In this episode, Ray Cochrane leads with Mozilla shipping Firefox 150 with 271 patched bugs found by Anthropic’s Mythos system, the first major real-world deployment of the AlphaGo-Moment cybersecurity tooling. He also covers a 9-year dormant Linux kernel…
The Internet Archive (IA) is appealing a court ruling that found its digital lending program copyright-infringing. IA’s non-profit library scans and lends physical books digitally, allowing only one patron at a time to borrow each digital copy. The New York…
The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated for allegedly breaking EU law on disinformation, illegal content and transparency, the European Commission has announced, The Guardian reported. The decision to launch formal infringement proceedings against the company, owned…
Apple announced a contingent pricing for subscriptions on its Developer blog, on December 15, 2023. “Contingent pricing for subscriptions on the App Store – a new feature that helps you attract and retain subscribers – lets you give customers a…
Meta Platforms rolled out Threads in Europe, months after the Facebook and Instagram parent launched the microblogging app in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch Thursday on Threads, writing that “we’re…
Elon Musk plans to establish a university in Austin, Texas, focusing on STEM education. Funded by a $100 million contribution from Musk’s charity, The Foundation, the university aims to provide high-level education in math, science, engineering, and physics. This initiative…
Mark Zuckerberg said today that Meta has started testing a feature to show Threads posts on Mastodon and other ActivityPub protocol-supported networks, TechCrunch reported. Mark Zuckerberg posted on Threads: “Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on…
Microsoft is betting nuclear power can help sate its massive electricity need as it ventures further into artificial intelligence and supercomputing, The Wall Street Journal reported. The technology industry’s thirst for power is enormous. A single new data center can…