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X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative — In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
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Law enforcement agencies shut down a phishing-as-a-service platform offered by iServer since 2018 that was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones — iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones. — A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut …
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| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
A look at Jony Ive's work at LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could raise up to $1B with Sam Altman by 2024's end for an AI device — Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on Apple's slowing pace of iPhone hardware innovation, a closer look at its Apple Intelligence rollout plans, and iPhone 16 Pro Max first impressions — The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple's slower pace of hardware innovation.
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Docs: under Perplexity's new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser — AI search start-up develops ‘sponsored’ question system in effort to gain share of $300bn digital ads industry| Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors from social media, banning “addictive feeds”, notifications from 12am to 6am, and more — California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature … | Washington Post: |
Inside Equinix's 114,300-square-foot data center in Northern Virginia, a region that is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world — We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern.
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| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity — A black ring can represent many things - simplicity, a new phase, a void. Whatever its meaning … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people's lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped — The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
At the UN Summit of the Future, Sundar Pichai says Google is creating a $120M fund to give AI education globally, calls for “smart product regulation”, and more — Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: US Commerce Department plans to reveal proposed rules that would ban Chinese- and Russian-made hardware and software for smart cars as soon as Monday — - Bans stem from an investigation into cybersecurity risks — Restrictions would be enforced by the Commerce Department| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works — Exclusive: Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materials
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