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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Sources: iOS 18 will let users lock built-in iPhone apps behind Face ID, and it is likely that the feature will also work with Touch ID or an iPhone's passcode — iOS 18 will offer a new security feature that allows users to lock individual apps, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
More: MacRumors, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Neowin, TechRadar, and AppleInsider
X: @rsgnl, @dylanmcd8, @brandonbutch, @neolitenexus, @sentry, @andrewhartar, and @rsgnl
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider: |
Sources detail Siri's new capabilities, along with the prompts Apple used to test the software, in apps like Camera, Mail, Safari, Notes, and Photos — We have exclusively discovered how much iOS 18 and macOS 15 will upgrade Siri and improve everything you do. Here's what the new-and-improved Siri will be able to do.
More: CNN, TechRadar, TechCrunch, Six Colors, Gizmochina, On my Om, PhoneArena, Android Authority, and nextpit
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/OpenAI, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The New York Times confirms its internal source code and data leaked on 4chan after being stolen using an exposed GitHub token in January 2024 — Internal source code and data belonging to The New York Times was leaked on the 4chan message board after being stolen from the company's GitHub repositories …
More: The Register, Mashable, WinBuzzer, Security Affairs, and Stack Diary
Threads: @jjackyliang. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io. X: @vxunderground, @0xorbs, @igorbrigadir, @stackdiary, @toowoke2joke, and @vxunderground. Forums: Hacker News
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Data suggests Project Green Light, Google's AI system deployed in 14 cities to adjust traffic light timing, reduced stop-and-go traffic at intersections by 30% — Most cities can't afford smart traffic signals. Fortunately, data from new cars—and even drivers' smartphones—can make old-fashioned traffic lights work a lot better.
Mastodon: @mimsical@mastodon.social
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's AI push isn't so much about its current devices, but enabling its next wave of AI-intensive devices that may eventually supplant a smartphone — Apple's push into artificial intelligence will go beyond software and help enable a wave of next-generation devices.
More: The Verge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Hindustan Times, Mashable, Patently Apple, The Apple Post, AppleInsider, iMore, Daring Fireball, Trusted Reviews, Gulf News, and Destructoid
Threads: @jetscott. Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com. X: @rjonesy, @gartenberg, @markgurman, @gartenberg, @markgurman, @adeoressi, and @stevesi. Forums: r/apple
| Financial Times: |
How Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management developed its DeepSeek-V2 open-source LLM that costs less than rivals and ranks among the top in the world — Group's DeepSeek-V2 ranks among China's top large language models — One of the pack of Chinese AI hopefuls trying …
More: DeepSeek on GitHub and DeepSeek on GitHub
| Wall Street Journal: |
Push from governments to develop AI locally and train LLMs in their native languages and on their citizens' data, is a new growth opportunity for Nvidia, others — To control their artificial-intelligence destinies amid U.S., China dominance, countries are building their own computing infrastructure
LinkedIn: Pablo Chavez
| Zuha Siddiqui / Rest of World: |
How Uber-owned Careem went from Pakistan's ride-hailing leader to a distant third player after deprioritizing the country due to its unstable economy — After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to maintain its presence in Pakistan.
X: @restofworld, @restofworld, @russellbrandom, @restofworld, and @mvzelenks. LinkedIn: Sophie Schmidt
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Rumors and body-shaming spread through a Vermont high school after students signed up for Fizz, an anonymous message board app for schools that has raised $40M+ — An anonymous message board meant for school chatter quickly turned toxic in Vermont — An app lets high-schoolers post anonymously …
More: Business Insider. Bluesky: @intelwire.bsky.social. X: @pwang, @jonhaidt, @wsj, and @juliejargon. LinkedIn: Alan Jagolinzer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a white disc-less Xbox Series X for $449.99, and a 2TB Galaxy Black model of the original Xbox Series X for $599.99, coming holiday 2024 — Microsoft is making the white version of the Xbox Series X official today. The new console option won't include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital.
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X: @tomwarren, @xbox, @wario64, @eliblumenthal, @tomwarren, and @satyanadella. LinkedIn: Benoit Fouillet
| NOTUS: |
X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads — While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week …
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| 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.
More: The Verge, CNN, Android Headlines, Reuters, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Ars Technica, and The Information
X: @joellthayer, @lutherlowe, @lutherlowe, @lutherlowe, @khushitavasant, @pressgirlk, @khushitavasant, and @jeffjohnroberts
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