US Representative Ritchie Torres is trying to protect gamers from predatory online buying. Meta apologies for pulling the No Kings Instagram account. Also, Meta glasses were totally spying on you.
Anthropic pledges a tiny amount of their stock for philanthropy purposes, while companies around the world are radically cutting AI spending budgets. Banks are looking to offload AI debt. Microsoft pulls out of a British cloud AI deal right before their partner’s IPO.
Google is cracking down on letting you install apps on your phone, but they also let a fake malware version of Chrome through on the Play store. Apple of COURSE put a tiny battery in the iPhone Duo. There are a TON of reactions out on the RTX Spark.
And we need to take a minute to chat about what a NAS is, and how it’s NOT a back up…
Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!
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- US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers “ownership,” not “a license” – Ars Technica
- Meta apologizes after suspending “No Kings” Instagram account | Reuters
- Meta’s Smart Glasses May Have Been Recording People Without Their Knowledge
- Anthropic to commit 5% stake to new public benefit fund
- Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month
- Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote – Startup Fortune
- Microsoft Pulls Out of Giant British AI Cloud Deal Just As Cloud Company Was Expecting to IPO
- Google let a fake Chrome app get 100,000 downloads – Android Authority
- iPhone Duo: Apple confirms small battery with limited lifespan – Notebookcheck News
- Nvidia RTX Spark Analysis – Finally an answer to Apple’s M5 Pro & M5 Max? – Notebookcheck Review
- Juan rambles on about boxes full of hard drives…
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