2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, Apple's got new iPads, OpenAI is doing its best to get ahead of regulation, and what it means that Amazon is launching in South Africa	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Tuesday May 7th, 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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12			From the suburbs of Atlanta I'm Terrance Gaines
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20		sl	Bytedance filed its federal lawsuit Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," a US law that requires it to sell off TikTok USA, or face a ban on the app's distribution in the US. Bytedance filed the suit in the federal appeals court of Washington DC and sought a court order to stop enforcement of the law, pausing the 9 month ticking clock the law currently gives Bytedance to sell. The suit claims a violation of the First Amendment, unlawful taking of private property, and unconstitutional legislative punishment - aka violation of the Bill of Attainder clause. Congress is prevented from punishing companies or individuals by legislation. Courts have previously sided with TikTok against executive orders and state laws, but those cases left open the question of what effect a federal law might have.	https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tiktok-sues-to-block-u-s-ban-6ec6e17f?mod=rss_Technology
21		tm	Researchers at Leviathan Security Group developed a method of attacking VPN apps so that some, or all of the traffic meant to be kept private could be monitored by the attackers. The attackers would need admin access to the network you are connecting to for internet or be able to set up a rogue DHCP server. A DHCP server assigns IP addresses to devices, and the attackers could use that to force the VPN app to connect to it and monitor the traffic there. Android is not susceptible to the attack because it doesn't support the method of forcing DHCP server assignemnt. Other Linux operating systems have settings that reduce the impact. All other OSs are vulnerable. The only other mitigation is to to the VPN inside of a virtual machine with a network adapter that isn't in bridged mode.	https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/
22		sl	Nintendo said Tuesday “We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year (which ends March 2025). It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015.” The announcement came along with earnings, which saw profit rise 13% and sales rise 4%.	https://apnews.com/article/nintendo-switch-console-zelda-5edd1eeb134bbfb6ce7680c935b3bf24
23		tm	Google will no longer require a phone number to set up multi-factor authentication on its accounts, letting you skip right to hardware keys or authenticator apps. This lets users avoid using the slightly less secure SMS method of getting a second factor. The changes are rolling out to all Workspace and personal accounts. Google also announced a new security offering called Google Threat Intelligence that combines data from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and Google with Gemini 1.5 Pro generative models to quickly identify and respond to threats. It can be licensed by companies as a standalone offering, but is also included in Google Security Operations. And just for kicks Google announced the Pixel 8A, a bargain version of the Pixel 8 with a FUll HD Oled screen, 120 Hertz refresh, new Tensor G3 processor, starting with 256 GB of storage for $499. Preorder now, shipping next week.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/6/24150354/google-workspace-2fa-easier-phone-number
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26		sl	Disney's Bob Iger told investors that the company will add select live sports and studio shows from ESPN to the Disney+ service by the end of this year. This follows bringing Hulu content to Disney+, and in advance of a stand-alone ESPN product to come in the autumn of 2025. ESPN will also be part of a combined sports offering with Fox and Warner Brothers Discovery to launch later this year. But unlike Hulu, only a subset of ESPN content will come to Disney+. Meanwhile, Disney says its streaming services are expected to be profitable by the end of the year.	https://deadline.com/2024/05/espn-programming-disney-plus-streaming-2024-bob-iger-1235907044/
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31		tm	OpenAI launched a tool to help identify images created by DALL-E 3. The company claims it can correctly identify images as DALl-E 3 generated 98% of the time and incorrectly identifies non-AI-generated images as created by the model 0.5% of the time. It does not rely on watermarks or other signatures. However if the DALL-E 3 image is modified, say by changing the color hue, the new tool's accuracy falls. OpenAI will open its research to people outside the company to try to improve its accuracy on edited images.	https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-says-it-can-now-detect-images-spawned-by-its-softwaremost-of-the-time-83011149?st=hfix05fvfnpjfo1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
32		sl	Open AI also announced it's working on a Media Manager tool that will let creators identify their works and select whether they want them to be included or excluded from training OpenAI's models. The idea is the tool would recognize the text, images, audio, or video across multiple sources, once identified. You can already request the removal of images from the training set and control scraping of websites with a robots.txt file, but this would go further, attempting to prevent or allow use wherever the work was found. The tool won't be available until 2025 at the earliest.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/openai-says-its-building-a-tool-to-let-content-creators-opt-out-of-ai-training/
33		tm	And OpenAI continues to strike licensing deals with big publishers to get access to their data. Dotdash Meredith is the latest. The company publishes People, Better Homes & Gardens, Investopedia, Food & Wine, and InStyle. Dotdash Meredith will use OpenAI models in ad targeting and in turn OpenAI gets its content for training and highlighting in answers from ChatGPT. OpenAI now has deals with the Financial Times, Axel Springer, The Associated Press and more. Meanwhile it's being sued by Alden Global Capital which publishes the Chicago Tribune as well as by the New York Times. OpenAI is doing its darndest to self-regulate ahead of actual legal regulation. Around the table, do we think it's enough? And if not what else would you like to see?	https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151171/openai-dotdash-meredith-people-instyle-licensing
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39		sl	Amazon launched its online shopping service in South Africa Tuesday. Amazon.co.za will offer same-day delivery and next-day delivery with more than 3,000 pickup points.. The company says shoppers will get free delivery on first orders, followed by free delivery for subsequent orders above 500 rand ($27.07) as folks get used to the system. The offerings will be a mix of local and international brands across 20 different product categories like consumer electronics, home and small kitchen appliances, and will international brands such as Apple, says Amazon. This might surprise you as it did me, since South Africa has nearly 60 million people according to a 2022 census, and is generally considered the continent's most advanced economy. Amazon seems to note how expanding in the country is unique, noting than 60% of the items sold in its stores globally are already from independent sellers, and South African brands in particular stand to benefit from Amazon's help.	https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-launches-online-shopping-service-south-africa-2024-05-07/
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48		sl	Eileen Rivera and I are recording a special edition of Apple Vision Show live at 630 PM PT in light of Apple's big iPad keynote announcement this morning. Join us live at dailytechnewsshow.com/live, or listen on demand as you like! Either way get subscribed now applevisionshow.com	Subscribe to Apple Vision Show: https://applevisionshow.com
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54		tm	Apple announced new iPads Tuesday. The iPad Pro is now available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes starting with 256 GB at $999 and $1299 respectively and more expensive at up to 2TB maximum storage.. Both models have OLED "Ultra Retina XDR" displays with peak brightness of 1600 nits and d dual OLED screen plus a reduce glare option called nano texture glass. The tablets are thin with the 11-inch being 5.1mm and the 13-inch is 5.3mm. They both are the first products to ship with the new M4 processor. It's made on a 3-nanometer process has 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores and includes. 10-core GPU that can support mesh shading and ray tracing. The Neural Processing Unit, which handles AI can also do 38 trillion operations per second. An improved thermal design also improves performance.	https://www.theverge.com/24151128/apple-ipad-pro-2024-hands-on
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56			--	https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-debuts-ipad-pro-with-m4-chip-as-company-looks-to-turn-around-sales-144325652.html
57		tm	Apple also updated the iPad Airs, now available in 11-inch starting at 256 GB for $599 and a new 13-inch starting at $799, and both can be configured for more money up to 1 TB of storage. These feature the M2 chip and Wifi 6E. Both the new iPad Pros and iPad airs have moved the front facing camera to the landscape bar for use when in a landscape orientation. There's also a purple model and support for Spatial Audio.	https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-unveils-the-redesigned-11-inch-and-all-new-13-inch-ipad-air-with-m2/
58		sl	A new Magic Keyboard is thinner and lighter with a function row of keys and larger trackpad. It's $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 13-inch. A new Apple Pencil works with the new Airs and Pros and offers squeeze to select and a gyroscope to detect when you roll the pencil. It also works with Find My for when you lose it. It sells for $129.	https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/apple-debuts-pro-magic-keyboard/
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60		tm	There's also a new Final Cut Pro for iPad that can do live Multicam during recording with up to 4 cameras from iPhones or other iPads. A new iPhone app called Final Cut camera works with this. You can also edit off a connected drive on iPad. And Logic Pro 2 includes new AI session players for Bass and Keyboard. It already had drums. There's also a Chroma Glow Plugin for analog sound. And Stem Splitter can pull out bass, voice, drums, and other into four separate tracks.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151109/apple-final-cut-camera-app-support-multicam-ipad
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62			NOTES Keynote shot on iPhone, edited on Mac and iPad entire keynote was 37 min long The iPad 10th gen got a price cut down to $349. And the iPad mini will remain for sale.
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