5,000 people to join a Community through shareable invites — Meta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.| Rebecca Kern / Politico: |
WhatsApp Channels, which has 500M+ MAUs, relies on community guidelines to tackle election interference, instead of specific rules like on Facebook or Threads — The platform transforms WhatsApp from a private messaging and group chat service into a broadcast platform as well, with users able to follow posts from public accounts.| Samanth Subramanian / Wired: |
Q&A with Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on running the world's foremost open source intelligence agency, AI-generated content, legal accountability, and more — Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits … | Financial Times: |
An ex-AWS worker says Amazon breached UK sanctions by providing Russian company VisionLabs with its facial recognition tech after Russia's Ukraine invasion — Former AWS worker alleges unfair dismissal after he blew the whistle over claims involving facial recognition technology use| Adam Morgan / Esquire: |
Over a dozen video game professionals discuss the Summer Game Fest, amid concerns about the event's high entry fees, opaqueness, celebritization, and more — Suddenly, Geoff Keighley's June showcase is one of the industry's most important events. Whether or not it's a positive force …
More: Kotaku, Kotaku Australia, Aftermath, My Nintendo News, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, TechRaptor, Push Square, Insider Gaming, Game Developer, and Press Start
Threads: @branzellan_. X: @ckunzelman, @wario64, @ryneismean, @tylermiller2496, and @adamm0rgan. LinkedIn: Mario R. Kroll
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/gamernews, r/kindafunny, r/Games, and r/PS5
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
PowerSchool, which provides software that helps educational institutions manage operations, is being taken private by Bain Capital in a $5.6B deal — Cloud-based education software vendor PowerSchool is being taken private by investment firm Bain Capital in a $5.6 billion deal.
More: PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Reuters, and Bloomberg
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