Tech
AI Summary
- Apple has initiated legal action against OpenAI, alleging the latter engaged in trade secret theft by employing former Apple engineers and utilizing Apple's hardware designs.
- Meta faced significant backlash and subsequently removed an AI-driven feature from Instagram that allowed users to generate AI images of public accounts, highlighting growing concerns about AI ethics and privacy.
- SK Hynix secured $26.5 billion in what is now the largest foreign initial public offering in US history, with significant pressure to establish new semiconductor fabrication plants within the United States.
- Bluesky has officially appointed Toni Schneider as its permanent CEO, moving past her interim role.
- The European Union is contemplating hefty fines for Meta, citing the allegedly addictive design of its flagship platforms, Facebook and Instagram, and signaling increased regulatory scrutiny on social media's impact on user behavior.
Sources
TechCrunch
-
US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
4 hours ago
by Zack Whittaker
Security, CISA, cybersecurity, us governmentIndependent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded.
-
Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
4 hours ago
by Dominic-Madori Davis
Startups, affiliate marketing, In Brief, Phia, Phoebe Gates, Sophia KianniPhia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.
-
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
5 hours ago
by Lucas Ropek
AI, Instagram, Meta, social media"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available."
-
Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
7 hours ago
by Lucas Ropek
Social, Bluesky, Elon Musk, social media, toni schneider, Twitter, XSchneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is "all in" on the unconventional social media platform.
-
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
8 hours ago
by Sarah Perez
AI, Apps, Apple, OpenAI, trade secret theftApple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI's senior leadership, including a longtime former employee.
Hacker News
- Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows 6 hours ago
- QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall 13 hours ago
- Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets 8 hours ago
- An iroh powered smart fan 4 days ago
- An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation 9 hours ago
Engadget
-
Meta deactivates feature that let you generate AI images of any public Instagram account
3 hours ago
by Mariella Moon
AI, MetaMeta has deactivated the Muse Image capability to create AI deepfakes of any public Instagram account you @-mention.
-
Apple calls OpenAI's hardware business 'rotten to its core' in trade secret theft lawsuit
7 hours ago
by Karissa Bell
AI, AppleThe lawsuit also names io Products, the hardware company led by Jony Ive.
-
Mamdani announces new Click-to-Cancel rule for New York City
8 hours ago
by Ian Carlos Campbell
Big TechThe rule revives a proposed FTC protection that was abandoned last year.
-
OpenAI's browser isn't dead, it just moved to the ChatGPT app
9 hours ago
by Igor Bonifacic
AILet's be real, OpenAI isn't giving up on the browser market, it is just changing its strategy.
-
The Meta Glasses backlash is changing how (or if) people use them
9 hours ago
by Karissa Bell
MetaBacklash online is changing how (or if) people wear Meta's smart glasses.
The Verge
-
No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance
5 hours ago
by Jay Peters
News, TechOn Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of what appeared to be a cease and desist letter from the surveillance technology company Flock Safety. Flock has received significant backlash over its technology and work with law enforcement agencies, and this letter kicked off yet another wave of criticism against the company for allegedly trying to shut down discussions of its work. "WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED," the group, The Saturday Salon, wrote in the Instagram post , which has more than 3,000 likes. A separate post about the letter on Bluesky
-
Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
5 hours ago
by Jay Peters
AI, Instagram, Meta, News, TechFollowing significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account could be used in AI creations without the account owner's permission. "Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference," Meta says in an update to a blog post about its new Muse Image AI model. "Our intent
-
The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban
6 hours ago
by Sean Hollister
Policy, TechThe Xtra Muse and the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Last year, we told you about Xtra , the company that lets DJI sneak its popular cameras into the US, and Skyrover, a brand seemingly selling DJI drones in disguise . They're just two of the many firms DJI is suspected of starting to skirt the United States' foreign drone ban . But it appears the FCC is finally doing something about "DJI front companies," as watcher Konrad Iturbe dubbed them last year . Today, the FCC is fining eight of them $25,000
-
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
7 hours ago
by Jay Peters
AI, Apple, News, OpenAI, TechApple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers stole Apple secrets to advance the AI startup's hardware plans. In its complaint , Apple says it uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple." In addition to OpenAI, the lawsuit also names IO Products - Jony Ive's hardware startup, which OpenAI bought in 2025 - along with two specific employees, Tang Tan (OpenAI's chief hardware officer) and Chang Liu (who joined OpenAI from Apple in January). An Apple spokesperson shared this statement with 9to5Mac : At Apple, our teams are constantly developing breakthrough
-
A decade later, Pokémon Go finally made good on its original promise
9 hours ago
by Charles Pulliam-Moore
Entertainment, Gaming, News, Nintendo, PokemonWhen Niantic dropped the first Pokémon Go trailer in 2015, it was hard to grasp how a bunch of players could work together to catch a pokémon like Mewtwo. But this week at the game's 10th anniversary event in New York City, Pokémon Go showed the world how it's done. Almost 2,000 players (many of them Pokémon Go influencers) packed into Times Square on Thursday evening to participate in a special battle. It was cool to see Times Square briefly go dark before the billboards began lighting up, revealing an escaped Mewtwo Mega Evolving, and it was even wilder to
Wired
-
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
4 hours ago
by Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Safety, ConcernsJohannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
-
Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions
6 hours ago
by Molly Taft
Science, Science / Environment, Business, Wrong, WayData centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.
-
Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
8 hours ago
by Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Export, ControlsThe iPhone maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details.
-
Meet the Battery Startup Taking on China’s Giants
11 hours ago
by Zeyi Yang
Business, Business / Energy, Made, in, ChinaSolid-state batteries are safer and more capable—but harder to mass-produce. They also represent an opportunity for non-Chinese companies to get back in the game.
-
What Watching a Soccer Final Does to Your Body, According to Science
13 hours ago
by Jorge Garay
Science, Science / Health, World, Cup, 2026A recent study tracked hundreds of soccer fans until their favorite team reached the final of a tournament. Their stress levels skyrocketed, and their heart rates jumped too.