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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, TechRadar, AppleInsider, and Neowin
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| 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.
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/apple
| 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
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| 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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| 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.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers find malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code extensions with millions of installs and also easily create their own, which trended in the marketplace — A group of Israeli researchers explored the security of the Visual Studio Code marketplace and managed to “infect” …
More: Amit Assaraf, Amit Assaraf, WinBuzzer, and Visual Studio Code
| Wall Street Journal: |
Push from global governments to develop AI locally and train LLMs in their native languages and on their citizens' data offers new growth for Nvidia and others — To control their artificial-intelligence destinies amid U.S., China dominance, countries are building their own computing infrastructure| 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.
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| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
Human Rights Watch finds LAION-5B AI training dataset scraped 170+ images and personal info of Brazilian children without consent; LAION pledges to remove them — A popular AI training dataset is “stealing and weaponizing” the faces of Brazilian children without their knowledge or consent, human rights activists claim.| 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 … | 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 …
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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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