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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max review: a very incremental upgrade, with nice new tone control in camera and a useful but little fiddly Camera Control button — I'm not saying you should buy a new phone for a single camera setting... but I'm not not saying that, either.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 16 and 16 Plus review: reliable camera, handy Action Button, and more RAM, but standard refresh rate screen, and Camera Control is a mixed bag — It's a good year for Apple's basic iPhone, even if its AI is MIA. … Over the past few years, Apple's standard iPhone looked a little neglected.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple says Apple Intelligence will support German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and other languages in 2025, and is in talks with the EU and China — Apple Wednesday announced that its generative AI offering will be available in even more languages in 2025.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
YouTube launches Communities, a space where fans can chat with each other and creators, and Community Hub, which gives creators a view of channel activity — Many creators post videos on YouTube but take to other platforms to actually interact with their fans and viewers.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
YouTube unveils Hype, a new promotional system inside of YouTube to help boost smaller creators; the most-hyped videos appear on a platform-wide leaderboard — It's a new way for viewers to share the stuff they really like — and for creators to grow on an increasingly busy platform.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU's General Court backs Google's challenge against the EU's €1.49B antitrust fine, imposed in 2019 for hindering rivals in online search ads — Europe's second-top court on Wednesday backed Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google's challenge against a 1.49 billion euros ($1.66 billion) …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple pulls the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pro models after bricking complaints as the company works “to resolve an issue impacting a small number of devices” — Apple stopped signing the iPadOS 18 update for the M4 iPad Pro models, which means the new software is no longer available …
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| Joe Warminsky / The Record: |
The FBI says it disrupted a botnet of “hundreds of thousands” of devices worldwide last week, run by the China-linked hacking group Flax Typhoon — The FBI led an operation last week to disrupt a global botnet with connections to the Chinese government, much like its action …
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
LinkedIn confirms training its AI on user data by default, and says it is “making sure that those who have specific privacy preferences” can opt out — LinkedIn is using its users' data for improving the social network's generative AI products, but has not yet updated its terms … | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
HTC unveils the $999 Vive Focus Vision, a standalone VR headset with built-in eye tracking, 16MP stereo color front-facing cameras, and more, for pre-order now — It's no Quest 3 competitor, but it could appeal to businesses and VR fanatics. — HTC Vive is following up its intriguing …
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| Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: |
Australia, Europol, and more say they infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including its alleged admin — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
SocialAI, a new iOS app that looks like a social network, is filled entirely with bots and lets users populate their network with up to 32 types of bots — Are we at peak social media yet? It's an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one.
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| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Intel's decision to delay new Germany and Poland plants by two years is a blow to the EU's goal of making 20% of the world's chips by 2030, up from ~9% in 2022 — BRUSSELS — The European Commission's landmark 2022 chips strategy has collapsed just as it laid out a new team to fix the bloc's competitiveness.| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in its movies and TV shows — Hollywood studio will give the tech company access to its library of movies and shows in exchange for a custom-built AI model
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
T-Mobile announces a multi-year partnership with OpenAI that includes building IntentCX, a customer service system powered by AI agents — - The companies say that the model is already showing promise in analyzing customer care call transcripts and identifying pain points that could be addressed better.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” — E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Prager Metis, a former auditor for FTX, pays a $1.95M fine to settle two US SEC cases, including for alleged negligence in auditing the cryptocurrency exchange — A former auditor for FTX will pay $1.95 million to settle two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
How a trademark fight led to a new version of Flappy Bird by a crypto-adjacent game developer, ten years after the original was pulled from app stores — Decadelong trademark fight culminates in new game hinting at “Web3 innovation.” — Fans of ultra-viral mobile gaming hit Flappy Bird …
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| Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal: |
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100M to boost US cybersecurity: $50M to protect infrastructure and $50M to educate people about safeguards — Donation brings Craig Newmark's charitable commitments to around $400 million — Craigslist founder Craig Newmark believes hacking …
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| Washington Post: |
Researchers: GPT-4 generating a 100-word email uses 1,468ml of water at its Washington data center, 925ml in Arizona, 464ml in Illinois, and 235ml in Texas — AI bots generate a lot of heat, and keeping their computer servers running exacts a toll. — Roughly a quarter of Americans … | Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
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