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Google enables passkeys, FIDO Alliance-developed cryptographic keys that require a preauthenticated device, on all accounts, to eventually replace passwords — Google's next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that passkeys — a new cryptographic keys solution …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The FTC proposes barring Meta from monetizing kids' data, accusing the company of violating a 2020 order with its privacy program and COPPA with Messenger Kids — - The Federal Trade Commission proposed to bar Facebook parent company Meta from monetizing kids' data after it says the company violated …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google plans to change Chrome's URL bar lock icon, introduced to signify HTTPS, to a “variant of the tune icon”, because “nearly all phishing sites use HTTPS” — Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Meta warns malware actors are increasingly spreading their infrastructure across platforms and has blocked 1,000+ ChatGPT-themed malicious URLs since March 2023 — The company is adding new tools as bad actors use ChatGPT-themed lures and mask their infrastructure in an attempt to trick victims and elude defenders.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds blue checkmarks to Gmail for senders from verified brands that adopted the company's Brand Indicators for Message Identification email specification — After adding support for verified brand logos in 2021, Gmail is now going further by adding a blue checkmark to emails.
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| Bryce Baschuk / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Chief Economist Michael Schwarz says AI will be used by “bad actors”, but lawmakers should wait until the tech causes “real harm” before regulating AI — Artificial intelligence will be dangerous in the hands of unscrupulous people, according to Microsoft Corp. Chief Economist Michael Schwarz.
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| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
A jury convicts former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain of insider trading, making $50K+ by buying and selling NFTs he featured on OpenSea's homepage — A former product manager at OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), was convicted on Wednesday …
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| Sarah Jeong / The Verge: |
Bluesky, which has 55K+ users, feels absolutely wild, with the CEO asking users to stop calling posts “skeets”, a struggle to establish norms, and lots of nudes — Early last week, barely anyone had heard of Bluesky. On Wednesday, it was just one of many alternatives vying …
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| Diana Li / Bloomberg: |
Airbnb announces Rooms, single rooms averaging $67 per night, and 50+ features and upgrades to improve price transparency, checkout, affordability, and more — Airbnb Inc. is revamping the home-rental platform in an effort to ease mounting tensions between guests and hosts ahead of what it expects to be a busy summer travel season.
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| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD announces the Ryzen Mobile 7040U series, offering up to eight cores with RDNA 3 graphics and claiming to outperform Apple's M2; pricing and release date TBC — Back at CES 2023, AMD announced the first wave of Ryzen Mobile parts based on its Zen 4 architecture, the Ryzen Mobile 7040HS series.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla acquires NYC-based Fakespot, which offers shopping tools to help identify fake or unreliable reviews, and plans to add its features to Firefox over time — Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot, a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews.
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| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft tells IT admins that Edge will soon open links from Teams and some Outlook accounts to “help increase productivity”; Enterprise IT admins can opt out — Microsoft Edge is a good browser but for some reason Microsoft keeps trying to shove it down everyone's throat …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $9.28B, vs. $9.1B est., net income down 42% YoY to $1.7B, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; QCOM drops 5%+ — - Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations but saw sales from handset chips …
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| Jay Newman / Financial Times: |
Apple's investors should be worried that China controls the company's factories, workforce, and local market access, all of which could be quickly taken away — What happens when the SEC, auditors and investors wake up? — Jay Newman was a senior portfolio manager at Elliott Management.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies — - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
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| Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk: |
Balaji Srinivasan “settles” his mid-March $1M bet, in which he predicted 1 BTC would be worth $1M by June 17, ahead of time by giving $500K to three entities — Amid the initial bank failures in the U.S., the tech entrepreneur in mid-March had bet $1 million that bitcoin would hit $1 million within 90 days.
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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Unity plans to cut ~600 jobs, or ~8% of its staff, the company's largest round of layoffs in a year, after cutting 500+ in January 2023 and June 2022 — Software company's move to let go about 600 employees follows string of job cuts in tech industry and beyond
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| Financial Times: |
An illustrated guide to quantum computing, including qubits, algorithms, challenges, government support, and “Q-day”, when a quantum computer cracks encryption — The next generation of quantum computers will open a new world of possibilities, but also pose enormous risks to our online security
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