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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
TikTok advises its US Android users to sideload the app through APKs on its website; its app still isn't back in Apple's App Store and Google Play in the US — The social media app is still not available on Apple App Store and Google Play. — If you need to download and install TikTok in the US …
More: HotHardware, The Verge, Forbes, iClarified, 9to5Google, and Neowin
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| Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg: |
At a conference in January, Elon Musk said he hadn't bid for TikTok and was not “chomping at the bit to acquire” it, amid reports of China evaluating the option — Elon Musk said he isn't interested in buying TikTok, the popular social video app the US has tried to ban …
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Business Insider, CNN, Reuters, Seeking Alpha, Wall Street Pit, Livemint, and New Republic
Bluesky: @chez-rolez and @waxmonkey
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
PlayStation Network is experiencing a multi-hour outage, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and the Direct website — PSN has been experiencing a multi-hour outage. You might have trouble loading purchased digital games or seeing which friends are online.
More: PlayStation, USA Today, Video Games Chronicle, Comic Book, Forbes, Dexerto, DNyuz, NBC News, TweakTown, UPI, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Push Square, Polygon, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Neowin, Insider Gaming, PCMag, Mashable, Metro.co.uk, GameSpot, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Stevivor, Engadget, WUSA, Kotaku, Game Rant, Press Start, Insider Gaming, IGN, Push Square, and KFMB
X: @askplaystation, @eliteownage12, @tomwarren, @ramosradio_, @realradec, @mrbadbit, @roywoodjr, and @troydan. Forums: r/marvelrivals
| New York Times: |
How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term — After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country's A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.
More: The Economic Times, SlashGear, and CoinGeek
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
DeepSeek R1 is more susceptible to jailbreaking than ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude; it can instruct on a bioweapon attack, write a pro-Hitler manifesto, and more — Testing shows the Chinese app is more likely to dispense details on how to make a Molotov cocktail or encourage self-harm by teenagers
More: Seeking Alpha. Bluesky: @negativebananya and @jj-bristol. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @hraleighspeaks
| Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: |
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls — The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors?| Fei-Fei Li / Financial Times: |
Three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking: have a clear view of reality, be pragmatic instead of ideological, and empower the AI ecosystem — It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on| Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: |
A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country — Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized.| Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: |
Leaked draft: the statement set to be signed at the Paris AI Action Summit barely mentions AI risks and fails to follow up on commitments from previous Summits — The statement, set to be signed by countries next week, is a ‘wasted opportunity’, experts say — and looks unlikely to be signed by US officials
More: Finextra. X: @garymarcus, @shakeelhashim, @shakeelhashim, @shakeelhashim, @shakeelhashim, and @shakeelhashim
| Bloomberg: |
Tass: Rostelecom says an unspecified external impact has damaged a Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, but there was no impact on subscribers — - Restoration work underway with no impact on subscribers — NATO recently boosted its patrol operations in the Baltic| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022 — Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
More: Reuters, emptywheel, NPR, The Independent, The Record, magpie's nest, and Fortune
Bluesky: @himself, @jasonaw, @jvagle.me, @amycastor, @esqueer.net, @cwarzel, @karaswisher, @fbajak, @jsweetli, @pfish.zone, @malwaretech.com, @lizthegrey.com, @morecoffeeplz, and @timmarchman. Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @awinston and @kimzetter
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK used Snoopers' Charter to send a “technical capability notice” to Apple; notice recipients aren't allowed to warn users of weakened security — Bid to tap customers' accounts could weaken security for iPhone users all over the world
More: Techdirt, BBC, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Guardian, Forbes, MacRumors, Schneier on Security, Pixel Envy, Reuters, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar, Gizmodo, The Sun, The Stack, and Washington Post
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