EU Antitrust Chief Warns Apple About App Store Fees and Safety Warnings

Key parts of Apple’s compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are set to be investigated by European regulators based on developer feedback, the EU’s antitrust chief warned on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said that Apple’s introduction of new fees was already being looked at as […]

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iOS 17.2 to Expand Sensitive Content Warnings on iPhone

Starting with iOS 17.2, which is currently in beta and is expected to be released in December, Apple’s opt-in Sensitive Content Warning feature will work with Contact Posters in both the Contacts and Phone apps, as well as stickers in the Messages app. When turned on, the Sensitive Content Warning feature uses on-device machine learning […]

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iOS 17 Can Automatically Block Unsolicited Nude Photos With ‘Sensitive Content Warnings’

Apple in iOS 17 is adding a new feature to iOS that is designed to automatically block incoming messages and files that may have sensitive content like nudity. Opt-in blurring can be applied to sensitive images sent in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters for the Phone app, FaceTime messages, and third-party apps. The feature will prevent […]

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Google reportedly ignored warnings before launching the ‘worse than useless’ Bard

What you need to know The success of Microsoft and OpenAI have pushed Google to compete within the AI space on an accelerated timeline. Google recently launched its own AI chatbot, Bard, in preview. Employees warned Google of Bard being “worse than useless” and giving advice that could “result in serious injury or death,” according […]

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The IPCC’s 2023 Climate Report Has Dire Warnings About Humanity’s Future

Today, the plummeting price of renewables is helping humanity decarbonize: Wind energy prices dropped by 55 percent in the 2010s, the new report notes, while solar power and lithium ion batteries got 85 percent cheaper—much cheaper than researchers had anticipated. Lower prices have allowed for the proliferation of solar panels, reducing dependence on fossil fuels. […]

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Windows 8.1 users will start seeing ‘end of support’ warnings soon

What you need to know Microsoft will soon start warning Windows 8.1 users that support is ending The warnings will consist of popups that the user can dismiss. Windows 8.1 support ends in January 2023. Windows 8.1’s life support cycle (opens in new tab) is coming to an end very soon. Starting shortly, Microsoft will […]

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An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings

Seismic waves from a big quake are easy to see—think of the classic image of a seismograph, pencil scratching out telltale waves on a rotating paper as the tremor arrives. Even to highly trained eyes, PEGS are just squiggles, indistinguishable from the noise. It’s hard to prove they’re there. In 2017, early identifications of PEGS […]

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