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Source: The Verge JD Vance’s appearance at the All-In Summit was easily the most comfortable I’ve seen him, but then he was with the people he understands best: other VCs. The All-In podcast appearance was what business leaders refer to as a display of synergy. Cohost David Sacks’ and Vance’s political fortunes are tied together…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25408587/STK051_TIKTOKBAN2_CVirginia_A.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "TikTok oral arguments will weigh security risks against free speech")
Source: The Verge Next week, a court will hear arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based on evidence it doesn’t want anyone — including the social media company — to see. On September 16th, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments for TikTok v. Garland, TikTok’s First…
Source: Venture Beat Over the last year, 89% of enterprises experienced at least one container or Kubernetes security incident, making security a high priority. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat OpenAI’s new reasoning model o1 behaves differently than previous models. So users have to prompt it differently than GPT-4 or even 4o. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat PlayStation’s latest console is a $700 ode to slightly better graphics — and GamesBeat’s Rachel Kaser wonders who’s the brunt of the joke. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge The Android ecosystem is all about choice. While iPhone owners have a smaller pool of new devices to pick from when it’s time to upgrade, there’s a much wider range of choices on Android. You want incredible camera zoom? A built-in stylus? A phone that runs a complete desktop environment when you…
Source: Venture Beat Microsoft unveils Windows Agent Arena, a groundbreaking benchmark for testing AI agents on Windows, accelerating development of AI assistants that could revolutionize human-computer interaction. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25619564/1230927570.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "23andMe agrees to pay million to settle lawsuit over massive data breach")
Source: The Verge 23andMe disclosed the data breach last October, but it didn’t confirm the overall impact until December. Customers using the DNA Relatives feature may have had information like names, birth years, and ancestry information exposed through the breach. At the time, 23andMe attributed the hack to credential stuffing, a tactic that involves logging…
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Source: The Verge Anker’s next puck-shaped accessory is an SD and microSD card reader called the MagGo USB-C Adapter that can be used with laptops, tablets, and smartphones. When connected to an iPhone 15 or 16, it can also unlock ProRes 4K recording at 60fps if the memory card supports at least 220MB/s write speeds…
Source: Venture Beat At a few billion parameters, UI-JEPA models can understand user interactions without sending sensitive data to the cloud. Read Full Article
