Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book”  —  Users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will be able to make video and audio calls through … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Sources: Apple plans to eliminate social media support adviser roles across X, YouTube, and the Apple Support Community website starting later in 2023  —  Apple is planning to eliminate social media support advisor roles across Twitter, YouTube, and the Apple Support Community website starting later … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: X updates its privacy policy to include new biometric data, which the company plans to collect for safety and security, along with data on jobs and education  —  – In policy shift, X will use the data for safety, security  — Employment, education history will be used to recommend jobs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta lets users submit requests to access, alter, or delete some of their third-party information that the company uses for generative AI training  —  – Meta updated its help resource center with a form that gives users some control over what personal data is used to train generative artificial intelligence models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: The NYC subway’s OMNY contactless payments system has a privacy issue that lets anyone view a rider’s seven-day trip history using just credit card details  —  In the mid-afternoon one Saturday earlier this month, the target got on the New York subway.  I knew what station they entered the subway at and at what specific time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Sea-owned Garena plans to relaunch its popular mobile game Free Fire in India on September 5, around 18 months after the app was banned over security concerns  —  Garena is relaunching Free Fire in India, a year and a half after the popular mobile title was banned in the South Asian market over national security concerns. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Philips Hue launches Secure, a DIY security system with E2EE, starting at $200 for a wired indoor/outdoor camera, and plans to add Matter support in September  —  Philips Hue is moving into the smart home security space with the launch of Philips Hue Secure, a DIY security system that leverages … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liam Drew / Nature: How open-source software transformed automated insulin delivery systems, as many advocates say the tech promises more personalization than proprietary software  —  – Liam Drew 0  —  Liam Drew is a freelance writer based near London, UK.  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar Lees verder op Tech Meme