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• TikTok Will Limit Teens To 60 Minutes of Screen Time a Day

  01-03-2023 23:20 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  TikTok has announced a batch of new features intended to reduce screen time and improve the well-being of its younger users. The Verge reports: In the coming weeks, a daily screen time limit of 60 minutes will be automatically applied to every TikTok user under 18 years old. Teens that hit this limit will be asked to enter a passcode to continue watching. They can disable the feature entirely, but if they do so and spend more than 100 minutes on TikTok a day, they'll be prompted to set a new lim
  
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• OpenAI Will Let Developers Build ChatGPT Into Their Apps

  01-03-2023 22:42 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and DALL-E 2, is launching developer APIs for the AI chatbot and the Whisper speech-transcription model. It also changed its terms of service to let developers opt out of using their data for improvements while adding a 30-day data retention policy. Engadget reports: The new ChatGPT API will use the same AI model ("gpt-3.5-turbo") as the popular chatbot, allowing developers to add either unchanged or flavored versions of ChatGPT to their apps. Snap's My AI is a
  
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• OpenAI Will No Longer Use Customer Data To Train Its Models by Default

  01-03-2023 19:44 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  OpenAI is changing the terms of its API developer policy, aiming to address developer -- and user -- criticism. From a report: Starting today, OpenAI says that it won't use any data submitted through its API for "service improvements," including AI model training, unless a customer or organization opts in. In addition, the company is implementing a 30-day data retention policy for API users with options for stricter retention "depending on user needs," and simplifying its terms and data ownershi
  
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• Zombie Newspaper Sites Rise from the Grave

  01-03-2023 19:09 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  What happens when a newspaper dies? Apparently, in some cases, its digital ghost lives on in mysterious, unrecognizable forms. From a report: Minneapolis neighborhood newspaper the Southwest Journal shuttered at the end of 2020, but its web domain continues to post fresh content under the auspices of a Delaware "SEO company" whose leader lives in Serbia. Though the site still includes a few legacy Journal articles now under fictitious bylines, all of the most recent posts are more or less junk c
  
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• Qualcomm CEO Says He's Expecting Apple To Use Its Own Modems in iPhones in 2024

  01-03-2023 18:42 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple is moving to in-house 5G modem chips for its 2024 iPhones, as far as the chief executive of Qualcomm -- which currently produces them for the tech giant -- is aware. From a report: "We're making no plans for 2024, my planning assumption is we're not providing [Apple] a modem in '24, but it's their decision to make," Cristiano Amon told CNBC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Apple's most recent iPhone 14 models use Qualcomm modems, but the company has been looking to go solo in the
  
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• US House Panel Approves Bill Giving Biden Power To Ban TikTok

  01-03-2023 17:42 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, in the latest setback for the popular video sharing site. From a report: Lawmakers voted 24 to 16 to approve the measure to grant the administration new powers to ban the ByteDance-owned app -- which is used by over 100 million Americans -- as well as other apps considered security risks. Democrats on the committee opposed the bill, whi
  
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• Apple Suppliers Are Racing To Exit China, AirPods Maker Says

  01-03-2023 17:00 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple's Chinese suppliers are likely to move capacity out of the country far faster than many observers anticipate to pre-empt fallout from escalating Beijing-Washington tensions, according to one of the US company's most important partners. From a report: AirPods maker GoerTek is one of the many manufacturers exploring locations beyond its native China, which today cranks out the bulk of the world's gadgets from iPhones to PlayStations. It's investing an initial $280 million in a new Vietnam pl
  
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• China Says EU TikTok Ban Will Harm Business Confidence

  01-03-2023 16:20 via slashdot.org
  
  China says a ban on the use of TikTok by official European Union institutions will harm business confidence in Europe. From a report: In the latest salvo in the battle over the Chinese-owned video sharing app, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Council have banned TikTok from being installed on official devices. [...] China has been pushing back, though its ruling Communist Party has long blocked many foreign social media platforms and messaging apps, including YouTube,
  
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• Revolut Auditor Flags Concern About $576 Million of Revenue in Long-Delayed 2021 Accounts

  01-03-2023 15:40 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Revolut's auditor BDO was not able to independently verify three-quarters of the 636 million pounds ($765 million total revenue reported by the fintech firm in its long-delayed 2021 accounts, Revolut's annual report showed. From a report: The 2021 accounts were signed off this week after months of delays, following a revamp of Revolut's internal accounting systems and heavy regulatory scrutiny. But BDO flagged concerns that it could not verify 477 million pounds of revenue, nor vouch for their "
  
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• Dell and Partners Smash Patent Troll WSOU in Court

  01-03-2023 15:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  In the land of patent litigation, all patent trolls want to file in the US Western District of Texas Court. This court is infamous for being sympathetic to patent plaintiffs. That's why patent litigator WSOU Investments, aka Brazos Licensing and Development, went after Dell, EMC, and VMware in this Court. Usually, this would have been the smart move. Not this time. District Judge Alan Albright granted the defendants a directed verdict, and that was the end of the matter. From a report: What happ
  
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• Meta's AR/VR Hardware Roadmap For the Next Four Years

  01-03-2023 14:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge's Alex Heath: Meta plans to release its first pair of smart glasses with a display in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch designed to control them, The Verge has learned. Meanwhile, its first pair of full-fledged AR glasses, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has predicted will eventually be as widely used as mobile phones, is planned for 2027. The details were shared with thousands of employees in Meta's Reality Labs division on Tuesday during
  
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• Jack Dorsey-Backed Twitter Alternative Bluesky Hits the App Store As An Invite-Only App

  01-03-2023 11:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing. TechCrunch reports: We haven't heard much from Bluesky since October 2022, when the team behind the project shared an update on the Bluesky blog, detailing the status of the social protocol that powers its new Twitter-like app
  
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• Google: Gmail Client-Side Encryption Now Publicly Available

  01-03-2023 08:00 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now generally available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. BleepingComputer reports: The feature was first introduced in Gmail on the web as a beta test in December 2022, after being available in Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Meet, and Google Calendar (in beta) since last year. Once enabled, Gmail CSE ensures that any sensitive data sent as part of the email's body and attachments (incl
  
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• Tesla Superchargers Are Now Open To Non-Tesla EV Owners In the US

  01-03-2023 06:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Tesla has finally started to open some Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric cars owners in the US and it explained how it works. Electrek reports: As we previously reported, everything is handled through the app. Non-Tesla EV owners simply have to download the Tesla app, create an account, add a credit card for payment, and then they can roll up to some of the select few Supercharger stations now equipped with a Magic Dock -- primarily in New York for now. In the app, electric car owners
  
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• Artificial Sweetener Erythritol Linked To Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds

  01-03-2023 04:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and "keto" products, is linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a new study. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied over 4,000 people in the U.S. and Europe and found those with higher blood erythritol levels were at elevated risk of experiencing these major adverse cardiac events. The research, published Monday in the journal Nature
  
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• Nvidia's Latest GPU Drivers Can Upscale Old Blurry YouTube Videos

  01-03-2023 02:25 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Nvidia is releasing new GPU drivers today that will upscale old blurry web videos on RTX 30- and 40-series cards. The Verge reports: RTX Video Super Resolution is a new AI upscaling technology from Nvidia that works inside Chrome or Edge to improve any video in a browser by sharpening the edges of objects and reducing video artifacts. Nvidia will support videos between 360p and 1440p up to 144Hz in frame rate and upscale all the way up to 4K resolution.This impressive 4K upscaling has previously
  
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• Dish Network Confirms Network Outage Was a Cybersecurity Breach

  01-03-2023 01:45 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Dish Network, one of the largest television providers in the United States, confirmed on Tuesday that a previously disclosed "network outage" was the result of a cybersecurity breach that affected the company's internal communications systems and customer-facing support sites. CNBC reports: "Certain data was extracted," the company said in a statement Tuesday. The acknowledgment is an evolution from last week's earnings call, where it was described as an "internal outage." Dish Networks' website
  
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• YouTube Video Causes Pixel Phones To Instantly Reboot

  01-03-2023 01:02 via news.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader writes quotes a report from Ars Technica: Did you ever see that movie The Ring? People who watched a cursed, creepy video would all mysteriously die in seven days. Somehow Google seems to have re-created the tech version of that, where the creepy video is this clip of the 1979 movie Alien, and the thing that dies after watching it is a Google Pixel phone. As noted by the user 'OGPixel5" on the Google Pixel subreddit, watching this specific clip on a Google Pixel 6, 6a, or Pix
  
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• Google Rolls Out Fall Detection To All Pixel Watch Users

  01-03-2023 00:41 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Starting today, Google is rolling out fall detection to all Pixel Watches. The Verge reports: Google's version of fall detection is similar to those you'll find on other smartwatches, like the Apple Watch and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 lineups. It uses the device's motion sensors and machine learning to figure out when someone's taken a tumble and might need some help. The feature will purportedly kick in about 30 seconds after it detects a hard fall. At that point, the watch will vibrate,
  
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• Google Updates Chrome To Match Safari Battery Life On M2 MacBook Pro

  01-03-2023 00:20 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  After widely rolling out an Energy Saver mode, Google has made four optimizations to Chrome for Mac that allows the browser to match the battery life you get when using Safari. 9to5Google reports: Google conducted testing on a MacBook Pro (13", M2, 2022 with 8 GB RAM running macOS Ventura 13.2.1) with Chrome 110.0.5481.100 in February of 2023. It showed that you can "browse for 17 hours or watch YouTube for 18 hours." For comparison, Apple touts up to 17 hours of wireless web browsing, and up to
  
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• FTX Ex-Engineering Chief Nishad Singh Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges

  01-03-2023 00:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  FTX ex-engineering head Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to criminal charges in New York on Tuesday, becoming the latest member of Sam Bankman-Fried's former leadership team to agree to a deal. CNBC reports: The six charges against Singh include conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws. FTX spiraled into bankruptcy in November after the crypto exchange, founded by Bankman-Fried, couldn't meet customers' withdrawal dem
  
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