Wall Street Journal: Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve — Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders
Read MoreEquity will require educating medical staff, reducing maternity and fertility costs for employees, and investing more in female health research.
Read MoreWe designed trials to compare our chatbot overlords from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. They’re smart, they’re interactive—and they’re pretty little liars.
Read MoreThe 64kB is a category in the demoscene where the total executable size must be less than 65,536 bytes, and at that size, storing vertexes, edges, and normal maps is a waste of space. [Ctrl-Alt-Test] is a French Demoscene group that has been doing incredible animations for the last 13 years. They’ve written an excellent
Read MoreSarah Wynn / The Block: SEC Chair Gary Gensler says existing securities law covers most of what is happening in the crypto markets and any additional legislation is unnecessary — – Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said additional legislation is unnecessary for crypto, but should Congress act …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android 13 QPR3 Beta 2 includes a new setting that disables animations on the lockscreen keyguard. This makes it difficult for someone to peep at your phone’s PIN or password over your shoulder. Phone OEMs will merge this change when they release Android 14 for their devices. Shoulder surfing
Read MoreRate limiting is a technique used to restrict the number of requests allowed to a particular resource to thwart DDoS attacks and API abuses. Once a rate limiting threshold is reached, subsequent requests to the resource are disallowed, delayed, or throttled. Until .NET 7, implementing rate limiting in ASP.NET Core applications required using third-party packages
Read MoreJetBrains has released new versions of its IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, and RubyMine IDEs for Java, JavaScript, and Ruby on Rails development, respectively. The upgrades feature improvements ranging from UI refinements to faster Maven import in IntelliJ, Astro support in WebStorm, and faster code completion in RubyMine. IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, and RubyMine are available at jetbrains.com.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Microsoft could bring a more seamless update process to Windows. This approach would be in line with Android and Chromebook devices. The company is also apparently working on a version of Windows with AI features. Microsoft’s Windows 11 brought changes like a major UI tweak as well as Android
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority WWDC 23, Apple’s annual developer event, will be held online from June 5 to June 9. The event invite resembles the lens array found inside virtual reality headsets. Apple is expected to launch its mixed-reality headset at this event. Apple has sent out invites for its annual developer event,
Read MoreJimi Hendrix with a Marshall amp in 1967. | Image: JJs / Alamy Stock Photo Marshall Amplification, the 60-year-old company that’s produced iconic guitar amps used by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and Kurt Cobain, is being acquired by Zound Industries, the Swedish company that’s previously licensed the Marshall brand for its headphones and
Read MoreAn increasing number of states are passing age-verification laws. It’s not clear how they’ll work.
Read MoreMissiles, mines, and supply shortages are testing the resilience of Ukraine’s medical staff, but they won’t back down.
Read MoreTech giants want to build massive, “hyperscale” data centers in the Netherlands. A popular political movement wants them stopped.
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter. As of right now, the billionaire has 133,068,709 followers compared to Obama’s 133,042,819, according to the follower counts reported on their respective Twitter profiles. Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter
Read MoreReuters: Alibaba says it may cede control of some businesses if they opt to list after its overhaul and plans to monetize non-core assets to improve capital structure — Alibaba Group (9988.HK) said on Thursday it will look to monetise non-core assets and consider giving up control of some businesses …
Read MoreSam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange OKX says its has identified $157M in digital assets belonging to FTX and Alameda Research, and is turning them over to the bankruptcy estate — FTX bankruptcy lawyers say that $694 million in liquid assets have been identified before OKX’s announcement.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has started rolling out a significant camera update to the Galaxy S23 series. The update brings several key improvements, including faster autofocus. It’s only available in Samsung’s home country but should land in other countries by April. Samsung is now rolling out the hotly anticipated camera update to
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Researchers say hackers have compromised the 3CX VoIP IPBX desktop app, used by 600K+ companies and 12M+ daily users, in an ongoing supply chain attack — A digitally signed and trojanized version of the 3CX Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) desktop client is reportedly being used to target …
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Meta is considering a company-wide political ads ban in Europe, concerned its platforms will be unable to comply with forthcoming online campaign laws — Facebook parent concerned how it will police social networks in wake of new EU regulations — Meta executives are discussing …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A report alleges that a prominent AI researcher at Google quit because the company was training its AI chatbot Bard on data from OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google has denied the allegation. Google has been accused of training its AI chatbot Bard on data from OpenAI’s ChatGPT without authorization. According to
Read MoreLimitations placed on any creative process often paradoxically create an environment in which creativity flourishes. A simple overview of modern pop, rock, or country music illustrates this principle quite readily. A bulk of these songs are built around a very small subset of music theory, often varying no more than the key or the lyrics.
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Nokia plans to deploy 4G services on the moon later this year. The service will be established with the help of a SpaceX rocket in the coming months. Nokia is planning to launch 4G internet services on the moon later this year, according to CNBC. The service will be
Read MoreJonathan Greig / The Record: Google’s Threat Analysis Group details two limited but highly targeted spyware campaigns using several zero-day exploits against Android, iOS, and Chrome — Two targeted spyware campaigns involving several zero-day exploits for Android, iOS and mobile versions of the Chrome browser were unmasked …
Read MoreJonathan Greig / The Record: The US sends $25M to Costa Rica for Conti ransomware recovery and gave $25M last month to help Albania recover from a ransomware attack allegedly caused by Iran — The U.S. government is sending $25 million to the government of Costa Rica to help the country recover from a devastating
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