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Beeper debuts an Android app, Beeper Mini, to let users send iMessages with E2EE, without having to use a new number or log in with an Apple ID, for $2/month — Earlier this year, a developer slid into Eric Migicovsky's DMs with a spectacular claim: that he had reverse engineered Apple's iMessage …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Copilot with DALL-E 3 and says GPT-4 Turbo support and a Code Interpreter feature are coming soon; Bing will get “Deep Search” functionality — Microsoft is detailing a number of new features coming to its Copilot service soon, including OpenAI's latest models.
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| Alexandra Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Meta, IBM, and over 50 other companies and organizations form the AI Alliance, a coalition to work on open-source AI, including to share tech and reduce risks — Meta Platforms Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. are joining more than 40 companies and organizations to create …
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Leaked docs show concern at OctoML about helping its customer Civitai make AI images; OctoML co-founder Thierry Moreau said some “could be categorized as” CSAM — Content warning: This story covers synthetic child sexual abuse images. — OctoML, a Seattle-based startup … | Reuters: |
Docs: Apple warned India that its EU-style charger rules will lower local production targets and on November 28 asked to exempt or delay existing iPhone models — Apple (AAPL.O) has told India its local production targets will be hit if New Delhi follows the European Union and requires existing iPhones …
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| Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security: |
AI chatbots' conversational nature makes them more trustworthy, which could cause problems, like “hidden exploitation”, outright fraud, and mistaken expertise — I trusted a lot today. I trusted my phone to wake me on time. I trusted Uber to arrange a taxi for me, and the driver to get me to the airport safely.
| New York Times: |
Interviews with 80+ sources describe how OpenAI releasing ChatGPT a year ago triggered Google, Meta, and the rest of Silicon Valley to scramble to catch up — ChatGPT's release a year ago triggered a desperate scramble among tech companies and alarm from some of the people who helped invent it.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based ZestMoney, a Goldman Sachs-backed BNPL startup that raised $130M+ and was valued at $450M, plans to shut down after failing to find a buyer — ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted … | Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
OpenSecrets: crypto companies spent $18.96M on US lobbying in Q1 2023 to Q3 2023, up from $16.1M during the same period in 2022; Coinbase spent $2.16M, the most — The cryptocurrency industry was on track to hit a new record for federal lobbying spending, after a year in which firms scrambled …
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| Bloomberg: |
AT&T chooses Ericsson to modernize its wireless network with an architecture utilizing open standards, a nearly $14B project over five years; Nokia drops ~5% — - Infrastructure deal aims to modernize network over five years — Deal is a blow to Nokia, which will delay profit targets| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Web3 developer platform thirdweb discloses a major vulnerability in an open-source library used by several NFT collections; thirdweb became aware on November 20 — - Thirdweb, a web3 developer platform, disclosed a security vulnerability in its open-source library.
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| BBC: |
Tesla whistleblower Łukasz Krupski says Autopilot is not safe enough to use on public roads due to its hardware and software not being “ready” — A former Tesla employee has told the BBC he believes the technology powering the firm's self-driving vehicles is not safe enough to be used on public roads.
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| Jake Kanter / Deadline: |
Amazon fails to renew its live English Premier League rights deal, as part of Sky and TNT's new £6.7B UK TV rights deal for four soccer seasons from 2025/2026 — - BBC Names Royals Accused In Omid Scobie Book Of Commenting On Skin Color Of Harry & Meghan's Son| Globes Online: |
Tel Aviv-based data privacy and governance startup Mine, whose clients include Reddit and HelloFresh, raised a $30M Series B led by Battery Ventures and PayPal — Mine, which develops B2B and B2C solutions in the field of data privacy, and governance, has 150 customers including Reddit …
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| Wired: |
An analysis of 36GB of US school network logs for January 2022 to August 2023 finds widespread internet censoring filters, such as for health and sexuality info — A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
OnePlus launches the OnePlus 12 in China, offering up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, 100W wired charging, for ~$606, ahead of an “early 2024” global launch — OnePlus has officially launched the OnePlus 12 in China, and its highest-specced model comes with more RAM …
More: Android Authority, GSMArena.com, PCMag, 9to5Google, Notebookcheck, MobileSyrup, PetaPixel, TechSpot, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Gizchina, and SPARROWS NEWS. Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Ofcom starts a consultation on draft guidelines on how porn sites should lock out underage users, including having a bank or mobile network confirm a user's age — UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users' ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act.
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
EU interim competition chief Didier Reynders says Amazon must pledge to fairly rank rival robot vacuums to gain approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition — - EU recently sent statement of objections over $1.4 billion buy — Acting commissioner Reynders suggests way forward for approval
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| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
Discord redesigns its mobile app, separating messaging and server tabs, adding messaging features and a midnight theme, alongside performance improvements — It also introduced a Midnight theme for a pure black background. — Discord bluntly describes the mobile app it launched in 2015 …
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