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December 9, 2024, 4:40 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has been working with Sony on a months long effort to add PS VR2 controller support to visionOS; Apple has sold fewer than 500K Vision Pros  —  Apple and Sony have discussed forging a partnership that could change gaming on the Vision Pro.  Also: Apple has a three-year road map …
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Apple faces a US lawsuit over allegedly failing to implement a system to detects and remove CSAM from iCloud, despite initially developing such a tool in 2021  —  A 27-year old former child sexual abuse victim photographed anonymously with her mother.  Her lawsuit against Apple claims …
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
How Russia-linked Akira group's ransomware attack on Knights of Old in June 2023 led to the 158-year-old UK delivery firm's bankruptcy after it refused to pay  —  The inside story of Russian hackers who broke into a 158-year-old UK transport business.  —  The black-and-white message …
Paula Span / New York Times:
Researchers say digital payments and cashless policies, which are picking up pace in the US, disadvantage a number of groups, including older adults  —  “We're putting another burden on the elderly that we don't have to,” one researcher said.  —  Some things you can no longer do with cash …
Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech:
Generative AI's rise will force the web browser to evolve again, just as the web browser evolved for a mobile-first world by contorting itself into apps  —  I'm addicted to Apple's Vision Pro.  It's a nearly perfect entertainment device, serving as my ideal television.  Sure, I would like it to be lighter.

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