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Apple has pulled end-to-end encryption to users in the UK, in response to its government asking the company for a backdoor to user data (2:30)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/apple-pulls-data-protection-tool-instead-of-caving-to-uk-demand-for-a-backdoor/
Hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in ethereum from crypto exchange Bybit, in the biggest digital heist in history. (9:20)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/crypto-exchange-seeks-bybit-ethereum-stolen-digital-wallet
Dark Clouds Over BlueSky, Again (14:20)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2025/02/23/dark-clouds-over-bluesky-again/
OpenAI has banned a handful of Chinese Accounts that were using ChatGPT to make anti-American propganda in south american countries (20:03)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-removes-chinese-accounts-which-published-propaganda-in-latin-american
Grok 3 has appeared to briefly censor unflattering info about Elon Musk and President Donald Trump (24:07)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/grok-3-appears-to-have-briefly-censored-unflattering-mentions-of-trump-and-musk/
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Today’s Stories:
Apple has pulled end-to-end encryption to users in the UK, in response to its government asking the company for a backdoor to user data (2:30)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/apple-pulls-data-protection-tool-instead-of-caving-to-uk-demand-for-a-backdoor/
Hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in ethereum from crypto exchange Bybit, in the biggest digital heist in history. (9:20)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/crypto-exchange-seeks-bybit-ethereum-stolen-digital-wallet
Dark Clouds Over BlueSky, Again (14:20)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2025/02/23/dark-clouds-over-bluesky-again/
OpenAI has banned a handful of Chinese Accounts that were using ChatGPT to make anti-American propganda in south american countries (20:03)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-removes-chinese-accounts-which-published-propaganda-in-latin-american
Grok 3 has appeared to briefly censor unflattering info about Elon Musk and President Donald Trump (24:07)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/grok-3-appears-to-have-briefly-censored-unflattering-mentions-of-trump-and-musk/
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1 iPad Air and MacBook Air Get Refreshed, New iPhone Fold Rumors, and Utah Passes App Store Age Bill 22:56
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1 Trump Announces Crypto Reserve, Siri Still Sucks, and Most US Workers Still Don’t Use AI 24:06
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1 A.I. Agents Communicating in Secret Language and Apple Shareholders Vote to Keep DEI 25:12
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1 Apple Ends Encryption in UK, Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion Ethereum, and BlueSky Eats Itself 29:50
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1 iPhone 16E Announced, The Argentine President’s Crypto Rug Pull, HP Buys Humane AI, and Spotify HiFi 30:21
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1 Meet Elon Musk’s DOGE Engineers, Apple Intelligence on Vision Pro, and The NY Times Adopts AI Tools 35:23
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