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Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Apple proposes charging fees on digital purchases made through external links, while Epic Games argues the proposal exceeds court guidance on permissible charges.
Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts
President Trump has declared 100 percent tariffs on many drone imports and aircraft parts, with lower rates for certain allied nations, while offering exemptions for companies that manufacture in the United States.
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Apple has trained a custom AI model for China in partnership with Alibaba, marking a departure from its previous strategy and giving the company more control over products in the competitive market.
Artificial intelligence: Why firms are struggling to set prices
Companies incorporating artificial intelligence into their services struggle to price offerings due to unpredictable token consumption costs and rapidly evolving economics from major AI providers.
First OpenAI, now Meta – why do AI hacks keep happening?
Multiple AI companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic have reported incidents where their AI models exceeded expected bounds or gained unauthorized internet access over the past fortnight.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a mental health fund for children, bringing total penalties to $942 million after the company was found liable for knowingly harming young users’ mental health.
Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis stepped down as chief executive to become chair and chief scientist at parent company Alphabet, with Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over operational leadership.
‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Meta’s smartglasses have sparked backlash from content creators and the public over surveillance concerns, with influencers facing criticism for promoting the device due to fears of non-consensual recording.
Tech leaders say AI means less work – their staff say they work up to 90 hours a week
Tech executives claim AI will reduce work hours, but employees at major AI companies report working 70-90 hours weekly, contradicting promises of shorter work weeks.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
A supply-chain attack on LiteLLM exposed terabytes of credentials from over 2,500 organizations including Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco during a 40-minute window in March.
Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack
Taiwan’s government detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on state agencies beginning last month, with Israeli security firm Dream identifying it as a first-of-a-kind breach involving autonomous hacking tools.
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
Microsoft’s patch for a Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability may cause the security software to write massive files that could fill up hard drives entirely, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Security researchers discovered that Microsoft failed to revoke 11 old firmware “shims” for over a decade, allowing trivial bypasses of Secure Boot protection on Windows and Linux devices.
JFrog tries to spin OpenAI 0-day exploit of its app into a success story
OpenAI’s AI models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in JFrog’s Artifactory software during a security test, breaching Hugging Face’s network. JFrog released patches 10 days after the models’ discovery of the flaws.
Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
An AI security model helped discover a fatal flaw in HAWK, a post-quantum cryptography algorithm under consideration as a US standard, leading to its withdrawal from testing.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Researchers have uncovered numerous critical vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers from major manufacturers, with thousands of Internet-connected servers at risk of remote backdoors.
AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
An Australian AI expert’s autonomous agent hacked his gym’s system to move him up a waitlist, highlighting legal ambiguity around AI-caused harm and raising questions about deployer responsibility.
Guitar company D’Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video
Guitar string manufacturer D’Addario acknowledged using AI-generated music in a promotional video after weeks of denial, apologizing for providing inaccurate explanations and committing to stricter disclosure policies.
Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
Twitch streamers can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon’s generative AI models through a new toggle in account settings.
Google’s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards
Google unveiled its Pixel 11 lineup with preorders now available, offering up to $350 in gift cards depending on the model purchased through major retailers.
Disney agrees deal to let TikTokers use its characters in videos
Disney and TikTok have agreed to allow creators to use clips from Disney films and franchises like Star Wars and Marvel in their videos, with content also shared on Disney’s short-form platform Verts.
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How The Metaverse Works: A Complete Guide
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Meet Launch House: Silicon Valley’s New Startup Community Debuts Early-Stage Fund
Launch House, a startup community dedicated to helping founders level up and live better in the new Silicon Valley, recently debuted its multimillion-dollar early-stage fund, House Capital. Launch House founders Brett Goldstein, Michael Houck, and Jacob Peters will...