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Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
UK restaurants, pubs, and theatres are banning Meta’s camera-equipped glasses due to privacy concerns, despite the company’s efforts to promote them as mainstream wearable technology.
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, calling the allegations meritless and accusing Apple of mischaracterizing product development information as confidential secrets.
Aussie gov’t tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
Australia’s government disabled thousands of functioning routers after concluding a broadband testing program, despite the devices being capable of repurposing as standard Wi-Fi routers.
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Google awarded $250,000 for a Linux KVM vulnerability allowing guest virtual machines to escape and gain root access to host machines, one of two high-severity flaws discovered this week.
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
A patch released by Microsoft to fix a Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability may cause systems to exhaust available disk space, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
A study found that readers rated AI-generated short stories as more absorbing and higher quality than human-written ones, though they preferred stories labeled as human-authored.
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
Uber and Wayve have received London’s first self-driving minicab licenses, allowing them to operate autonomous taxis with human safety drivers present later this summer before full public launch.
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging has relaunched on Google Play Store, enabling Android users to access iMessage with blue bubbles for $2.99 monthly, three years after shutting down due to security concerns.
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is introducing Rules Hub, an AI-powered moderation system using large language models to help moderators enforce community rules with greater nuance than current keyword-matching tools, expanding to all new communities later this year.
Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA
Allstate Insurance accused Broadcom of launching audits after the company decided to discontinue its VMware and CA Technologies contracts, sparking ongoing litigation.
Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets
Apple sued OpenAI and two former employees, claiming the AI company engaged in a pattern of trade secret theft through hired ex-Apple workers who allegedly shared confidential product information.
Now, even Russia’s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
Ukraine’s CERT reported that Sandworm, an elite Russian military intelligence hacking unit, has adopted the Clickfix attack technique to compromise devices in sensitive Ukrainian organizations since spring.
HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
India’s competition regulator fined HP India and partners 1.4 billion rupees for coordinating pricing and bids on government contracts for computers and printing supplies.
Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
Over 4,500 Google workers delivered a petition demanding layoff protections, citing the company’s massive financial success while workforce cuts continue amid increased AI investment.
Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
Amazon Web Services customers worldwide received erroneous bills reaching up to $1.5 trillion due to a global billing system glitch, causing widespread alarm before the company identified and addressed the technical error.
Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says
A US senator accused Meta of using legal tactics to silence whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, who alleged the company’s dealings with China and harmful effects on teenagers in her memoir.
China’s Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic
Chinese AI startup Moonshot unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model set for open-source release, claiming capabilities rivaling top American AI firms.
Kalshi to offer betting on drug trial results and FDA regulatory decisions
Kalshi announced a pilot program to offer betting contracts on drug trial results and FDA regulatory decisions, partnering with AI firm AppliedXL to increase transparency in pharmaceutical development.
Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Cambridge-based CuspAI, a British AI startup, has raised $450m in funding from Jeff Bezos and the UK government, valuing the company at $2.6bn. The firm aims to discover new materials for chipmakers and other industries.
Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans to establish a new artificial intelligence office and implement faster approval processes for AI datacentre projects to attract investment and maintain public confidence in the technology.
The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
Twelve nurses at a New York hospital were laid off after being replaced by AI-powered software, sparking concerns from unions about AI’s impact on patient care quality and healthcare jobs.
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