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Researchers reveal many low-cost Android phones and smart TVs from lesser-known brands, sold in the US and owned by millions, come with malware preinstalled (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers reveal many low-cost Android phones and smart TVs from lesser-known brands, sold in the…
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Filing: AT&T asks the FCC to block a SpaceX/T-Mobile plan that allows Starlink to service areas lacking T-Mobile coverage, saying "FCC's rules do not permit" it (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Filing: AT&T asks the FCC to block a SpaceX/T-Mobile plan that allows Starlink to service…
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OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS in the US, offering the web version's features plus history sync across devices and speech input via OpenAI's Whisper (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS in the US, offering the web version’s…
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Belkin's Wemo says it won't patch a buffer overflow vulnerability in its Mini Smart Plug V2 because the device is at the end of its life (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica)
Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Belkin’s Wemo says it won’t patch a buffer overflow vulnerability in its Mini Smart Plug…
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Google's passkey offering is refined and comprehensive enough to recommend, but the ecosystem is incomplete, despite PayPal, Kayak, and others using passkeys (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Google’s passkey offering is refined and comprehensive enough to recommend, but the ecosystem is incomplete,…
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Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, hoping to rival SpaceX's Starlink (Eric Berger/Ars Technica)
Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS²…
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Hollywood's writers on strike have two worries on AI: they don't want their work used as training data and don't want to fix AI-generated "sloppy first drafts" (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Hollywood’s writers on strike have two worries on AI: they don’t want their work used…
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Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at last year's WWDC, for the first time, pushing a more lightweight fix to iOS and macOS users (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at last year’s WWDC, for the first…
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Despite scary warnings by the FBI, FCC, and more about "juice jacking" at public charging stations, there are no documented cases ever of an attack in the wild (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Despite scary warnings by the FBI, FCC, and more about “juice jacking” at public charging…
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Microsoft and Epic Systems partner to bring Azure OpenAI services, including GPT-4, to help automate some processes in Epic's electronic health record software (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft and Epic Systems partner to bring Azure OpenAI services, including GPT-4, to help automate…
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