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The International Association of Machinists says Apple reached a three-year tentative labor agreement with retail workers at a Towson, Maryland store, a first (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

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1st Circuit: No Immunity For School Officials Who Abused Wiretap Law To Hassle Someone For Recording Them

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I don’t know what the legislative intent of Massachusetts wiretapping law was, but I can’t possibly imagine it was erected solely to allow public employees to get people arrested for filming them performing their public duties in public places. I mean, maybe it was. Maybe that’s the reason the law was enacted. But certainly no […]

Sources: Honeywell is considering a US IPO of its majority-owned quantum computing firm Quantinuum as soon as 2025, and could seek a valuation of about $10B (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Honeywell is considering a US IPO of its majority-owned quantum computing firm Quantinuum as soon as 2025, and could seek a valuation of about $10B  —  - The firm has held early talks with banks on potential IPO  — A listing in the US could take place as soon as next year

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023 (Michael Hytha/Bloomberg)

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Michael Hytha / Bloomberg:
Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023  —  Driverless technology startup WeRide Inc. filed for what could be the biggest US initial public offering by a Chinese company since ride-share company Didi Global Inc.'s disastrous 2021 lis

Six New Features iOS 18 Brings to the AirPods Pro

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iOS 18 is an update designed for the iPhone, but it adds several new features to the AirPods Pro 2, Apple's latest earbuds. The new capabilities require ‌iOS 18‌, iPadOS 18, or macOS Sequoia and a firmware update that will be released when Apple releases its new software this fall.


This guide highlights all of the changes that are coming to the ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2.

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Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service (George Hammond/Financial Times)

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George Hammond / Financial Times:
Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service  —  Web publishers say developer is swarming their sites, collecting content to train models and ignoring orders to stop

US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network  —  KnowBe4, which provides security awareness training, was fooled by stolen ID.  —  KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor &helli

T-Mobile Sued for Breaking Lifetime Price Guarantees

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T-Mobile customers have filed a lawsuit [PDF] against the carrier, alleging that it failed to honor a guarantee not to raise the prices of select cellular plans.


The lawsuit, first spotted by Wired, claims that back in 2017, T-Mobile advertised several of its plans with a price lock, but then went on to increase prices starting in May 2024.

"T-Mobile ONE customers keep their price until THEY decide to change it. T-Mobile will never change the price you pay for your T-Mobile ONE plan," T-Mobile <a href="https://www.t-mobile.com/news [...]

A look at the race to build advanced AI robots; PitchBook: robotics startups have raised $6.5B across 552 deals in 2024 vs. $9.7B across 1,256 deals in 2023 (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
A look at the race to build advanced AI robots; PitchBook: robotics startups have raised $6.5B across 552 deals in 2024 vs. $9.7B across 1,256 deals in 2023  —  Google, OpenAI and Tesla race start-ups to develop AI robotic systems in effort to transform healthcare and manufacturing

How To Use Generative AI To Find Your Next Tech Job

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Today’s job applicant needs to not only know their own skills, experience and work history, they need to be savvy

The post How To Use Generative AI To Find Your Next Tech Job appeared first on The New Stack.

The Kids Online Safety Act And The Tyranny Of Laziness

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There is some confusion about whether the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) regulates content or design on digital platforms like Instagram or TikTok. It’s easy to see why that is, because the bill’s authors claim they are attempting to make the bill about design. This is a good move on their part, as regulations on […]

Apple Seeds Updated Fourth Betas of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to Developers

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Apple today seeded new fourth betas of upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a few days after Apple initially released the betas. It is not clear what is different with the original beta 4 software (build (22A5316j) and the new beta 4 software (build (22A5316k), but the update is available to all developers.


Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the ‌‌iOS 18‌/‌iPadOS 18‌‌ Developer Beta setting. Note that an Apple ID associated [...]

CrowdStrike CEO: 97% of Windows Systems Back Online After Crash

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X Training Grok AI On Tweets Without Notifying Users

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Social network X (formerly Twitter) recently activated a setting that gives it permission to train Grok AI on user tweets. All X users are opted in by default, with X failing to notify customers about the change.


The hidden setting gives X permission to use all posts, interactions, inputs, and results for "training and fine-turning" Elon Musk's Grok AI model.

To continuously improve your experience, we may utilize your X posts as well as your user interactions, inputs and results with Grok for training and fine-tuning purposes. This also means that your interactions, inputs, and results may also be shared with our service provider xAI for these purposes. Learn more

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Survey: 86% of Oracle Java Users Migrating to Alternatives?

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, a Java platform provider that competes with in the Java space, has released results of a survey indicating that

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Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training

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Use of motion-capture actors' performances for AI training is a sticking point.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Live At TrustCon 2024

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In the first ever live recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike and […]

Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is surprised and is "seeking clarity" about X's move to automatically allow user data to train Grok (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is surprised and is “seeking clarity” about X's move to automatically allow user data to train Grok  —  Social media company's move to automatically allow user data to train chatbot could breach European privacy rules

How To Test How Much Memory Your Java Application Uses

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Determining the ideal memory size to run a Java application can be very difficult. But with the rising cost of

The post How To Test How Much Memory Your Java Application Uses appeared first on The New Stack.

US unions are trying to organize staff at chip firms set to receive CHIPS Act grants; CWA is pushing to organize workers at Intel and other big chip companies (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)

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Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:
US unions are trying to organize staff at chip firms set to receive CHIPS Act grants; CWA is pushing to organize workers at Intel and other big chip companies  —  Samsung employees strike and U.S. unions gear up to organize as semiconductors enjoy growth  &mdash

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

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Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.

Spain Is Using AI For Domestic Violence Risk Assessment And It’s Going As Well As You’d Expect

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There are some decent uses of AI. And then there’s everything else. While those with horses in the AI race continue to proclaim the miracles their horses will soon be performing at some indefinite point in the future, a whole lot of entities just see AI as a way to shed human capital and replace […]

Daily Deal: The Raspberry Pi And Arduino Bootcamp Bundle

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The Raspberry Pi and Arduino Bootcamp Bundle has 5 courses to help you dive into the world of hands-on programming. Courses cover Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ROS2. It’s on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from Techdirt Deals helps support Techdirt. The […]

Jumpstart AI Workflows With Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator

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Generative AI is booming as industries and innovators look for ways to transform digital experiences. From AI chatbots to language

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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a 13-Inch M3 MacBook Air From GRID Studio

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 256GB 13-inch M3 MacBook Air from Apple. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, it is a company that creates clever art for Apple fans by disassembling old iPhones and Apple products.


GRID Studio's pieces feature a deconstructed Apple product with the components displayed and labeled underneath a glass frame. There are multiple options, so you can choose your favorite classic iPhone.

The GRID 1 is one of GRID Studio's most popular options because it features the first ‌iPhone‌ that Apple released. Priced at $40 [...]

Can AI Truly Transform the Developer Experience?

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Product Marketing teams have been in overdrive for the past 12 months, talking loudly about the latest artificial intelligence advancements

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The BSOD CrowdStrikes back (Friends)

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Robert Ross joins us in CrowdStrike's wake to dissect the largest outage in the history of information technology... and what it means for the future of the (software) world.

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him--and Immediately Tried to Hack Them (Jon Brodkin/Wired)

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Jon Brodkin / Wired:
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them  —  KnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets.  —  KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor, revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker …

KOSA Will Come To The Senate Floor On Tuesday, Senators Paul & Wyden Explain Why It’s Still Bad

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On Thursday, as expected, the Senate voted for “cloture” on the extremely problematic Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The cloture vote is a procedural vote necessary to bring a full vote to the floor. Previously, attempts to move KOSA forward “by unanimous consent” could be (and were) blocked by objections from at least one Senator […]

The MacRumors Show: Talking Weird iPhone 17 'Slim' Rumors

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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss all of the latest rumors about the iPhone 17 "Slim" – a whole new kind of iPhone coming next year.

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Low Prices Arrive for M3 iMacs, Plus Big Discounts on Samsung Monitors

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This week's best deals include huge savings on Samsung's popular monitors, 40 percent off Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps for new subscribers, and more. In terms of Apple devices, the best all-around deal this week is on the M3 iMac, which is seeing $150 discounts on multiple models.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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The Evolution of the AI Stack: From Foundations to Agents

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A new paradigm in AI tooling has emerged as AI’s focus shifts from ground-up model development to enabling software engineers

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X activates a setting, on by default, that gives it permission to train Grok on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app (Kevin Okemwa/Windows Central)

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Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central:
X activates a setting, on by default, that gives it permission to train Grok on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app  —  X's new experience is automatically set to opt-in and uses your data to train its Grok AI model.

Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors (Clare Duffy/CNN)

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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors  —  New York CNN —  —  With Vice President Kamala Harris the front runner to receive the Democratic Party's nomination for president …

Ravel Expands DevOps Offerings With Bare Metal Solution

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Ravel, a no-code orchestration software maker previously known as StratusCore, has introduced an addition to its flagship Orchestrate controller that’s

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Internal Developer Platforms: The Heart of Platform Engineering

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Platform engineering involves creating a supportive, scalable and efficient infrastructure that allows developers to focus on delivering high-quality software quickly.

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How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban via ad campaigns, funding creators' lawsuits, and spending $6M on lobbying in H1 2024, vs. $3.5M in H1 2023 (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban via ad campaigns, funding creators' lawsuits, and spending $6M on lobbying in H1 2024, vs. $3.5M in H1 2023  —  - Lobbying, lawsuits and ad campaign are deployed to fight law  — Popular app seeks to avoid US ban over its Chinese ownership

FCC Votes To Make Phone Unlocking Easier

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With a unanimous 5-0 vote, the FCC says it is moving forward with plans that should make unlocking your mobile phone easier than ever. According to a new FCC announcement, the agency say it will begin crafting new rules that will require that wireless carriers unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60days of activation. At various […]

An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products such as foldables and mixed reality headsets, and more (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products such as foldables and mixed reality headsets, and more  —  In a swanky downtown Paris hotel, Samsung Electronics' mobile boss sat behind a suite of the tech giant's latest products …

Apple Drops to Sixth Place in China's Smartphone Market

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For the first time in years, Apple has fallen out of the top five smartphone vendors in China, ranking sixth in the second quarter of 2024.


Data from Canalys, a market research firm, shows that Apple's iPhone shipments in China declined by 6.7% year-on-year. This drop has been attributed to fierce competition from domestic brands such as Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, Honor, and Xiaomi. Huawei, in particular, has seen a resurgence in the high-end smartphone market, fueled by advanced chips produced entirely in China.

Canalys reported that the overall Chinese smartphone market experienced a 10% year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2024, with shipments exceeding 70 million units. Vi [...]

Apple Lowers iPhone Prices and Eyes iPad Assembly in India

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Apple has reduced iPhone prices in India for the first time following a cut in import duties and is considering assembling iPads in the country for the first time.


As noted by TechCrunch, Apple has lowered the prices of its ‌iPhone‌ models in India by 3-4% after the Indian government reduced import duties on smartphones from 20% to 15% in its annual budget on July 23. This price reduction marks the first time Apple has decreased prices on its Pro models in India, with the cuts ranging from 300 rupees ($3.60) for models like the <a href="h [...]

A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia Managing Partner Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune)

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Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia Managing Partner Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more  —  At the crown of Roelof Botha's otherwise perfectly coiffed, light-brown head of hair, there's a small patch that's gone completely white.

Apple Agrees to Follow President Biden's AI Safety Guidelines

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Apple has committed to a set of voluntary AI safeguards established by President Joe Biden's administration, joining other tech giants in a move to ensure responsible AI development (via Bloomberg).


Apple is now part of the a group of influential technology companies agreeing to the Biden administration's voluntary safeguards for artificial intelligence. The safeguards, announced by the White House last year as part of an Executive Order, aim to guide the development of AI systems, ensuring [...]

The US Commerce Department says it signed a nonbinding preliminary agreement with Amkor for a CHIPS Act award consisting of $400M in grants and $200M in loans (Amy Edelen/Phoenix Business Journal)

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Amy Edelen / Phoenix Business Journal:
The US Commerce Department says it signed a nonbinding preliminary agreement with Amkor for a CHIPS Act award consisting of $400M in grants and $200M in loans  —  Facility expected to create 2,000 jobs when in full operation within three years  —  The U.S. will award Amkor Technology Inc. $600 million …

The Risks of the Cloud Oligopoly

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Succeeding at DevSecOps Requires a Rubric for SDLC Governance

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Lamar Jackson, Troy Aikman Fight Over ‘EIGHT’ Trademark, Showing The Absurdity Of Modern Trademark

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For the non-sports loving crowd out there, here is something of a necessary primer. Lamar Jackson is the reigning MVP of the National Football League. He plays for the Baltimore Ravens and wears number eight. Troy Aikman is a hall of fame former NFL quarterback that played for the Dallas Cowboys and wore, you guessed […]

iOS 18: What's New With the Calculator App

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Apple doesn't typically focus much on the Calculator app, but with iOS 18, it's getting a notable overhaul and some surprising integration with the Notes app.


This guide walks through everything that's new with the Calculator in ‌iOS 18‌ (and iPadOS 18).

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Appeals Court Tosses Lawsuit Brought Against Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Show Law

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In 2023, Tennessee enacted a new law — one that rewrote part of its existing adult entertainment statutes for the sole purpose of making it easier to prosecute drag performers. Sure, legislators took care to talk around the issue when debating it on the floor, but the bill’s language added “male or female impersonators” to […]

Fortnite Coming to AltStore on iOS in European Union

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Apple rival Epic Games today announced plans to bring Fortnite to alternative app store AltStore in the European Union, which will mean the popular game will soon be available to download on iPhones and iPads.


Created by developer Riley Testut, AltStore PAL was one of the first alternative app stores on iOS when it launched back in April. AltStore PAL is available in the European Union, where Apple supports sideloading to comply with Digital Markets Act.

AltStore is an open-source app that distributes Testut's popular Delta game emulator as well as apps from ot [...]

iCloud Private Relay Experiencing Outage

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Apple’s iCloud Private Relay service is down for some users, according to Apple’s System Status page. Apple says that the ‌iCloud‌ Private Relay service may be slow or unavailable.


The outage started at 2:34 p.m. Eastern Time, but it does not appear to be affecting all ‌iCloud‌ users. Some impacted users are unable to browse the web without turning ‌iCloud‌ Private Relay off, while others are seeing slow loading times.

We'll update this article when the outage has been resolved.
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Lessons Learned from Building a Database Operator

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In this talk, we shared our journey in developing Kubernetes Operators to run MongoDB in critical production Kubernetes environments. This presentation offered a deep dive into the lessons learned from...

The post Lessons Learned from Building a Database Operator first appeared on Data on Kubernetes Community.

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FTC Oversteps Authority, Demands Unconstitutional Age Verification & Moderation Rules

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Call me crazy, but I don’t think it’s okay to go beyond what the law allows even in pursuit of “good” intentions. It is consistently frustrating how this FTC continues to push the boundaries of its own authority, even when the underlying intentions may be good. The latest example is in its order against a […]

Sonos CEO apologizes for botched app redesign, promises month-by-month updates

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Restoring previously present features is Sonos' No. 1 priority.

Platform Engineering Can Help Your Security Team, Too

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You’re notified of a new critical vulnerability in a popular open source project. The package is shipped with all the

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OpenAI Debuts SearchGPT AI Search Engine

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OpenAI today introduced SearchGPT, a prototype of AI search features that are designed to provide "fast and timely answers" combined with "clear and relevant sources."


SearchGPT is available to a small group of users and publishers at the current time, with OpenAI seeking feedback on the product. The prototype is temporary at the current time, but "best" of the features will be integrated into ChatGPT in the future.

OpenAI designed SearchGPT to pair conversational capabilities with real-time information with the web, which the company says can make it faster and easier to find what you're looking for. SearchGPT is able to respond to questions with up-to-date information from the web. SearchGPT is able to answer follow [...]

How SDKs Can Reduce API Integration Time

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APIs are everywhere. They are a mission-critical way for companies to expose their products and services to the world, with

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How To Master JavaScript Performance Optimization

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JavaScript is the backbone of modern web applications, powering everything from dynamic content to interactive features. However, as applications grow

The post How To Master JavaScript Performance Optimization appeared first on The New Stack.

Ars is seeking a seasoned senior reporter for all things Google

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Got feelings about the future of AI and/or phone bezel width? Come apply!

Sonos Apologizes for Widely Criticized App Redesign, Provides Progress Update

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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence today penned a blog post on the Sonos website apologizing for the controversial Sonos app redesign and promising ongoing updates throughout the year.


Spence said that improving the app for customers is the company's number one priority, and he explained that addressing bugs that came up in the new app delayed the introduction of additional features.

We know that too many of you have experienced significant problems with our new app which rolled out on May 7, and I want to begin by personally apologizing for disappointing you. There isn't an employee at Sonos who isn't pained by having let you down, and I assure you that fixing the app for all of our customers and partners has been and continues to be our number one pr

Amazon Introduces Big Savings on Popular Accessories From Anker, Eufy, and Jackery

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Amazon today has a large collection of discounts from Anker, Eufy, and Jackery, including a wide array of wall chargers, Bluetooth trackers, and other USB-C accessories. Some of th [...]

Google and the Future of Online Privacy: Moving Beyond Third-Party Cookies

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Update: I liked how this article turned out and was pleased that I was able to cover the impending demise

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LLM Chains Are Transforming AI Development

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As the digital landscape evolves, large language models are transforming interactions with technology, creating a paradigm shift in automation and

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Debunking the Myths About Multicloud Applications

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Building and deploying multicloud applications is an increasingly popular strategy to improve app performance and uptime. Even so, there are

The post Debunking the Myths About Multicloud Applications appeared first on The New Stack.

Non-Google search engines blocked from showing recent Reddit results

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Updated robots.txt file hits Bing and others without a Reddit deal.

How to Install Linux

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Installing Linux used to be a difficult process involving knowing details about hardware configurations and hoping open source drivers would

The post How to Install Linux appeared first on The New Stack.

Anthropic’s crawler is ignoring websites’ anti-AI scraping policies

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The ClaudeBot web crawler that Anthropic uses to scrape training data for AI models like Claude has hammered iFixit’s website almost a million times in a 24-hour period, seemingly violating the repair company’s Terms of Use in the process.

“If any of those requests accessed our terms of service, they would have told you that use of our content expressly forbidden. But don’t ask me, ask Claude!” said iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens on X, posting images that show Anthropic’s chatbot acknowledging that iFixit’s content was off limits. “You’re not only taking our content without paying, you’re tying up our devops resources. If

More Than 3,000 ‘Ghost’ Accounts Spreading Malware on GitHub

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CrowdStrike Outage: What Can Cloud Native Teach Us?

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Last week, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike pushed a software update and caused what some are calling “the largest IT failure in

The post CrowdStrike Outage: What Can Cloud Native Teach Us? appeared first on The New Stack.

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling could doom net neutrality

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On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference and what it means for the future of the internet.

I’ve been covering the fight over net neutrality for almost my entire career as a tech reporter — over 15 years now. The idea is that internet service providers shouldn’t be able to discriminate between what services you access on the internet: AT&T shouldn’t be able to slow down X and speed up Threads, and Verizon shouldn’t be able to block Zoom bec

Backslash Security Adds Simulation and Generative AI Tools to DevSecOps Platform

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Prepare Developers for Integrating AI Into Their Workflows

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AI’s role in democratizing technology is reshaping the way we operate, and software developers are at the heart of this

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New Apple Lab in China to Test Products Under Extreme Conditions

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Apple is set to open a new applied research lab in Shenzhen, China, focusing on enhancing the quality and reliability of its flagship products (via Shenzhen Daily).



The new lab in Shenzhen is expected to boost Apple's research capabilities, focusing on reliability and quality testing for key products. The new facility will focus on testing new materials and production techniques, ensuring that products such as the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro can withstand extreme conditions, from intense physical activity to harsh temperatures. The lab's readiness comes at a cruc [...]

The Rise of Community-Driven Data Analysis in the Age of AI

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Dana Calacci cares about data analysis — but even more, about the people who are affected by it. Or, as

The post The Rise of Community-Driven Data Analysis in the Age of AI appeared first on The New Stack.

Making WAF ML models go brrr: saving decades of processing time

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In this post, we discuss the performance optimizations we've implemented for our WAF ML product. We'll guide you through specific code examples and benchmark numbers, and we'll share the impressive latency reduction numbers observed after the rollout

Survey Surfaces Mass Open Source Java Migration

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How OpenTofu Happened — and What’s Next?

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How did the open source community converge in August 2023 to create an open source alternative to Terraform, the previously

The post How OpenTofu Happened — and What’s Next?  appeared first on The New Stack.

Meet Chrono, our scalable, consistent, metadata caching solution

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Threads App Gets TweetDeck-Like Ability to Create Dedicated Feeds

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Threads is currently rolling out a new way for users of its iOS app to create dedicated feeds based on search results, similar to how it works for Threads on the web.


When a search is performed, the new option in the app lets users bookmark the search, after which it lives on in the Home tab, alongside the For You and Following feeds.

The feature has been available for a while on the Threads web view for desktop, where users could pin multiple customized columns, similar to the TweetDeck feature that used to be available on Twitter. The new addition for the iOS app is rolling out now, so you will probably want the latest app update installed so that you don't miss out when it arrives in your region.

Threads has been around for over a year now. When it launched back in July 2023, the experience [...]

Survey Surfaces Wide Generative AI Adoption Among Software Engineers

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Auto-Populate iPhone Home Screen With Your Most Used Apps

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Do you find yourself frequently scrolling through multiple Home Screen pages on your iPhone to get to the apps you access most often? If so, chances are you've already filled up the first page with some of your favorite apps. But what if you could automatically make all of your most-used apps appear on page one? With the Siri Suggestions widget, you can.


The Siri Suggestions widget intelligently recommends apps based on your usage patterns. By populating your Home Screen with multiple instances of this widget, you can ensure that the apps you need most are always just a tap away. Read on to learn how it's done.

1. With your iPhone unlocked, swipe to a Home Screen page with at least two free rows available.


2. Press and hold the empty space on the Home Screen until

Five Lessons Learned the Hard Way From the Global Blue Screen of Death

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Ep. 3: Proper Prompt Formatting for Enhanced AI Model Performance

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 3 of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this episode, Daniel explores the critical aspect of prompt formatting when working with AI models, emphasizing how proper formatting can significantly enhance the quality of the AI’s responses and overall performance. Prompt Formatting: Learn the importance of using specific prompt formats for AI models to enhance response quality. API Convenience: Discover how chat completions endpoints simplify prompt formatting and improve integration.

Apple's Privacy Team Does Deep Dive Into iOS 18 Privacy Features

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Apple's User Privacy Engineering Manager Katie Skinner and Privacy Product Marketing Lead Sandy Parakilas recently sat down with YouTuber Andru Edwards for a wide-ranging discussion on Apple's privacy policies.

Pragmatism, Neutrality and Leadership

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Every year or so, some tech CEO does something massively stupid, like declaring “No politics at work!”, or “Trump voters are oppressed and live in fear!”, and we all get a good pained laugh over how out of touch and lacking in self-awareness they are. We hear a lot about the howlers, and much less […]

AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August “out of an abundance of caution”

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More rigorous testing and screening have reportedly corrected the problem.

The man behind the Sandwich (Interview)

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Adam Lisagor (Sandwich Video founder) takes us behind the Sandwich to share his insights into the importance of storytelling in the tech industry, the value of helping Founders communicate their stories effectively, the details behind his new AI company, and the apps he's making for Apple Vision Pro at Sandwich Vision.

How to delete old data from DynamoDB without spending thousands

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Like in many companies, you probably have some databases lying around that are starting to cost a lot in terms of storage. You are paying more and more every week; the more you wait, the more money will be spent for nothing. It’s time for a cleanup.

The basic approach is to write a script that will scan your DB and delete the items that aren’t useful anymore (e.g., really old data).

Problem: that can be extremely expensive with Dynamo DB, so expensive that it will take years to pay off…

Solution: One way to tackle this is to migrate all the data you need to a new table. From there, you can delete your old data altogether (which is free). This way, you pay only to migrate the data you need, which is usually a small percentage of your total table.

In this post I’ll do a small overview of how we did that at Medium and the tools we used to estimate the costs of the different scenarios.

CrowdStrike blames testing bugs for security update that took down 8.5M Windows PCs

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Company says it's improving testing processes to avoid a repeat.

Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination

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If multi-app shopping doesn't keep you there, maybe free Pixel gear will.

Leveraging Keptn for Automated SLO Analysis

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Site reliability engineers (SREs) rely on service-level objectives (SLOs) to set the standards that the service-level indicators (SLIs) of an

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Unleashing Postgres for Analytics With DuckDB Integration

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The Postgres ecosystem is winning, making it a preferred choice for developers for new data workloads and database tools. Much

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Coralogix Extends Reach of Observability Platform to Mobile Applications

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Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads

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Google has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people who turn on the anti-phishing Enhanced protection feature, opting in to upload suspicious files for scanning in the cloud, it’s also shifted to automatic scans, saying files sent for deep scans are 50 times more likely to be marked as malware.

In response to widespread targeted cookie theft attacks

7 LLM Risks and API Management Strategies to Keep Data Safe

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Despite the explosion in enthusiasm surrounding large language models (LLMs), any new cloud-based software solution can create or expose new

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Is Cloud Native a Vibe? Power Users Weigh In

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Since publishing the State of Cloud Native Application Platforms 2024 report in June, we’ve been gathering reactions from the architects,

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Non-Browser UI Platform for AI Offers Grants to Developers

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Pim de Witte, software engineer and CEO of Medal, has a message for developers who want to use AI in

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Report: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhone

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There are also several new details about the iPhone 16, 17, and SE.

CrowdStrike: Faulty Test Software Led to Global Windows Crash

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Rethinking Least Privilege in the Era of AI

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In the old world of application security and access control, least privilege was a lovely ideal but nearly unworkable in

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