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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils Android 15 security features, like Theft Detection Lock, which detects motions associated with theft, and Private Space, to store sensitive data — Google is announcing an array of new security features as it releases its second Android 15 beta, including a feature that can detect …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils a threat detection service coming to Android that uses on-device AI to detect malware, analyzing apps' use of sensitive permissions and services — Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android.
More: Google Online Security Blog, Droid Life, and The Hacker News. Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social
| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
Google unveils Android for Cars updates: new apps including Max, Peacock, and Angry Birds for select car models, Google Cast for Android Automotive OS, and more — There are also forthcoming developer tools for creating new experiences. — Google just announced at an update coming … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
More: Engadget, Android Developers Blog, XDA Developers, CNET, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, Phandroid, and Sammy Fans
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Apple unveils accessibility features, like Eye Tracking, to let users with physical disabilities control iPads or iPhones with their eyes, and Music Haptics — The company is making it easier to use your gaze to navigate iOS and iPadOS. — Deputy Editor, Reviews
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| Ben Smith / Semafor: |
Billionaire tech critic Frank McCourt says he is preparing a “people's bid” to buy and rebuild TikTok so users “own and control their identity and their data” — The Scoop — A billionaire tech critic says he is mounting a bid to buy TikTok, the massive Chinese …
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| Washington Post: |
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Some iPhone owners say the iOS 17.5 update, which Apple released on Monday, is resurfacing photos they had deleted — Apple appears to have a bug that's dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5 …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Register, XDA Developers, PhoneArena, TweakTown, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Forbes, Gizchina, Forbes, iMore, Wccftech, BGR, and The Mac Observer
Forums: Hacker News, r/ios, r/iphone, and MacRumors Forums
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
The US DOJ indicts two brothers for allegedly stealing $25M in crypto via an exploit of the MEV-Boost software used by some Ethereum validators — The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value. — 10 Years of Decentralizing the Future| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Anthropic hires Instagram and Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, after the startup released an iOS app for its Claude chatbot — As Anthropic tries to take on the AI giants, it has a new big-name executive on board: the company announced this morning that Mike Krieger is its new chief product officer.
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| Dan Robinson / The Register: |
VMware makes its Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisor products free for personal use — A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition — VMware has made another small but notable post-merger concession to users: the Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisor products …
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/vmware, Lobsters, and MacRumors Forums
| CNBC: |
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI's chief scientist — OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he's leaving the Microsoft-backed startup.
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| The Verge: |
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Forums: Hacker News and r/ChatGPT
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI seizes BreachForums' hacking forum, which the group used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals, and its Telegram channel — The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals.
More: The Record, CyberScoop, ComputerWeekly.com, The Hacker News, and Hackread
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel debuts Thunderbolt Share, a new specification and app to connect two PCs, letting users transfer data at 40Gbps+, control another PC, sync files, and more — Adios, shuffling around flash drives? — With Thunderbolt Share, Intel is turning the Thunderbolt cable into a way to connect … | New York Times: |
Bipartisan US Senators release a long-awaited plan for AI, calling for spending $32B annually by 2026 on R&D, creating a federal data privacy law, and more — Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.| Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: |
USDC issuer Circle, which confidentially filed for a US IPO in January, plans to shift its legal base from Ireland to the US, and may face more onerous taxes — - Circle's holding company is currently located in Ireland — With an IPO looming, the firm will re-domicile to the US
More: Blockworks, The Daily Hodl, CCN.com, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, The Block, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Coinspeaker
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
AWS details its European “sovereign cloud”, designed to enable greater data residency, starting in Germany in 2025, and plans to invest €7.8B in Europe by 2040 — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded — With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
More: Wired, PCWorld, Washington Post, Beyond Search, Lifewire, Search Engine Land, and Search Engine Land
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| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
Sources: Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside its first patient's brain had pulled out of position is an issue it has known about for years — Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber plans to work with local fleets to add US shuttle bus services to and from airports, concert venues, and sports stadiums, for a fraction of UberX's cost — - Uber Shuttle priced at a fraction of usual cost of rideshares — Shares of rival Instacart slid on news of Uber's Costco deal
More: CNN, Engadget, TechCrunch, NBC News, ZDNet, PCMag, The Verge, Reuters, Axios, Forbes, Fast Company, and Condé Nast Traveler. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| University of Oxford: |
A study of 2,414,294 people in 168 countries between 2006 and 2021 finds 84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and wellbeing were positive — Links between internet adoption and wellbeing are likely to be positive, despite popular concerns to the contrary …
More: TechSpot and Cybernews.com
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Humanity Protocol, a blockchain-based identity system that uses scans of people's palms, raised a $30M seed led by Kingsway Capital at a $1B valuation — The startup raised $30 million at a $1 billion valuation as it looks to challenge projects like Worldcoin.
More: humanityprot, The Block, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, and NFTgators
| Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: |
Apple letting iPads run macOS would require major trade-offs, and enabling touch on Macs would lead to “a lot of flakey software that doesn't really work” — It is not unusual for customers to want the best of all worlds. It is why Detroit invented convertibles and el caminos. But the idea of a “dual boot” device is just nuts. It is guaranteed the only reality is it is running the wrong OS all the time for whatever you want to do....
More: 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, Spyglass, and 9to5Mac
X: @joannastern, @joeg_lte, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @jetscott, @mgsiegler, @stevesi, @titanas, and @mgsiegler. Forums: Slashdot
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026 — The streaming giant lands the league's two new Christmas Day games, beginning this season. — Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.| Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: |
US judge rules Tesla must face claims it misled buyers on self-driving; it's faced accusations since 2016 when it said new cars had “full self-driving” hardware — Tesla has been accused of overstating in 2016 that all its upcoming cars would have the “hardware needed … | CNBC: |
Netflix says its ad tier has 40M MAUs, up from 23M in January, and it will launch its own ad platform and no longer partner with Microsoft for that technology — Netflix's cheaper, ad-supported tier has amassed 40 million global monthly active users, the company said Wednesday.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Google opens API access to its Google Home platform, letting Android and iOS developers join a waitlist to access 600M+ Matter or Works with Google Home devices — Google has announced that it's opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform.
More: ZDNet, Engadget, Android Authority, TechRadar, 9to5Google, and Android Developers Blog
Forums: Hacker News, r/AndroidTV, r/homeautomation, and r/homeassistant
| VideoCardz.com: |
A leaked Dell XPS roadmap details Qualcomm's “Oryon V2” series, possibly named Snapdragon X Gen2 and launching in H2 2025, and “QC Oryon V3”, set for late 2027 — Dell XPS Qualcomm leak: next-gen Snapdragon X series in mid-2025 — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Gen2 and Gen3 already in the planing.
More: VideoCardz.com, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, Dexerto, XDA Developers, Windows Report, Tom's Hardware, and Android Headlines. X: @stevemoser
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