Journals

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia’s GPU IP in its chips  —  MediaTek this week has introduced a new lineup of Dimensity Auto Cockpit… Read More »MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia’s GPU IP in its chips (Anton Shilov/AnandTech)

Axios: Some senators who received a classified briefing about TikTok say China’s government can use the app to spy on US users and push propaganda at alarming levels  —  China’s government can use TikTok to spy on American users and… Read More »Some senators who received a classified briefing about TikTok say China’s government can use the app to spy on US users and push propaganda at alarming levels (Axios)

Buster Benson / The Medium Blog: Medium says it will revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers who publish AI-generated stories, even with disclosure, and other low-quality content  —  Protecting Medium’s mission and authentic writers means doing more to protect quality … Read More »Medium says it will revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers who publish AI-generated stories, even with disclosure, and other low-quality content (Buster Benson/The Medium Blog)

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Tennessee passes the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, aiming to protect musicians and other artists from unauthorized use involving AI  —  Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law on Thursday that… Read More »Tennessee passes the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, aiming to protect musicians and other artists from unauthorized use involving AI (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

David Ingram / NBC News: Changing policy, X bans the posting of real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after it suspended accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist  —  Some X users said the move was another example of… Read More »Changing policy, X bans the posting of real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after it suspended accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist (David Ingram/NBC News)

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial interests, but will remain on the company’s board  —  Bhatt to remain a member of the board  — … Read More »Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial interests, but will remain on the company’s board (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay  —  Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit… Read More »In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple’s M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations  —  Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance. … Read More »Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple’s M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally  —  The letter, also signed by CrowdTangle’s former CEO, claims shutting it down is… Read More »The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights  —  The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global… Read More »The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)