2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (431+ words) Snapchat Plans turns group chats into invite-only gatherings of up to 200 people, and arrives with Brussels already investigating how the app protects the young users it was built around Snap has launched Snapchat Plans, an invite-only tool for organising real-world…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (715+ words) All four ran in evaluations built by the same third-party partner, without the safeguards that ship with released models. One case from January was not found until August. Anthropic has published an account of four cybersecurity evaluations in which its…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1267+ words) Apple ended its keynote with the iPhone Duo, a foldable that opens to 7.6 inches and starts at $1,999. IDC expected $2,500 and Samsung's Z Fold8 Ultra costs $2,099, so Apple entered the category last and priced below it. The chip inside is the same…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (986+ words) Google rolled out its DMA remedy across European search on Tuesday and warned that it is the biggest quality drop in the engine's 29-year history. The warning may be fair. It is also unverifiable, because every figure behind it belongs…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (254+ words) Draft Australian laws would require recurring prompts offering a non-algorithmic feed, with fines above A$100m. Europe grants the right but not the prompt....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (312+ words) Huawei has unveiled the Mate XT 2, its third tri-folding phone, running a Kirin 9050 Pro on its own process. It goes on sale in China on 10 September, a day after Apple is expected to reveal its first foldable iPhone....

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (972+ words) Thailand has 35 data centres running, 49 suspended and 117 awaiting approval. The pause followed a complaint about one built next to a hospital, which exposed that data centres can seek planning permission as warehouses. Thailand has stopped construction on 49 data centres, which…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (452+ words) The DSA designation covers the part of ChatGPT that retrieves, not the part that talks. The platform label carried safe harbour....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (453+ words) Government Community Cloud High exists because Washington specified a segregated environment and Microsoft built to it, whereas the EU cloud certification scheme has been in draft since December 2020, had its sovereignty requirement removed in 2024 and has still not been adopted…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (34+ words) World has open-sourced ProveKit, a zero-knowledge proving toolkit that lets developers build identity checks running directly on users' phones. People can prove age, nationality, or ID possession without sharing the underlying personal data....