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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
The US' restrictions on Kaspersky will stop US sales of its antivirus tool from July 20 and bar software updates and resales for US customers from September 29 — The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia's Kaspersky Lab in the United States …
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X: @ericgeller, @kimzetter, @geoffreygertz, @kimzetter, and @ericgeller
Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, r/technews, r/politics, and r/neoliberal
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The Commerce Department bans Kaspersky antivirus sales in the US, saying Kaspersky threatens national security and users' privacy because it is based in Russia — The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it is banning the sale of Kaspersky antivirus in the country …
More: The Record, Metacurity, Android Authority, Reuters, Kaspersky, Cyber Daily, WinBuzzer, Nextgov/FCW, PCMag, and Benzinga
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X: @frankmcg, @carnage4life, @ericgeller, @samfbiddle, @kaspersky, @bisgov, and @kimzetter. Forums: r/technology
| Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC: |
TikTok confirms it offered the US a “kill switch” in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules — TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns.
More: Mashable and Bloomberg Law
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
In a filing, ByteDance urged a US court to strike down a law that could ban TikTok in the US, recounting lengthy talks that it says the US ended in August 2022 — TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S. court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video app …
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| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
London hospitals hackers Qilin publish almost 400GB of data, including sensitive patient info, on their darknet site and on Telegram; the NHS is investigating — A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company.| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its satellite internet antenna “that can easily fit in a backpack”, offering a “limited number” for $599 each — SpaceX is rolling out a compact version of its Starlink antennas, which the company is advertising …
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X: @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, @michaelnicollsx, @goingballistic5, @thesheetztweetz, and @trengriffin
Forums: Hacker News, r/Starlink, r/StarlinkEngineering, r/gadgets, and r/technology
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 18 brings a new API called AccessorySetupKit, letting third-party accessory makers build the same quick pairing experience as Apple accessories like AirPods — When Apple introduced AirPods in 2016, the company also unveiled a new, easy and intuitive way to pair wireless accessories to iPhone and iPad.| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A look at Congress' absurd plan to ban DJI drones in the US, even as the company adds restrictions and features to comply with US government regulations — Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives jammed a functional ban on DJI drones, called the “Countering CCP Drones Act” into a military funding bill that it then passed.
More: The Hill, TechRadar, DroneDJ, and The Drone Girl
X: @lawyerliz, @jason_koebler, @erratarob, @repstefanik, @konrad_it, @shortformernie, and @papapishu. Forums: Beehaw
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
NY's governor signs two bills to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, limiting data collection, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, more — New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed two bills into law on Thursday that aim to protect kids and teens from social media harms …
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X: @cagoldberglaw, @govkathyhochul, @cagoldberglaw, @newyorkstateag, @zachreports, @govkathyhochul, @commonsense, @govkathyhochul, @nysocfs, and @govkathyhochul
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Spotify: |
Spotify introduces a new Basic streaming plan in the US, which costs $10.99/month and includes all the benefits of Premium besides audiobook listening time — On Spotify, users discover and enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks, with various plans that meet our listeners' needs.
More: TechCrunch
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Claude 3.5 Sonnet appears to be a tremendous leap for Anthropic and LLMs generally, and shows that AI model makers' performance gains are not slowing down — A new large language model (LLM) has apparently taken the performance crown from OpenAI's GPT-4o about a month after its release …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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LinkedIn: Joel Peixoto, Brayden McLean, and Sam Dwyer
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Squarespace agrees to sell its restaurant reservation service Tock to American Express for $400M, the exact amount that it paid for Tock in 2021 — Website building platform Squarespace is selling Tock, its restaurant reservation service, to American Express in a deal worth $400 million …
More: Bloomberg and Squarespace, Inc.
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI-powered language-learning app Speak raised a $20M Series B extension led by Buckley, bringing its total funding to $84M and doubling its valuation to $500M — AI-powered language learning app Speak is on a tear. — Since launching in its inaugural market of South Korea in 2019 … Sponsor Posts
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