Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI (gizmodo.com.au)
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI::Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures...
Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
US Supreme Court refuses Epic bid to let App Store order take effect in Apple case. (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game “Fortnite,” in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store.
*privacy not included | Our Longest Naughty List Ever: The 2023 Holiday Buyer's Guide Is Here! (foundation.mozilla.org)
Uber is testing a service that lets you hire drivers for chores (www.theverge.com)
Amazon must pay $46.7 mln in voice-assistant patent case, US jury says (www.reuters.com)
Google backs out of plan to build 20,000 Bay Area homes, over “market conditions” (www.techspot.com)
Google backs out of plan to build 20,000 Bay Area homes, over “market conditions”::undefined
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies in US antitrust trial (www.reuters.com)
Sony says PS5 supply chain issues have ended after three years, expects record holiday season sales | Pour one out for PS5 scalpers (www.techspot.com)
Sony says PS5 supply chain issues have ended after three years, expects record holiday season sales | Pour one out for PS5 scalpers::undefined
Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds | "Shocking" ruling could have "devastating effects," tech law expert warns. (arstechnica.com)
Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds | “Shocking” ruling could have “devastating effects,” tech law expert warns.::“Shocking” ruling could have “devastating effects,” tech law expert warns.
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo (www.bbc.com)
More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.
New Apple Zero-Days Exploited to Target Egyptian ex-MP with Predator Spyware (thehackernews.com)
Chrome extension maker tells of pressure to sell out (www.theregister.com)
Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend (arstechnica.com)
Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend::US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.
The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project (www.bbc.com)
The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project::One day in Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.
Google, Meta, TikTok defeat Austria’s plan to combat hate speech (arstechnica.com)
Online store exposed millions of Chinese citizen IDs (techcrunch.com)
‘Let Me Tell Them Goodbye Before They Get Killed’: How eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families – The Markup (themarkup.org)
A huge number of companies still think they're missing out on AI | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control (www.wired.co.uk)
Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control::New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world’s biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
Under India’s pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive (www.washingtonpost.com)
Under India’s pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive::undefined
Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough? (www.eff.org)
We believe PDD is a Dying Fraudulent Company and its Shopping App TEMU is Cleverly Hidden Spyware that Poses an Urgent Security Threat to U.S. National Interests (grizzlyreports.com)
FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime (apnews.com)
FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime::U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks.
