Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users, China has joined the EU and US in the fight against disinformation, and the UK faces legal challenges on its request and iCloud backdoor.
Comcast signed a $3 billion deal with the IOC to retain U.S. broadcasting and streaming rights for the Olympics through 2036. What does it mean for Peacock and what are Comcast’s obligations? Google has released Gemini with Personalization, a new experimental feature designed to enhance user experience by leveraging personal data from Google’s ecosystem to deliver tailored responses. How does generative AI flatten indigenous cultures? And OpenAI wants the U.S. government to establish a copyright strategy to train AI models on copyrighted material under “fair use.”
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will group message replies into threads, Lip-Bu Tan has been appointed as the new CEO of Intel, and China’s EV brands lead global sales.
Microsoft is planning 3D gaming experiences for Copilot. What would that look like? Niantic announces it has agreed to sell Pokemon Go to Saudi Arabia based Scopely. Gizmodo thinks ChatGPT short stories are terrible despite what Sam Altman says, and are you pulling back your online footprint and how?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
Paranoid about being tracked online or malicious actors eavesdropping on your messages? Patrick Norton has some useful tips on protecting yourself. Can Wordle help you break up the monotony of the workday and make you more productive? TikTok announces a new “wind down” feature that coaxes teens younger than 16 to shutdown the app and go to bed. And we discuss the ways Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe.
X suffers a major DDoS attack causing multiple outages, AI chatbots cannot be trusted to cite factual information, and Bluesky now allows 3-minute video uploads.