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Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements — - Firm says it'll withhold Apple Intelligence from EU this year — Big Tech firm cites concerns over EU's Digital Markets Act
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| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa” — Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against 12 Kaspersky executives; the company and its founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky were not included — The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky.| Kate Irwin / PCMag: |
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative jobs maybe will go away” due to AI, “but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place” — OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati isn't worried about AI's impact on creative professions.
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| Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: |
Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership software provider CDK Global has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, and CDK plans to pay — - Eastern European cybercrime group demanding extortion payment — CDK down for several days as dealerships experience fallout
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Retro game streamer Antstream plans to launch on the App Store with 1,300 titles, the first such launch after Apple allowed game streaming services on iPhone — There are now several excellent retro gaming emulators available for Apple's mobile devices, including Delta, RetroArch, and PPSSPP, which focuses on the PlayStation Portable.| BBC: |
London hospitals hackers Qilin publish almost 400GB of data, including sensitive patient info, on their darknet site and on Telegram; the NHS is investigating — Experts say the hack is one of the most “significant and harmful” cyber attacks ever in the UK. — 48 mins ago — Technology| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US — Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials …
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Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time — On Spotify, users discover and enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks, with various plans that meet our listeners' needs.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time — OpenAI has done acquihires, but this deal marks the first time it will be integrating both the technology and staff of the company it's buying.
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| The Information: |
Source: Stability AI hired ex- CEO of Weta Digital Prem Akkaraju as new CEO; Akkaraju and Sean Parker are among investors that have stepped in to save Stability — Stability AI, a startup that rode the boom in generative artificial intelligence to a $1 billion valuation before experiencing financial trouble … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Change Healthcare says the February ransomware attack on its systems resulted in the theft of medical records of a “substantial proportion of people” in the US — Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption …
More: The Register, PCMag, and The Record
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature — The company will charge for a feature that's free on every other major platform. — X will soon be moving the ability to live stream behind its premium paywall, the company announced.
More: 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Neowin, and WinBuzzer
| Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC: |
TikTok confirms it offered the US a “kill switch” in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules — TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
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