Instagram plans to automatically detect and blur nude images DMed to teens, and show a pop-up to the sender and the recipient, rolling out in the coming months
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In a letter to a group of victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames them, saying that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords”
Facing more than 30 lawsuits from victims of its massive data breach, 23andMe is now deflecting the blame …
TikTok sues Montana over its new law intending to ban the app, citing the First Amendment, the state's lack of authority on national security issues, and more
TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against Montana after the state passed a law last week intended to ban the app from being downloaded within its borders.
Some blue-check Twitter accounts, one pretending to be Bloomberg, spread an AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon; the stock market briefly dipped
and markets briefly dipped Shannon Bond / NPR : Fake viral images of an explosion at the Pentagon were probably created by AI Davey Alba / Bloomberg : How Fake AI Photo of a Pentag...
Apple shares its first App Store Transparency Report, listing app rejections, government requests, and more, as part of a settlement in a 2021 developer lawsuit
Earlier this week, Apple shared an in-depth look at how the App Store helped prevent fraud and protect developers and customers alike.
Some US hospitals test if GPT-3 can cut the time staff spend replying to online queries; a study claims the first ChatGPT version replied better than doctors
Pilot program aims to see if AI will cut time that medical staff spend replying to online inquiries
Tests show Elon Musk's Twitter removed limits on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some showing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy
Bans Mastodon and Substack links, unrestricts the Kremlin tweets. — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ... Lauren Weinstein / @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org : Musk welcomes Russi...
The US FAA says Verizon and AT&T agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023 as airlines retrofit some airplane radio altimeters to limit interference
The US FAA says Verizon and AT&T have voluntarily agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023 as airlines retrofit some airplane radio altimeters
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and AT&T (T.N) have voluntarily agreed to delay …
Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin venture TBD plans to launch a “Web 5” platform, using the Ion network, focused on decentralized identity and data storage for applications
TBD, the Bitcoin-focused venture first announced last spring, unveiled an ambitious effort Friday to build a decentralized Web platform dubbed “Web 5.”
Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin venture TBD plans to launch a “Web 5” platform, using the Ion network, focused on decentralized identity and data storage for applications
TBD, the Bitcoin-focused venture first announced last spring, unveiled an ambitious effort Friday to build a decentralized Web platform dubbed “Web 5.”
Peter Thiel steps down from Meta's board, which he joined in 2005 after investing $500K; Meta announced in February 2022 that Thiel would be leaving
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Peter Thiel steps down from Meta's board, which he joined in 2005 after investing $500K; Meta announced in February 2022 that Thiel would be leaving
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol :
Peter Thiel steps down from Meta's board, which he joined in 2005 after investing $500K; Meta announced in February 2022 that Thiel would be leaving
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In a policy shift, the US Department of Justice plans to stop prosecuting good-faith security research that would have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
to choose not to prosecute security research as a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. “The policy for the first time directs that good-faith security research should not...
The CISA orders US federal civilian agencies to patch or remove VMware products affected by a critical RCE vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting
Security flaws in VMware and F5's BIG-IP are being exploited by malicious hackers. — Malicious hackers, some believed to be state-backed … Source: CISA , VMware , CISA , and CISA...
Elon Musk says the Twitter deal “cannot move forward” until Twitter proves bots are <5% of users, claiming his offer is based on “SEC filings being accurate”
Elon Musk said he'll proceed with his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. only if the social media giant … Source: @elonmusk .
Sources: Meta is considering reducing the money it gives news outlets and focusing on news content as short videos on Facebook rather than as links to articles
which executives originally thought could help improve relationships with media orgs—as the company's priorities shift. Story w/ @jtoonkel https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Mark ...
Levels, whose software pairs glucose monitors to its app to give users insights and track their metabolic health, raises a $38M Series A at a $300M valuation
A16z-backed startup Levels has landed $38 million in series A funding for its metabolic health software, the company announced Wednesday. Tweets: @vickerysec Tweets: Chris Vickery ...
Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's “emotion AI” tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions
When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying …