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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Researcher brutecat finds a vulnerability that revealed the phone number linked to any Google account via brute forcing phone numbers; Google fixed the issue — This article was produced with support from WIRED. — A cybersecurity researcher was able to figure out the phone number linked …
More: brutecat.com and TechCrunch
| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese AI companies have temporarily disabled chatbot functions like image recognition during China's annual college entrance exams — China's most popular AI chatbots like Alibaba's Qwen have temporarily disabled functions including picture recognition …
More: The Verge, The Guardian, Tech in Asia, and Xinhua
Bluesky: @parismarx.com and @markriedl
Forums: r/technology and r/worldnews
| Los Angeles Times: |
Protesters against immigration raids in LA damaged and set several Waymo autonomous taxis on fire on Sunday; Waymo says it is in touch with law enforcement — As police struggled with another day of unrest in downtown L.A., several Waymo autonomous taxis were set on fire …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: after a few days, it is just a bigger, more powerful Switch, transferring games works smoothly, the new Joy-Cons are great, and more — Now that I've had a Nintendo Switch 2 in my hands for a few days, I can say pretty confidently that this feels a lot like a Switch.
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| IGN: |
Xbox Ally X hands-on: an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, 1080p games run at 60 FPS with no issues, a super-slim Windows, and more — The Xbox handheld impresses, but pricing remains the biggest question. — PC gaming handhelds have flooded the market at this point … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @aarongreenberg, @xboxp3, and @seanhollister
X: @jezcorden, @jezcorden, @wario64, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/hardware, r/hardware, r/Games, r/xbox, and Slashdot
| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
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Bluesky: @xboxp3, @papapishu, and @papapishu
X: @genepark, @ethangach, @deeketweak, @satyanadella, @teroterotero, @stephentotilo, and @carygolomb. LinkedIn: Benoit Fouillet
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/Handhelds, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/Games, r/gamingnews, r/LegionGo, and r/xbox
| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Apple researchers detail the limitations of top LLMs and large reasoning models, including on classic problems like the Tower of Hanoi, which AI solved in 1957 — LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned my name into a verb — Quoth Josh Wolfe, well-respected venture capitalist at Lux Capital:
More: Apple Machine Learning …, Futurism, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, BetaKit, Cointelegraph, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TechCircle, Daring Fireball, Spyglass, Digit, diginomica, 9meters, implicator.ai, Hardcore Software, and seangoedecke.com
Bluesky: @manruss, @carnage4life, @nothingistrue.net, @lukaszolejnik, @ka81, @jasongorman, @clauswilke.com, @sungkim, @dorialexander, @abeba, and @markriedl
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @j12t@j12t.social, @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, and @baldur@toot.cafe. Threads: @crumbler
X: @burkov, @andrewwhite01, @jhochderffer, @stevesi, @rubenhssd, @rubenhssd, @timsweeneyepic, @bgurley, @andrewwhite01, @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @ns123abc, @chargoddard, @bgurley, @garymarcus, @kylemorgenstein, @wolfejosh, @bgurley, and @emollick
LinkedIn: Mike Kentz and Gary Marcus
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/programming, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Docs: from mid-December, YouTube told moderators to prioritize “freedom of expression” over potential harm, including for political, social, and cultural issues — The world's largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.
More: The Verge, Engadget, PR Daily, Althouse, and TVNewsCheck
Bluesky: @noupside, @philippmendoza, @noupside, and @beyerstein
X: @mediaevan and @tonyromm
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm agrees to acquire UK-listed Alphawave, which makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers, for $2.4B in cash, set to close in Q1 2026 — Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge Shows the Limits of Impressively Thin Phones … Explainers
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns the UK lacks the digital infrastructure needed to capitalize on AI despite “incredible” research talent, as PM Starmer pledges £1B — Jensen Huang seeks ‘sovereign’ artificial intelligence deals that diversify US chip giant's business away from Big Tech groups| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
The UK Financial Conduct Authority partners with Nvidia to debut a Supercharged Sandbox in which financial companies can test AI tools, starting in October 2025 — Financial firms in Britain will be able to test artificial intelligence tools later this year in a regulatory “sandbox” …
More: The Times, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Financial Conduct Authority, AI News, CNBC, FinTech Global, Channel NewsAsia, Finance Magnates, Money Marketing, Cryptopolitan, AML Intelligence, Proactive, NVIDIA, Yahoo Finance, Tech in Asia, FStech, UKTN, TechRadar, The Fintech Times, Professional Adviser, Sharecast, and The Intermediary
| Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: |
An interview with Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn on criticism after Duolingo went “AI-first”, personalized interactions with personality-based chatbots, and more — Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs
More: Business Insider. Bluesky: @kgt and @parismarx.com. X: @cszabla
Forums: r/languagelearning, r/NoShitSherlock, r/Futurology, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
United Natural Foods, a grocery distributor to 30K+ stores in the US and Canada and Whole Foods' main distributor, hit by a cyberattack, halting some operations — United Natural Foods (UNFI), a major distributor of groceries to Whole Foods and other retailers, said on Monday that it was hit …
More: BleepingComputer, PCMag, The Record, Bloomberg, Business Insider, FreightWaves, CNN, and CyberInsider
| Katharine Viner / The Guardian: |
The Guardian partners with Cambridge University to launch Secure Messaging in its app, protecting sources by making messages indistinguishable from other data — Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith on the Ikea-owned platform's history, Taskers earning up to $50/hour, AI assistants, zero fees, high suburban use, and more — Today, I'm talking with Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith. Taskrabbit is one of the original gig worker platforms that's really focused … Sponsor Posts
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