Journals

Todd Spangler / Variety: Apple launches Apple Sports, a free app offering scores and stats for the NBA, Premier League, and more, in the US, Canada, and the UK, on iOS 17.2 or later  —  Game on!  Apple launched a… Read More »Apple launches Apple Sports, a free app offering scores and stats for the NBA, Premier League, and more, in the US, Canada, and the UK, on iOS 17.2 or later (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Matt Burgess / Wired: Apple announces PQ3, a post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage that uses the Kyber algorithm, launching in iOS 17.4, iPad OS 17.4, and macOS 14.4  —  Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet.  But in one of the… Read More »Apple announces PQ3, a post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage that uses the Kyber algorithm, launching in iOS 17.4, iPad OS 17.4, and macOS 14.4 (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Reuters: Sources: the US sent letters in 2023 to US suppliers of SMIC suspending permission to sell to its most advanced plant, after SMIC produced a chip for Huawei  —  The Biden administration is turning up the heat on China’s… Read More »Sources: the US sent letters in 2023 to US suppliers of SMIC suspending permission to sell to its most advanced plant, after SMIC produced a chip for Huawei (Reuters)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: Letter: an FTC “Twitter Files” investigation finds no evidence that Twitter violated its government data security order, despite Elon Musk’s directives to do so  —  After investigating his handling of the ‘Twitter Files’ for more… Read More »Letter: an FTC “Twitter Files” investigation finds no evidence that Twitter violated its government data security order, despite Elon Musk’s directives to do so (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Emilia David / The Verge: Google releases Gemma 2B and 7B, a pair of open-source AI models to let developers use the research that went into its flagship closed Gemini model more freely  —  Google has released Gemma 2B and… Read More »Google releases Gemma 2B and 7B, a pair of open-source AI models to let developers use the research that went into its flagship closed Gemini model more freely (Emilia David/The Verge)

Counterpoint Research: In a first, Apple had the top seven best selling smartphones globally in 2023, and Samsung had three; iPhone 14, 14 Pro Max, 14 Pro, and 13 topped the list  —  – The combined market share of the… Read More »In a first, Apple had the top seven best selling smartphones globally in 2023, and Samsung had three; iPhone 14, 14 Pro Max, 14 Pro, and 13 topped the list (Counterpoint Research)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: A US jury finds two Chinese nationals guilty of a “sophisticated scheme” to defraud Apple by sending 5,000+ counterfeit iPhones for repair, losing Apple $3M+  —  Two people have been found guilty of a “sophisticated scheme… Read More »A US jury finds two Chinese nationals guilty of a “sophisticated scheme” to defraud Apple by sending 5,000+ counterfeit iPhones for repair, losing Apple $3M+ (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Reddit plans to reserve some of its IPO shares for 75K loyal users, an unusual move that could build loyalty, and list its shares on the NYSE in March  —  Social-media company intends… Read More »Sources: Reddit plans to reserve some of its IPO shares for 75K loyal users, an unusual move that could build loyalty, and list its shares on the NYSE in March (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

Josh Xiao / Bloomberg: China’s Ministry of State Security warns unnamed hackers are obtaining data on key issues, like food production and the weather, in a series of WeChat posts  —  – A growing array of sensitive data is being… Read More »China’s Ministry of State Security warns unnamed hackers are obtaining data on key issues, like food production and the weather, in a series of WeChat posts (Josh Xiao/Bloomberg)

Christian Vasquez / CyberScoop: Biden signs an EO to increase the cyber defenses of maritime ports via additional Coast Guard powers, invest $20B in infrastructure over five years, and more  —  President Joe Biden plans to issue an executive order… Read More »Biden signs an EO to increase the cyber defenses of maritime ports via additional Coast Guard powers, invest $20B in infrastructure over five years, and more (Christian Vasquez/CyberScoop)