Microsoft CEO: Time To Move 'Beyond the Arguments of Slop vs Sophistication'
msmash / slashdot - The tech industry needs to move "beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication" and develop a new "theory of the mind" that accounts for humans now equipped with "cognitive amplifier tools," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a year-end reflection blog…
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Elon Musk's Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard 'lapses'
Steve Dent / engadget - Elon Musk's Grok AI has been allowing users to transform photographs of woman and children into sexualized and compromising images, Bloomberg reported. The issue has created an uproar among users on X and prompted an "apology" from the bot itself. "I deep…
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Back to Top / Friday, January 2, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 17424 / 23 stories in 2 months
France Targets Australia-Style Social Media Ban For Children Next Year
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: France intends to follow Australia and ban social media platforms for children from the start of the 2026 academic year. A draft bill preventing under-15s from using social media will be submitted for…
Editor: As a parent, to be fully honest, I'm heartened by these moves - people and governments asserting themselves is not a bad thing. That being said - there's performative eassertion for the sake of hearing one's voice heard, and then there's assertion in favour of all the entrenched players...
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Back to Top / Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 17399 / 15 stories in 2 months
China Demands Netherlands 'Correct Mistakes' Over Seized Chipmaker as Auto Supply Crunch Deepens
msmash / slashdot - China's Commerce Ministry on Wednesday demanded that the Netherlands "immediately correct its mistakes" over chipmaker Nexperia, escalating a standoff that has disrupted global semiconductor supply chains and triggered warnings from automakers about compo…
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Trust Wallet Confirms $7M Claims Portal After Chrome Exploit Hits
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Trust Wallet has launched a $7 million compensation process for users affected by a Chrome extension security breach. Only version 2.68 of the Trust Wallet Chrome extension was compromised in the incident. Victims are required to submit wallet addres…
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Apple's Developer Academy Costs $20,000 Per Student, Taxpayers Footing Millions of the Bill [Report]
iclarified - Apple's Developer Academy in Detroit is drawing attention for its steep operating costs and the heavy burden it places on public funding, raising questions about whether the program delivers enough value for the investment. An in-depth review of the initi…
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Apple Appeals $1.8 Billion UK Antitrust Ruling Over App Store Fees
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has asked the UK Court of Appeal to overturn a £1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) antitrust ruling that found the company overcharged millions of App Store users, escalating one of the most significant competition cases ever brought against the company in…
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Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
Terrence O’Brien / theverge - OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI…
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Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 17314 / 44 stories in 2 months
More original AirPods test colors revealed
appleinsider - A new leak has added to the list of colors Apple is known to have tried out before releasing its all-white AirPods charging cases back in 2016.Purported test colors for 2016's original AirPods charging cases — image credit: KosutamiIt is an unbelievable n…
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New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms
mashable - New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms
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Apple Agrees to Allow Alternative App Stores and Payments in Brazil
iclarified - Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved a settlement agreement with Apple that requires the company to allow alternative app marketplaces and third-party payment processing on iOS devices in the country. The decision resol…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 17273 / 9 stories in 2 months
John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies
BeauHD / slashdot - A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it's bec…
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
Steven Lee Myers / nytimes - The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
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Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 7:21 pm / permalink 17259 / 23 stories in 2 months
Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge
Juli Clover / macrumors - A Texas federal judge today blocked an App Store age verification law that was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026, which means Apple may not have to support the changes after all.The Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB2420) requires Apple and oth…
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Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 17250 / 18 stories in 2 months
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns
BeauHD / slashdot - The FCC has banned approval of new foreign-made drones and components, citing "an unacceptable risk" to national security. The move will most heavily impact DJI but it "does not affect drones or drone components that are currently sold in the United State…
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Back to Top / Monday, December 22, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 17224 / 21 stories in 2 months
Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature.Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's ac…
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Back to Top / Monday, December 22, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 17203 / 16 stories in 2 months
Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act
Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Friday aimed at holding large AI developers accountable for the safety of their models. The RAISE Act establishes rules for greater transparency, requiring these companies to publish information about t…
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Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install
Sean Hollister / theverge - Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it's complying with Judge James Donato's order to crack open Android for third-party app stores, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to downl…
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Apple opens up iOS in Japan in response to new regulations
Will Shanklin / engadget - You can add Japan to the list of regions where Apple has been forced to do something it would rather not: open up the App Store. On Thursday, the company announced changes to iOS in Japan to comply with the nation's Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA).…
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New third-party iOS App Stores in Japan preserve user privacy, child safety
appleinsider - Apple is introducing alternative app stores and payment options in Japan to comply with a new competition law, while maintaining that platform-level security and child safety controls remain in place.App StoreApple compares this approach with the EU's Dig…
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