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Microsoft releases a Windows 11 update, adding the new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar, Phone Link for iOS, screen recording, Notepad tabs, and more — Microsoft is releasing a big update to Windows 11 today that adds the company's new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
LastPass says hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer's computer — LastPass revealed more information on a “coordinated second attack,” where a threat actor accessed and stole data …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
The EU narrows its long-running Apple antitrust case, removing IAP objections and focusing on stopping apps from telling users about other subscription options — Antitrust investigation to look at how tech giant deals with subscription information from streaming services such as Spotify| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Chinese media warns Elon Musk, effectively saying not to bite the hand that feeds you, after he replied to a tweet implying COVID-19 originated from a Wuhan lab — - Chinese state-run media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he was risking his relationship with China, after the executive retweeted about a … | Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Musk approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a research lab to make a ChatGPT rival; Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 before cutting ties — Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft expands PC Game Pass to 40 new countries, including in Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, taking its total to 86 — The Xbox console has been the key to Microsoft Corp.'s clout in the gaming industry since its release more than two decades ago.
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| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
Yuga Labs announces its first Bitcoin NFT project TwelveFold, which contains 300 limited-edition generative art pieces inscribed to the Bitcoin blockchain — TwelveFold, a limited series of just 300 generative Ordinals NFT art pieces on Bitcoin, will be auctioned later this week.
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Sources: Visa and Mastercard pause plans for partnerships with crypto companies and some product launches until markets and the regulatory environment improve — U.S. payment giants Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms … | Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
After declining Twitter engagement, a writer games the For You algorithm, which he suspected was using invisible subreddits via Topics to organize tweets — Read to the end for some really good horse content — I Gave Into The New Twitter Algorithm And I Went Way Too Viral
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| NBC News: |
The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit — The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information …
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| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
Google rolls out fall detection to all Pixel Watch users, four months after its launch, saying the feature “has been extensively tested” to avoid false alarms — The long-awaited feature can be toggled on through the settings starting today. — Four months after its launch …
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| Financial Times: |
Some marketers worry that Meta's AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple's ATT to automatically generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish control — Social network claims successes with tool to counteract Apple's privacy changes that resulted in billions in lost revenue
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
AI pioneer and UCSD professor Terry Sejnowski argues that AI chatbots are often prodded into producing strange results by the people who are using them — One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence argues that chatbots are often prodded into producing strange results by the people who are using them.
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| Niha Masih / Washington Post: |
Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more — More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers …
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