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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding it in breach of GDPR in relation to how it handles children's data and gives the company three months to comply — It's been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation …
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| Victor Tangermann / Futurism: |
Microsoft's Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42” — Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 42 this week, a tragedy that rattled fans …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X partners with Au10tix to launch government ID-based account verification for paid users; verification is not yet available in the EU and the UK — X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.”
More: PCMag, X, The Verge, Coinspeaker, and Engadget
| Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters: |
Apple plans a software update for iPhone 12 in France to address radiation concerns, says “this is related to a specific testing protocol” used by the regulator — Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France, in what seemed to offer …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature — Talks are at an early stage, sources say, as Facebook parent looks for new ways to increase revenue
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users' location for commercial gain even after they opted out — Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google confirms the company does not offer repair options for cracked Pixel Watch screens; Google's hardware warranty policy does not cover accidental damage — If you crack the screen on the Pixel Watch, getting it officially repaired by Google isn't in the cards.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023 — - New hires will be split among sales, engineering, data cloud — Many hires will be boomerang employees, CEO Benioff says
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| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Google gave a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, suggesting the company is close to launching the GPT-4 rival — Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software …
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| Bloomberg: |
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle” — Hi all, it's Tom Giles in San Francisco and Davey Alba in Washington.
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Sources: TSMC told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment, as the chipmaker grows increasingly nervous about customer demand — Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW) has told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment …
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| Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, letting customers run Oracle workloads natively in Azure data centers — The new level of collaboration reflects how technology and customer demand have fostered more cooperation among software companies
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| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used help desk calls to get passwords and planned to hack the slot machines — Person claiming to represent cybercriminals explains techniques used to evade detection by casino resort company
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Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/vegas, and r/technews
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Sources: ByteDance and the US restart their negotiations over TikTok's operations after six months, as calls to ban the app fade ahead of the 2024 US election — Calls to ban the wildly popular app have faded ahead of the 2024 election — TikTok's China-based parent company and the U.S. government … | Christopher Beam / Wired: |
A look at the race to develop tools that can identify AI-generated text and evade detection, such as GPTZero and WorkNinja, which were built by college students — And college students are developing the weapons, quickly building tools that identify AI-generated text—and tools to evade detection.| Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: |
Sources: Unity offered a 100% Runtime Fee waiver to studios using its LevelPlay mediation platform and 80% to 100% waivers to developers switching from AppLovin — Unity is quietly offering developers a Runtime Fee waiver if they switch to its LevelPlay mediation platform, we're told.
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| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
More: The Verge, Game Developer, Engadget, Dracula Simp, Game Rant, Dot Esports, The Hill, TechSpot, PC Gamer, mjtsai.com, GamesIndustry.biz, BBC, Ars Technica, and Computer, Enhance!
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