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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max review: physical shutter button, 4K120 video, and camera tone control, but Camera Control can be fiddly and an incremental upgrade — I'm not saying you should buy a new phone for a single camera setting... but I'm not not saying that, either.
More: Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, PetaPixel on YouTube, Forbes, Livemint, XDA Developers, The Sun, Gizmodo, CNN, Wired, CNBC, Mashable, Tom's Guide, Tom's Guide, Digital Photography Review, Mrwhosetheboss on YouTube, iJustine on YouTube, Best Products, British GQ, CNET on YouTube, PetaPixel, and Irish Independent
Threads: @joannastern and @reckless1280
X: @dylanmcd8, @universeice, @maxwinebach, @venkyparik, @ijustine, @adrianweckler, @mkbhd, and @adrianweckler. Forums: r/apple
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 16 and 16 Plus review: reliable camera, Action Button, more RAM, and A18 chip, but standard refresh rate screen and Camera Control is a mixed bag — It's a good year for Apple's basic iPhone, even if its AI is MIA. … Over the past few years, Apple's standard iPhone looked a little neglected.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple says Apple Intelligence will support German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and other languages in 2025, and is in talks with the EU and China — Apple Wednesday announced that its generative AI offering will be available in even more languages in 2025.| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Apple releases updates to improve iPhone 16 repairability, including changes to the battery, TrueDepth Camera, and Face ID, and launches a Repair Assistant — It's simpler to replace batteries and far easier to swap out components. — Apple has slowly been making its devices easier to fix … | Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Intel's decision to delay new Germany and Poland plants by two years is a blow to the EU's goal of making 20% of the world's chips by 2030, up from ~9% in 2022 — BRUSSELS — The European Commission's landmark 2022 chips strategy has collapsed just as it laid out a new team to fix the bloc's competitiveness.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” — E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple pulls the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pro models after bricking complaints as the company works “to resolve an issue impacting a small number of devices” — Apple stopped signing the iPadOS 18 update for the M4 iPad Pro models, which means the new software is no longer available …
More: Macworld, Android Authority, Business Standard, The Sun, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, Ars Technica, Laptop Mag, Tom's Guide, Mashable, TechRadar, Cybernews.com, Moneycontrol, The Indian Express, PhoneArena, MySmartPrice, O'Grady's PowerPage, GSMArena.com, Trusted Reviews, Redmond Pie, Engadget, Forbes, Neowin, MobileSyrup, Cult of Mac, and AppleInsider
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X: @brians__tech and @jspring86az
Forums: r/iPadOS, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
California Gov. Newsom signs three laws regulating election AI deepfakes, including holding large platforms liable for not removing content after a user report — The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year's presidential race.| Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: |
More: Engadget, IndieWire, Digital Music News, The Hill, Deadline, Decrypt, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, and Politico
X: @_jonathanstein, @govpressoffice, @ccadelago, and @sagaftra
Forums: r/movies, r/singularity, and r/entertainment
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
| Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: |
Australia, Europol, and more say they infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including its alleged admin — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.
More: Australian Federal Police, Europol, CSO, ABC, The Register, RTÉ, Silicon Republic, Al Jazeera, Reuters, 404 Media, iTnews, London Evening Standard, Politico, Help Net Security, Raw Story, Infosecurity, The Cyber Express, Information Age, ComputerWeekly.com, Cybernews.com, The Guardian, and Cyber Daily
X: @maxramsay, @josephfcox, @europol, and @fatalmeh
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU's General Court backs Google's challenge against the EU's €1.49B antitrust fine, imposed in 2019 for hindering rivals in online search ads — Europe's second-top court on Wednesday backed Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google's challenge against a 1.49 billion euros ($1.66 billion) …
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X: @adrianweckler and @eucourtpress
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Prager Metis, a former auditor for FTX, pays a $1.95M fine to settle two US SEC cases, including for alleged negligence in auditing the cryptocurrency exchange — A former auditor for FTX will pay $1.95 million to settle two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases … | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
HTC unveils the $999 Vive Focus Vision, a standalone VR headset with built-in eye tracking, 16MP stereo color front-facing cameras, and more, for pre-order now — It's no Quest 3 competitor, but it could appeal to businesses and VR fanatics. — HTC Vive is following up its intriguing …
More: UploadVR, PCMag, Road to VR, CNET, T3, How-To Geek, VentureBeat, GamesRadar, IGN, TechPowerUp, TechRadar, Digital Trends, and MIXED Reality News
X: @jetscott, @htcvive, and @xrworkout
| Washington Post: |
Researchers: GPT-4 generating a 100-word email uses 1,468ml of water at its Washington data center, 925ml in Arizona, 464ml in Illinois, and 235ml in Texas — AI bots generate a lot of heat, and keeping their computer servers running exacts a toll. — Roughly a quarter of Americans …
Forums: Hacker News
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
CEO Anne Wojcicki says she remains committed to taking 23andMe private and is “surprised and disappointed” after all seven independent board directors resigned — All seven independent directors of 23andMe resigned from the company's board Tuesday, a move that CEO Anne Wojcicki said left her … | Tim Culpan / Tim Culpan's Position: |
Sources: Apple's A16 SoC is currently being manufactured at Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona in small, but significant, numbers — [Exclusive] The iPhone maker is set to be the first client of TSMC's new Arizona fab — TSMC's first Arizona chips are now in production …
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TweakTown, BGR, PhoneArena, The Verge, and AppleInsider
X: @sinansays, @adamnash, and @tculpan
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
How a trademark fight led to a new version of Flappy Bird by a crypto-adjacent game developer, ten years after the original was pulled from app stores — Decadelong trademark fight culminates in new game hinting at “Web3 innovation.” — Fans of ultra-viral mobile gaming hit Flappy Bird …
More: The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Kotaku, Eurogamer.net, AppleInsider, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, and Web3 is Going Just Great
Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Discord says it is beginning to roll out end-to-end encryption to voice and video chats in DMs, Group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams — Discord, one of the largest group chat apps in the world, announced on Tuesday that audio and video calls inside the platform will now be end-to-end encrypted …
More: Discord Blog, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Stack, MSPoweruser, Phandroid, and XDA Developers. Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta faces a hefty EU fine as the decision to charge Meta with antitrust violations for linking Marketplace and Facebook may come as early as October — Brussels claims Facebook is breaking the law and undermining rivals with its free Marketplace services
More: Engadget, Benzinga, Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, and The Indian Express
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance — Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking …
More: Mozilla Support and The Overspill
Threads: @johannes.ernst, @crumbler, @georgescriban, and @taiwanpalle
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Forums: r/RedditAlternatives and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft, and MGX announce a new AI fund that seeks to raise $30B+ of private equity capital and $100B+ in total investment when including debt — Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Microsoft: starting in late August 2024, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinformation including videos spread by a fake news outlet — - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Moneycontrol, Reuters, Raw Story, Washington Post, Engadget, The Hill, The Federalist, and Neowin
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US plans to host the first meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes in San Francisco on November 20 and 21 — The Biden administration plans to convene a global safety summit on artificial intelligence, it said on Wednesday, as Congress continues to struggle with regulating the technology.
More: Associated Press
| Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal: |
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100M to boost US cybersecurity: $50M to protect infrastructure and $50M to educate people about safeguards — Donation brings Craig Newmark's charitable commitments to around $400 million — Craigslist founder Craig Newmark believes hacking …
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