Tech Meme

Dan Moren / Six Colors: An overview of updates and announcements that didn’t make it into the WWDC keynote, including iOS 17 dropping support for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X  —  Apple’s Monday keynote at WWDC was jam-packed as usual, but even at two hours there’s never enough time to cover everything … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Lagos-based Helium Health, which provides SaaS tools, financing, and insights for health care providers and public health organizations, raised a $30M Series B  —  Helium Health, the African startup that provides software-as-a-service tools, financing, and insights for healthcare providers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew: In a draft, a trade group including the NYT, WaPo, Disney, and NBCUniversal warns publishers that AI tools built on their archives could break copyright laws  —  A group whose members include the New York Times and the Washington Post has advice on how to navigate concerns surrounding AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which appears to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, with near perfect eye tracking and gesture control  —  After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple announces watchOS 10 with an updated UI, including new widgets, Group FaceTime Audio, new fitness and health features, mood tracking, and topographic maps  —  Confirming earlier reports, Apple’s watchOS 10 for its Apple Watch is turning out to be a fairly notable upgrade. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: In a filing, Twitter’s lawyers say “Twitter Files” show no government interference at the company, implying Elon Musk is wrong about what the files revealed  —  from the confirmation-idiocy dept  —  It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Microsoft will pay $20M to settle US FTC charges that the company violated COPPA by collecting personal information from children without their parents’ consent  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: Gigabyte releases BIOS updates to remove a backdoor that was found in over 270 motherboard models and could let hackers install malware when the PC restarts  —  Gigabyte has announced BIOS updates that remove a recently identified backdoor feature in hundreds of its motherboards. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Apple Vision Pro will launch with Disney+ and hundreds of thousands of existing iPhone and iPad apps, including Word and Excel, and support Unity game engine  —  Apple took the wraps off Vision Pro, an expensive pair of goggles the company promises will unlock a new universe of magical new virtual- and augmented-reality apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: Apple Vision Pro will have an Optic ID feature that authenticates users with an iris scan; Apple says Optic ID is more secure than Face ID, which twins can fool  —  Apple Vision Pro uses iris scanning for authentication  —  The next generation of biometric authentication using unique iris patterns … Lees verder op Tech Meme