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5 | On this episode of DTNS, Why TikTok is about to get banned and how Bytedance will fight it, Why Embracer Group will split into three like the shards of Narsil and you like canceling streaming services and the New York Times is on it! | Twitch Chat Pop-out Window | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 | This is the Daily Tech News for... Monday April 22nd, 2024. In the LA studio, I'm Tom Merritt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 | tm | Just like ChatGPT could use TaskRabbit to order something done, four University of Illinois scientists have found that feeding Computer Vulnerabilities and Exposure listings, CVEs for short, into GPT-4 can lead to a way to make the model automatically exploit the vulnerability. At OpenAI's request the scientists did not release the exact text of the prompts they used. If it makes you feel any better only GPT-4 could pull it off, every other model failed. Though GPT-4 did have an 87 percent success rate and they didn't test Claude 3 or Gemini 1.5. | https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/gpt4_can_exploit_real_vulnerabilities/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | jry | Tinder has added a "Share My Date" feature that lets you send details about an upcoming date to friends and family. It includes the name of the person you're seeing, as well as date, time and location of your date. You can also add a note. People you share it with can see the details even without a Tinder account, but Tinder users can see the profile of the person you're meeting. The link expires shortly after the date. | https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/21/tinder-gets-a-share-my-date-feature-for-users-to-send-date-plans-to-their-curious-friends/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | tm | Meta is licensing its Meta Horizon OS to other companies to use on their own custom VR and AR headsets. The OS was previously known as the Quest Platform. The OS itself is an open source version of Android, but there are several propritary elements not included in the open source version. Meta announced that ASUS and Lenovo are building products using the Horizon OS and Microsoft will partner on an Xbox branded limited edition version of the Quest. | https://www.meta.com/blog/quest/meta-horizon-os-open-hardware-ecosystem-asus-republic-gamers-lenovo-xbox/ | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | jry | Microsoft has added the ability to download Windows apps from the Web version of the store, without having to launch the Windows store first. Apps download through the browser like installs from non-store app websites. The apps still have all the features and protections you get through the Windows store, just without needing to launch the whole store app. | https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/301097/microsoft-store-to-offer-direct-app-downloads-on-the-web | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | tm | Rest of World has a story about seven companies in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya who switched from Google to Indian-based ZoHo for its productivity services. Users in Nigeria grew 50% in 2023 and revenue in South Africa grew 73%. ZoHo takes payments in local currencies and costs around five times less than Google or Microsoft there, who do not take local currencies. ZoHo has been around since 1996, but began its local operations in Africa in 2019. | https://restofworld.org/2024/zoho-google-workspace-alternative-africa/ | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 | There's a lot of back story to this one but the short version is that the Swedish company Embracer Group has rights to a lot of top tier intellectual property including Tomb Raider and Lord of the Rings. It has also, like many gaming companies, been hitting hard times recently. It recently sold Borderlands developer Gearbox to Take-Two for less than it paid to acquire it three years ago. So the company announced Monday that it will split into three companies. Asmodee Group will take the tabletop gaming business. That includes big names like Ticket to Ride, Exploding Kittens and CATAN. It's expected to spin out within the next year. Coffee Stain and Friends will handle indie, mid-market and free-to-play games, including Goat Simulator and Valheim. It's expected to spin out next year. And Middle Earth Enterprises and friends will handle the AAA titles like Tomb Raider and of course, the Lord of the Rings IP. | https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24136934/embracer-group-splitting-three-companies-middle-earth-enterprises | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 | The New York Times has discovered something I know several of you already have as a habit. Regularly canceling streaming services when you're done watching a show, and subscribing to others in order to binge. Antenna estimates more than 25% of streaming subscribers have canceled three or more services over the last two years. And a third of people who cancel a streaming subscription resubscribe in the next six months. Antenna calls them "serial churners" and estimates they account for 40 percent of new subscriptions and cancellations. My question is what effect will this have on the policies of these companies? | https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/business/media/streaming-subscription-jumping.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE0.gkYN.ZVETPZsd24_K&smid=url-share | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 | Saturday the US House passed another bill that would require Bytedance to sell TikTok's US arm within 9-12 months of being ordered to do so. If the comp-any does not, internet companies in the US would be prohibited from distributing the TikTok app there. The bill is one of four passed Saturday, mostly pertaining to foireign aid. Each bill can be considered separately but the Senate intends to consider them all at once. If it passes the Senate this week and is signed into law by the president, both of which are likely, Bytedance says it will challenge it on consitutiuonal grounds. Interestingly, Bloomberg's sources say former Microsoft lawyer Erich Andersen, who has been TikTok's General Counsel in the US since 2020, is expected to step down before any court cases are filed. Andresen just passed his four-year vesting date and has not worked on US government relations since January 2023. | https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1245594589/house-approves-bill-tiktok-ban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION - What changed between the first bill and this one that got it the momentum? - Is there any chance it doesn't pass at this point? - How else could it be stopped | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/20/us-house-tiktok-byte-dance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tiktok-vows-legal-battle-as-the-us-presses-for-app-s-sale-or-ban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/tiktok-ready-to-move-to-the-courts-to-prevent-ban-in-us/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tiktok-ban-can-congress-force-bytedance-to-sell-app-what-to-know | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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57 | NOTES - Senator Rand Paul has said he opposes the bill on first amendment grounds and may try to drag out the process, but even he doesn't expect to succeed. - Bytedance nor the government of China both oppose selling the US version of TikTok. It is expected to use the same strategy it used with a similar Montana law, challenging the constitutionality of the law. - The argument goes that the app is an expression of speech both by the US LLC arm of the company and its 170 million US users. - Andersen just passed the four-year mark after which his stock options are fully vested. Several TikTok executives have left recently after passing the four-year mark. Also Andersen stopped overseeing US government relations in January of 2023. Andersen says he planned his departure months ago and will stay at the company until he's sure everything is handed over and will remain as a legal adviser afterwards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | TAG OUT: As expected, the European Union has formally opened a second formal investigation into TikTok over the launch of TikTok Lite which rewards users with points for watching out liking videos, which can be redeemed for gift cards. The Commission will investigate if this impacts the mental health of young users. TikTok has until April 24th to argues against a proposal to suspend TikTok Lite in Europe while the investigation is underway. | https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/tiktok-lite-dsa-probe/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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96 | Also on Saturday the US president signed a reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This 2008 law lets the US collect communications of non-US citizens located outside the country without a warrant for national security purposes. That collection may include communications from US citizens if they are communicating with the targeted foreigners. This received zero attention in the tech press and not even that much in the mainstream press other than in relation to Speaker Johnson's fight over it related to keeping his position as Speaker. Justin why were this on the TikTok bill so lightly covered do you think? | https://apnews.com/article/fisa-donald-trump-surveillance-congress-johnson-81e991c9f82e77b2fe13f8a3e0e25349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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