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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” — E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.
More: GSMA, 9to5Google, Android Authority, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, Fossbytes, Business Standard, Pixel Envy, Cult of Mac, Android Headlines, Phandroid, PhoneArena, The Hacker News, Android Authority, Android Police, and ZDNET
LinkedIn: Elmar Weber and Dave Kleidermacher
| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Intel's decision to delay new Germany and Poland plants by two years is a blow to the EU's goal of making 20% of the world's chips by 2030, up from ~9% in 2022 — BRUSSELS — The European Commission's landmark 2022 chips strategy has collapsed just as it laid out a new team to fix the bloc's competitiveness.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple pulls the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pro models after bricking complaints as the company works “to resolve an issue impacting a small number of devices” — Apple stopped signing the iPadOS 18 update for the M4 iPad Pro models, which means the new software is no longer available …
More: Business Standard, The Sun, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Pocket-lint, Mashable, TechRadar, The Indian Express, Ars Technica, O'Grady's PowerPage, Cybernews.com, Moneycontrol, PhoneArena, GSMArena.com, MySmartPrice, Trusted Reviews, Redmond Pie, Engadget, Forbes, Neowin, MobileSyrup, BGR, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, and Digital Trends
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X: @jspring86az, @9to5mac, and @brians__tech
Forums: r/iPadOS, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: |
Australian police say they infiltrated Ghost, a global encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including the app's alleged admin — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.
More: Australian Federal Police, Europol, RTÉ, ABC, 404 Media, Al Jazeera, Information Age, Politico, iTnews, Infosecurity, TechRadar, Raw Story, The Cyber Express, Cybernews.com, ComputerWeekly.com, The Register, Cyber Daily, The Guardian, and Reuters
X: @maxramsay, @fatalmeh, @josephfcox, and @europol
| Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs two bills restricting the use of AI replicas of performers, building on protections SAG-AFTRA sought in its 2023 strike — In a symbolic move, the governor visited the Los Angeles headquarters of performers' union SAG-AFTRA to greenlight the legislation …
More: Engadget, IndieWire, The Hill, Digital Music News, Deadline, Decrypt, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, Variety, CBS News, and The Wrap
X: @_jonathanstein, @govpressoffice, @ccadelago, and @sagaftra
Forums: r/singularity, r/movies, and r/entertainment
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
| Tim Culpan / Tim Culpan's Position: |
Sources: Apple's A16 SoC is currently being manufactured at Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona in small, but significant, numbers — [Exclusive] The iPhone maker is set to be the first client of TSMC's new Arizona fab — TSMC's first Arizona chips are now in production …
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PhoneArena, BGR, The Verge, and AppleInsider
X: @sinansays, @adamnash, and @tculpan
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max review: physical shutter button, 4K120 video, and camera tone control, but Camera Control can be fiddly and an incremental upgrade — I'm not saying you should buy a new phone for a single camera setting... but I'm not not saying that, either.
More: XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Engadget, and Wccftech
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance — Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking …
More: Mozilla Support, The Overspill, and Werd I/O
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Forums: r/RedditAlternatives and Slashdot
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap unveils new Spectacles to lease to Snapchat AR lens developers for a $1,188 one-year commitment, with an improved display, longer battery life, and more — Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream? … Snap's fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
| Financial Times: |
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft, and MGX announce a new AI fund that seeks to raise $30B+ of private equity capital and $100B+ in total investment when including debt — Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Discord says it is beginning to roll out end-to-end encryption to voice and video chats in DMs, Group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams — Discord, one of the largest group chat apps in the world, announced on Tuesday that audio and video calls inside the platform will now be end-to-end encrypted …
More: Discord Blog, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Phandroid, The Verge, and Engadget. Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
How a trademark fight led to a new version of Flappy Bird by a crypto-adjacent game developer, ten years after the original was pulled from app stores — Decadelong trademark fight culminates in new game hinting at “Web3 innovation.” — Fans of ultra-viral mobile gaming hit Flappy Bird …
More: The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Kotaku, Eurogamer.net, AppleInsider, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, and Web3 is Going Just Great
X: @dongatory, @flappy_bird, @jonsmiff, @doctor_cupcakes, @toadsanime, and @legacykillahd. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU's General Court backs Google's challenge against the EU's €1.49B antitrust fine, imposed in 2019 for hindering rivals in online search ads — Europe's second-top court on Wednesday backed Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google's challenge against a 1.49 billion euros ($1.66 billion) …
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X: @adrianweckler and @eucourtpress
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta faces a hefty EU fine as the decision to charge Meta with antitrust violations for linking Marketplace and Facebook may come as early as October — Brussels claims Facebook is breaking the law and undermining rivals with its free Marketplace services
More: Engadget, Associated Press, WinBuzzer, Irish Examiner, Reuters, Washington Post, and The Indian Express
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Microsoft: starting in late August 2024, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinformation including videos spread by a fake news outlet — - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
CEO Anne Wojcicki says she remains committed to taking 23andMe private and is “surprised and disappointed” after all seven independent board directors resigned — All seven independent directors of 23andMe resigned from the company's board Tuesday, a move that CEO Anne Wojcicki said left her … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Prager Metis, a former auditor for FTX, pays a $1.95M fine to settle two US SEC cases, including for alleged negligence in auditing the cryptocurrency exchange — A former auditor for FTX will pay $1.95 million to settle two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US plans to host the first meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes in San Francisco on November 20 and 21 — The Biden administration plans to convene a global safety summit on artificial intelligence, it said on Wednesday, as Congress continues to struggle with regulating the technology.
More: Associated Press
| Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal: |
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100M to boost US cybersecurity: $50M to protect infrastructure and $50M to educate people about safeguards — Donation brings Craig Newmark's charitable commitments to around $400 million — Craigslist founder Craig Newmark believes hacking … | Financial Times: |
A look at the “Shein village” supply chain in Panyu, China, as Temu apes its tactics; sources say Beijing is unhappy with Shein's move to “de-Chinafy” itself — Thousands of factories depend on the retailer but rivals are putting pressure on a model based on speed and thin margins| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Neuralink says Blindsight, its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision, has received the US FDA's “breakthrough device” designation — Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its implant had received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's “breakthrough device” designation.| Jen Mills / Metro.co.uk: |
Starling Bank survey of over 3,000 UK adults: 28% say they were targeted by an AI voice cloning scam in the past year; 46% didn't even know about such scams — Most of us have had annoying WhatsApp messages from scammers claiming something like, 'Mum, I've lost my phone!'
More: CNN, The Guardian, The Mirror, GB News, and The Independent
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