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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Citizen Lab: in 2022, NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones with iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16; Apple fixed the flaws — SAN FRANCISCO — Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones last year …
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| New York Times: |
An investigation details how Mexico became Pegasus' first client, grew into its most prolific user, and continues to use the spyware despite promising to stop — A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It's still using it, despite promising to stop.
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Abel Flores. Mastodon:
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Tweets:
@alexshams_, @dnvolz, @nathanielparish, @el_reportero, @llchristyll, @jbadomics, @lkatzenberg, @diazbriseno, @justinhendrix, and @ronenbergman
| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft has been developing an AI chip internally codenamed Athena since as early as 2019; some Microsoft and OpenAI staff are already testing Athena — After placing an early bet on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, Microsoft has another secret weapon in its arsenal …
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@amir and @jessicalessin
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” if “regulatory clarity” for the crypto industry does not emerge in the US — Armstrong said “anything is on the table” in terms of Coinbase's plans should greater regulatory clarity not emerge in the U.S.
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| The Verge: |
Twitter quietly altered its hateful conduct policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming” — Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces Instagram now lets users add up to five links to their account bios, challenging Linktree, Beacons, and other “link in bio” services — Instagram today is rolling out a new feature for adding links to user profiles that challenges Linktree …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is developing VR apps and services for its upcoming headset across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration, like FaceTime and Freeform — Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win …
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@mkbhd, @steven_aquino, @jsngr, @gregorymcfadden, @technology, @deitaone, and @markgurman
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Reddit plans to charge companies to access its API, which many have used to train AI tools; the API will stay free for developers building apps for Reddit users — The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects.
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@mikeisaac, @pkafka, @rachelmetz, @jason_kint, and @alice_comfy
| BBC: |
WhatsApp, Signal, and other encrypted messaging apps sign a letter urging the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill, which would weaken online privacy — Encrypted messaging services have jointly called for changes to parts of the UK Online Safety Bill (OSB).
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LinkedIn:
Sajjad Khan, William Gregor, Neil Cripps, and Deryck Mitchelson
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@signalapp, @jamesrbuk, @wabetainfo, @wcathcart, @whatsapp, @jsrailton, @ryancdotorg, @zsk, @zsk, @jimmy_wales, @lisaforteuk, @profwoodward, @session_app, @oxen_io, and @element_hq
| Bailee Hill / Fox News: |
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk says he's working on “TruthGPT or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe” — Tucker Carlson's exclusive interview with Musk airs Monday at 8pm ET on Fox News
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
A winner at the Sony World Photography Awards rejects the award, saying his submission was AI-generated and meant to test if such competitions were ready for AI — A winner at this year's Sony World Photography Awards wasn't a photo at all. — Jordan Pearson
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BBC, Fortune, PetaPixel, Engadget, USA Today, Fox News, The Guardian, iPhone in Canada Blog, Silicon Republic, The Shortcut, Dexerto, Insider, PCMag, and Forbes
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Ben Jones and Peter Ogden
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@elunaai, @julianrademeyer, @harrymccracken, @nickfromupnorth, and @scalzi
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian customers have yet to fully benefit from Apple's India initiatives due to services like Apple Pay being unavailable and prohibitively expensive products — The reality is that millions of Indian consumers continue to purchase Apple products despite feeling like second-tier customers.
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Livemint, Patently Apple, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, and AppleInsider
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@tim_cook, @shivaroor, @dmuthuk, and @tds19
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
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LinkedIn:
Amit Gupta and Viren Sood
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@madhuridixit, @tim_cook, @tim_cook, @2shar, @jimcramer, @markgurman, @imore, @markgurman, @macworld, @tariqkrim, @connectgurmeet, @c_aashish, and @chandrarsrikant
| Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: |
During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who refused to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin is a commodity — SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security — House Republicans took aim at the nation's top markets regulator Tuesday …
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