Apple issued new emergency updates to address a “zero-day” exploit that was being used to launch attacks on iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, but it said a day later that the updates are causing some websites to not display properly and suggested users remove it. According to Apple support documentation posted on Tuesday, the company is…
Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Surges to 100 Million Users Faster Than ChatGPT
Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT as the fastest-growing online platform to hit the milestone. Threads has been setting records for user growth since its launch on Wednesday, with celebrities, politicians, and other newsmakers joining the platform. “That’s mostly…
Threads’ Piracy Issues and Why Meta’s New App Can’t Launch in Europe
July 11, 2023
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Meta’s answer to Twitter, Threads, launched worldwide this week with the exception of EU member countries. The new Instagram-linked app, which is now available in 100 countries, so far has no plans to launch in the EU, likely due to privacy regulations in the bloc. There are obviously very strong concerns over the processing of data…
Google Ordered to Reveal IP Details of Anonymous Email Sender
July 11, 2023
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Tech giant Google has been ordered to hand over the IP address and details of a person accused of emailing defamatory allegations about a Labor election candidate in Australia. On Nov. 9 last year, during the Victorian state election, an individual sent an email (from the address: davidjonesaus18@gmail.com) about Nurul Khan to ministers and news…
ChatGPT Monthly Traffic Falls Nearly 10 Percent as ‘Novelty Wears Off’
Monthly traffic at the AI chatbot service ChatGPT has fallen for the first time, declining almost 10 percent in June after multiple months of growth, according to a recent report by internet data firm SimilarWeb. Global desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website is estimated to have declined by 9.7 percent in June from…
US Tech Stock Valuations Highest Since 1990s’ Dot-Com Bubble: Bernstein
The valuations of American technology firms have risen to their highest level since the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, driven by investor interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, warned wealth management firm Bernstein. The stock prices of tech companies rose by 38 percent in the first half of 2023, which is the best performance…
Apple Will Permanently Delete iPhone Photos in July: Here’s How to Keep Yours Safe
Apple will permanently delete a photo album from iPhones in about two weeks and has stopped uploading pictures to it, the company confirmed. My Photo Stream is an iCloud service that originally launched in 2011. What the service does is temporarily uploads photos taken on a device so they can be seen on another device…
Elon Musk Sues Wachtell Law Firm to Recoup Fees From Twitter Buyout
July 8, 2023
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Elon Musk has sued the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover most of a $90 million fee it received from Twitter for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company. The complaint by Mr. Musk’s X Corp., which owns Twitter, was filed on…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Reach ‘Level 4 or 5’ Autonomous Driving This Year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric-vehicle maker is “very close” to achieving fully autonomous driving, predicting the advanced driving system will be ready this year. “In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision,” Mr. Musk said via video link at…
Google Will Record Everything Users Post Online to Train Its AI Products
July 7, 2023
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Google will record everything people post online in order to train its artificial intelligence products. On July 1, Google amended its privacy policy to allow it to scrape comments that posters put on the internet, to help it to hone its AI tools. The tech company’s plan to harvest and harness online public data is…
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