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September 8, 2023
NEWS

Forbes

iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro Release Date: Apple Suddenly Unveils Video Countdown

September 7 update below. This post was first published on September 5, 2023. There’s a familiar, insistent rhythm that’s beginning to hit its stride. It’s the process that leads to a new iPhone hitting stores. It began on Tuesday, August 29, …

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Forbes

Apple iOS 16.6.1 Release: Should You Upgrade?

Apple iOS 16.6.1 has been released for iPhones, along with iPadOS 16.6.1, macOS Ventura 13.5.2, and watchOS 9.6.2 — and there is a good reason for these widescale updates: they contain critical Zero-Day security fixes. Here’s everything you need to …

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CNN

NASA’s mega moon rocket is ‘unaffordable,’ according to accountability report

Senior NASA officials say that the agency’s Space Launch System — the massive rocket designed to propel its ambitious Artemis program to establish a base on the moon — is “unaffordable,” according to a report Thursday from the US Government Accountability …

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Reuters

What does Huawei’s new phone series mean for Apple in China?

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A new series of smartphones launched by China’s Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) has drawn global attention for containing technology that indicates the company has managed to overcome U.S. sanctions and could come back …

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CNBC

CEO, ex-NSA hacker says ‘people hate’ this advice—but it’s your ‘single biggest’ protection from scams

“Everybody hates multi-factor authentication,” cybersecurity expert and former government hacker Kyle Hanslovan tells CNBC Make It. Hanslovan is the CEO and co-founder of Huntress, a small-business …

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Reuters

Australia to require AI-made child abuse material be removed from search results

SYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Australia will make search engines like Google and Bing take steps to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence, the country’s internet regulator said on Friday.

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Reuters

China’s Huawei launches Mate 60 Pro+ smartphone for presale

BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies on Friday started presales for its Mate 60 Pro+ smartphone, adding a new version to a series that has captured global attention for revealing the Chinese tech firm’s success in beating back …

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Reuters

Zoom talks with regulators on Microsoft competition concerns – Bloomberg News

The video conferencing platform has spoken with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, as well as competition enforcers from the EU, UK and Germany over the past year, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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Reuters

Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges

Sept 7 (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O) will pay legal damages on behalf of customers using its artificial intelligence (AI) products if they are sued for copyright infringement for the output generated by such systems, the company said on Thursday.

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Reuters

New flaw in Apple devices led to spyware infection, researchers say

While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO’s Pegasus spyware, it said in a statement.

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