Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store almost everything a user does every three seconds. Via @Ars Technica. #Signal #Cybersecurity #Windows #Recall #AI #Tech #Technology
Sam Altman and Jony Ive say their first product together won’t be a phone, or glasses, or wearable tech. It will be fully aware of its environment and its user’s activities. It likely won’t come with a display as the pair said one of their goals is to wean people off screens. They want to keep people guessing in order to stave off competition. And they plan on shipping 100 million late next year. What we do know is this: You have to give Altman and Ive credit for creating a buzz. Read more at [@Engadget]( ). #OpenAI #SamAltman #JonyIve #io #Tech #Technology
Search is over: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his executives present new ways to bring users the web, this time intermediated through a series of AI agents. Via [@Techcrunch]( ). #AI #Google #GoogleIO #SearchEngine #Tech #Technology
Microsoft filed an amicus brief in support of Epic Games’ ongoing fight with Apple’s control over the App Store. The brief takes issue with Apple’s attempt to overturn the injunction that allows Epic and other developers to freely advertise alternative payment methods in their apps. Read more at [@theverge]( ). #Microsoft #Apple #Epic #AppStore #Antitrust #Tech #Technology
After five years, Fortnite returned to the Apple App Store today. The game's return follows a ruling in the ongoing legal dispute between Apple and Fortnite-maker Epic Games. Here's more from [@aftermath.site]( )'s Riley MacLeod. #Apple #EpicGames #Fortnite #Tech #Law #Gaming #VideoGames
Self-hosting is having a moment, even if it's hard to define exactly what it is. [@ArsTechnica]( ) talks to Ethan Sholly about the self-hosted scene. #SelfHosting #HomeLabs #RSS #Piracy #Tech #Technology
Google launched its new AI Mode for shopping at its annual I/O developers conference today, which includes a checkout feature that allows you to buy when prices are best and the ability to upload a picture of yourself to "try on" clothes you find online. Read more at [@cnet]( ). #Google #GoogleIO #AI #OnlineShopping #Tech #Technology
Why do hackers target service desks? It’s "quicker and easier" to manipulate a person than to carry out a technical breach. Via @BleepingComputer. #Cybersecurity #ServiceDesk #Hack #Technology #Tech
President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, enacting a bill that will criminalize the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images — including AI deepfakes — and require social media platforms to promptly remove them when notified. Via [@theverge]( ). #AI #NCII #TakeItDown #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology
Nintendo has hired Samsung to build the main chips for the Switch 2, including an 8-nanometer processor custom designed by NVIDIA, in a move away from TSMC. Read more at [@Engadget]( ). #Nintendo #Switch2 #NVIDIA #TSMC #Microchips #Tech #Technology