YouTube Live gets a major update, introduces dual-format streaming, minigames, and more. [@Techcrunch](

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) reports: "This includes letting creators play mini-games to entertain viewers, broadcasting simultaneously in both horizontal and vertical formats, AI-powered highlights, reacting to live events, a new ad format, and more."

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YouTube Live gets a major update, introduces dual-format streaming, minigames, and more | TechCrunch

The company says this is the most significant update to Live it has ever introduced, as the livestreaming market continues to grow and competition ...

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What to know after the U.S. says it has reached framework deal with China to keep TikTok in operation. [@AssociatedPress](

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) reports: "Oracle Corp. has been floated as a likely buyer for the platform."

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What to know about TikTok, its algorithm, and the US-China deal to keep it running

A central question to TikTok’s potential shutdown saga has been whether the popular social video platform would keep its algorithm — the secret...

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Flipboard Tech Desk 4 months ago

If you’re thinking of downloading images from the internet to use for your desktop background, think again. Artificial-intelligence agents — touted as AI's next wave — could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screen. [@LiveScience](

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AI could use online images as a backdoor into your computer, alarming new study suggests

Artificial-intelligence agents — touted as AI

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Vibe coding can be “a beautiful, endless cocktail napkin on which one can perpetually sketch ideas.” But dealing with AI-generated code? “Worse than babysitting.” [@Techcrunch](

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Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it | TechCrunch

TechCrunch spoke to experienced coders about their time using AI-generated code about what they see as the future of vibe coding.

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In the first 8 months since Donald Trump returned to the White House, around 350,000 deportations have been carried out by immigration agents. [@Techcrunch](

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) tells us about the facial-recognition tech powering the crackdown:

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Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch

From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.

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Flipboard Tech Desk 4 months ago

Good news in the fight against cybercrime. Apple announced a new feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) for its latest iPhone 17 and iPhone Air devices that’s designed to help stop memory corruption bugs. These bugs are some of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by spyware developers and makers of phone forensic devices used by law enforcement. Read more from [@Techcrunch](

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Apple's latest iPhone security feature just made life more difficult for spyware makers | TechCrunch

Apple launched a new security feature for iPhone 17 and iPhone Air designed to reduce the effect of memory corruption bugs, and in turn make spywar...

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Flipboard Tech Desk 4 months ago

AI startup founders tout a winning formula — No booze, no sleep, no fun. From [@WSJ](

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): "To reach the dream of creating a trillion-dollar company, the 20-somethings flocking to San Francisco give up everything but their laptops." Gift link: https://flip.it/sOXgu7 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology #Entrepreneur #Startup

Flipboard Tech Desk 4 months ago

Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science-fiction gadget: The universal translator. CNBC reports: "Translation is emerging as a key battleground in the technology industry as AI gets good enough to translate languages as quickly as people speak."

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Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science fiction gadget: The universal translator

Apple, Google and Meta are capitalizing on advancements in AI to bring new translation features to their latest hardware devices.

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Flipboard Tech Desk 4 months ago

Social media users have turned to chatbots for updates on the murder of U.S. right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — and have found contradictory and inaccurate responses. A day after 31-year-old Kirk's death, the X account of Perplexity said that he was still alive. The X account of Grok said that the widely circulated video of Kirk being shot was a "meme edit" with effects added "for comedic effect." Grok also claimed that a Toronto-based man was the shooter. AFP takes a look at how this tide of misinformation is muddying the waters of an ongoing crime investigation and further undermining facts in a volatile political landscape characterized by lack of trust.

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