August 13, 20230CommentsAnalysis: a basket of the top US streaming services will cost $87 per month this fall, vs. $73 a year ago; the average US cable TV package costs $83 per month (Financial Times)
August 13, 20230CommentsResearcher Patrick Wardle says Apple’s macOS Background Task Management tool is “trivially” easy to bypass by “any malware that is somewhat sophisticated” (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
August 13, 20230CommentsHow hackers at DEF CON are trying to expose flaws and biases in AI models produced by Google, Meta, OpenAI, and others through a public contest (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
August 12, 20230CommentsSome iPhone 14 Pro users complain that the “maximum capacity” of their phone’s batteries has already dropped to around 90% after less than a year (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
August 12, 20230CommentsA look at Amazon One palm scanning tech, being used for payments, age verification, and more at US retailers, stadiums, and other venues, amid privacy concerns (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
August 12, 20230CommentsSome Cruise car riders say they’ve had sex in the driverless vehicles in SF over recent months; Waymo and Cruise permit eating in their cars but not drinking (Liz Lindqwister/The San Francisco …)
August 12, 20230CommentsHow SCOTUS overturning the sports betting ban in 2018 transformed the sector into a high-growth tech business; many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming (Oliver Barnes/Financial Times)