Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware
$2M Top Payout Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Apple Doubles Security Bounty Rewards to $2 Million Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Ti...
Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos of its new smart glasses were due to a self-inflicted DDoS and a bug that put Zuckerberg's glasses to sleep
and it wasn't the Wi-Fi Lakshmi Varanasi / Business Insider : Meta's CTO: We'd ‘love’ iMessage on Ray-Ban glasses, but Apple won't allow it David Heaney / UploadVR : Meta Explains Why Its Connect Live...
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
Adobe clarifies its terms, saying it does not train Firefly Gen AI models on customer content and will never assume ownership of a customer's work
it's the trust Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Adobe Clarifies Terms of Use, Reaffirms User Privacy Andrew Tarantola / Digital Trends : Adobe clarifies new AI terms and conditions after high-p...
Microsoft will make Recall an opt-in feature, encrypt its search index database, and require Windows Hello authentication and proof of presence to view timeline
enhancing Recall's security and making it an opt-in decision Jacob Siegal / BGR : Microsoft's changes AI Recall feature after intense criticism C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Microsoft finally r...
Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers Midnight Blizzard accessed some of its “source code repositories and internal systems” following the January hack
and the Attack Isn't Over Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Microsoft discloses source code theft by Russian hackers Michael Kan / PCMag : Microsoft: Russian Hackers Accessed Company Source Code Jak Con...
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...
After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error”
let's hope so Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer : Assassin's Creed players started having their games interrupted by full-screen pop-up ads, but Ubisoft says it was a ‘technical error’ and quickly patched it ...
iPhone 15 Pro Max teardown: a redesigned frame helps with replacing the back glass, a tetraprism periscope lens, software lockdown makes repairs hard, and more
as long as Apple is the one fixing it Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : iPhone 15 Pro Max teardown reveals few internal changes, digs at repairability Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : iFixit posts t...
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”
Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy … Shweta Ganjoo / Techlusive : Twitter bans liking, retweeting Substack link: Here's why Lon Harris / dot.LA : Twitter Goes to War With Substac...