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Google plans to restrict personal loan apps from accessing sensitive user data like photos, videos, and contacts from May 31, in response to predatory behavior (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google plans to restrict personal loan apps from accessing sensitive user data like photos, videos, and contacts from May 31, in response to predatory behavior — Google plans to restrict apps that offer loan to individuals from accessing sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts …

No Home Cinema is Complete Without a Motorized Projector

In the home of the future, everything is automated. Some of us are already there, in dwellings fully tricked-out with IoT and smart home devices. But they don’t somehow look as futuristic as a home in which everything is motorized. We don’t know whether this was the intention, but we certainly get a futuristic vibe

macOS users find a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper on every Mac running macOS Mojave or newer, as a sample document for a hidden “Virtual Scanner II” app (Andy Baio/Waxy.org)

Andy Baio / Waxy.org: macOS users find a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper on every Mac running macOS Mojave or newer, as a sample document for a hidden “Virtual Scanner II” app — While trying to fix my printer today, I discovered that a PDF copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper apparently shipped …

Samsung is all-in on Snapdragon for now, but it just signed a new AMD deal

Credit: AMD Samsung and AMD have announced that they’re extending their deal for mobile chips. The deal will see Samsung continue to use AMD GPUs in Exynos smartphone processors. Samsung and AMD teamed up back in 2019 to bring AMD Radeon graphics technology to Exynos processors, with 2022’s Exynos 2200 being the only result of

Opening Up ASIC Design

The odds are that if you’ve heard about application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) at all, it’s in the context of cryptocurrency mining. For some currencies, the only way to efficiently mine them anymore is to build computers so single-purposed they can’t do anything else. But an ASIC is a handy tool to develop for plenty of

Decentraland says 26K attended its virtual fashion week in March 2023, vs. 108K in 2022, a 76% drop, despite brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Adidas sponsoring (RT Watson/The Block)

RT Watson / The Block: Decentraland says 26K attended its virtual fashion week in March 2023, vs. 108K in 2022, a 76% drop, despite brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Adidas sponsoring — – Fashion Week attendance on Decentraland dropped to 26,000 from 108,000. No more than 900 people were online simultaneously during the four-day event.

Researchers say Twitter’s open sourced For You code still misses context that fully explains its recommendation system, despite a supposed push for transparency (Caroline Mimbs Nyce/The Atlantic)

Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic: Researchers say Twitter’s open sourced For You code still misses context that fully explains its recommendation system, despite a supposed push for transparency — Elon Musk offered a rare look into the social platform’s algorithm. Experts say you shouldn’t take it too seriously.

Sources: Bengaluru-based Dunzo, a Google-backed quick commerce startup, raised $75M in convertible notes, lays off 30% of staff, and will cut 50% of dark stores (Digbijay Mishra/The Economic Times)

Digbijay Mishra / The Economic Times: Sources: Bengaluru-based Dunzo, a Google-backed quick commerce startup, raised $75M in convertible notes, lays off 30% of staff, and will cut 50% of dark stores — Reliance Retail-backed quick commerce startup Dunzo has secured funding of $75 million through convertible notes.

Samsung announces a multi-year extension with AMD on their IP licensing agreement to bring multiple generations of AMD Radeon graphics to more Exynos SoCs (Cho Mu-Hyun/ZDNet)

Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: Samsung announces a multi-year extension with AMD on their IP licensing agreement to bring multiple generations of AMD Radeon graphics to more Exynos SoCs — Samsung said on Thursday that it has signed a multi-year extension with AMD on their licensing agreement which gives …

Lower-income US students feel they’re at a disadvantage when pursuing Big Tech internships as the selection process exhibits longstanding inequities in hiring (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Lower-income US students feel they’re at a disadvantage when pursuing Big Tech internships as the selection process exhibits longstanding inequities in hiring — Critics say the intern selection process often favors wealthier students, just like the admission process at some elite colleges.

China-based SJ Semiconductor, which offers a 12-inch wafer bumping and testing service, raised a $340M Series C extension at a $1.8B valuation (Stephanie Li/DealStreetAsia)

Stephanie Li / DealStreetAsia: China-based SJ Semiconductor, which offers a 12-inch wafer bumping and testing service, raised a $340M Series C extension at a $1.8B valuation — Chinese chip maker SJ Semiconductor has raised nearly $340 million in its Series C extension round, according to a release.

The ‘world’s strongest water gun’ is back and wetter than ever

Image: Spyra Sypra has made a name for itself by creating powerful, electronic water guns, the first of which launched on Kickstarter in 2018. Now, the company’s adding a third water gun to its lineup, aptly named the SpyraThree, and it includes additional modes for when you want to take your battles super seriously or

Study: ChatGPT cited nonexistent Washington Post, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times articles and fabricated a sexual harassment story about a law professor (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Study: ChatGPT cited nonexistent Washington Post, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times articles and fabricated a sexual harassment story about a law professor — The AI chatbot can misrepresent key facts with great flourish, even citing a fake Washington Post article as evidence

The Future of AI in Cyber Security Testing: Unlock the Potential

A model set of opportunities and obstacles have emerged with the advent of the digital age. Cyber security testing has become increasingly important as organizations look to protect their networks, data, and systems from malicious attacks. As technology continues to evolve and become more sophisticated, artificial intelligence (AI) is tapped up as a way to

RP2040 And 5V Logic – Best Friends? This FX9000P Confirms!

Over the years, we’ve seen some modern microcontrollers turn out to be 5V-tolerant – now, RP2040 joins the crowd. Half a year ago, when we covered an ISA card based on a Pi Pico, [Eben Upton] left a comment saying that RP2040 is, technically, 5V tolerant for GPIO input purposes. The datasheets don’t state this

OpenAI details its approach to AI safety, including evaluating AI systems, improving safeguards based on real-world use, protecting kids, and respecting privacy (OpenAI)

OpenAI: OpenAI details its approach to AI safety, including evaluating AI systems, improving safeguards based on real-world use, protecting kids, and respecting privacy — Ensuring that AI systems are built, deployed, and used safely is critical to our mission. — Authors — OpenAI — Safety & Alignment

Kyoto-based Kyocera plans to spend ~$470M over six years on a new chip materials plant in Nagasaki prefecture, its first domestic production facility since 2005 (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: Kyoto-based Kyocera plans to spend ~$470M over six years on a new chip materials plant in Nagasaki prefecture, its first domestic production facility since 2005 — Manufacturer chooses Nagasaki for its first new domestic factory in 20 years — KYOTO, Japan — Kyocera will invest 62 billion yen …

A week ahead of Ethereum’s Shanghai and Capella upgrades, ETH is up 6% over the past three days, surpassing $1,900 to a nine-month high and outperforming BTC (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A week ahead of Ethereum’s Shanghai and Capella upgrades, ETH is up 6% over the past three days, surpassing $1,900 to a nine-month high and outperforming BTC — – Ether is trading at a nine-month high and has outperformed bitcoin this week ahead of a major network upgrade.

Microsoft Edge launches Workspaces test that lets you share browser tabs

Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Edge is rolling out a limited public preview of its Workspaces feature, which lets you save and share sets of browser tabs using a single link. We got our first look at Workspaces last year, but the new preview gives us a much clearer picture of how it all works. With Workspaces,

Tests show that Twitter’s “stay informed” labels, implemented in February 2022 to flag tweets with links to Russia or China-controlled sites, no longer appear (Semafor)

Semafor: Tests show that Twitter’s “stay informed” labels, implemented in February 2022 to flag tweets with links to Russia or China-controlled sites, no longer appear — Twitter is no longer taking steps to limit the reach of Chinese and Russian state-controlled media outlets …

Microsoft Edge launches Workspaces test that lets you share browser tabs

Operation Cookie Monster shuts off hacker marketplace selling millions of stolen accounts

The screen you’ll see if you visit Genesis Market now. | Image: Europol Several law enforcement agencies have teamed up to take down Genesis Market, a website selling access to “over 80 million account access credentials,” which included the standard usernames and passwords, as well as much more dangerous data like session tokens. According to

Report: Phil Harrison, the head of defunct cloud gaming service Google Stadia, left the company in January 2023; Harrison joined Google as a VP in January 2018 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Report: Phil Harrison, the head of defunct cloud gaming service Google Stadia, left the company in January 2023; Harrison joined Google as a VP in January 2018 — When Google launched Stadia, it put gaming industry veteran Phil Harrison at the lead. Now, it’s been confirmed Harrison has left the company.

Apple might be getting into VR at the worst possible time

Illustration: The Verge Apple is heavily rumored to reveal its long-awaited mixed reality headset in just a couple of months, but that reveal seems to be arriving at a time when demand for high-end VR is actually quite low. According to a new blog post from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, some of the biggest recent bets

Donald Trump was arrested, please like and subscribe

Image: Getty At the rally protesting Trump’s arrest, everyone was a content creator. Continue reading…

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