Daily Tech Headlines

Net Neutrality Rules set to be reinstated on July 22nd, have been put on hold until August 5th, the UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Microsoft’s investment in Inflection AI, and, iOS Beta and other Apple beta operating systems are now available.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple sales are rising in India, AT&T reportedly pays a ransom to delete stolen customer data, HP unveils the OmniBook Ultra. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An AT&T data breach affected all of its customers, The European Union warned X that its blue checkmark verification violates the DMA, and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered its first failure in 7 years.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The EU and Apple reached an agreement making NFC access available on the iPhone, Apple and Google will release a tool allowing Google Photos to transfer pictures to iCloud, and Apple is warning iPhone users across 98 countries of potential mercenary spyware attacks.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google updates Gemini for Android for better compatibility with foldables, Microsoft and Apple abandon OpenAI observer board seats, Microsoft plans to hike Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing in September. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite the hype only 3% of PCs shipped in 2024 will be AI PCs, Spotify is adding comments to podcasts, and the FTC, for the first time, bans an app for users under 18.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple Watch Series 10 models said to have larger and thinner displays, Microsoft offically rolls out spellchecking to Notepad, Apple reverses course and approves Epic Games Store iOS app. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cloudflare launched a tool to keep bots from scraping data to train AI, Epic Games says Apple is impeding it from setting up game stores on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, and YouTube released a tool for creators to remove copyrighted music from their videos.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI’s Mac client stored chats in clear text, Foxconn will invest nearly $551 million in two new projects in Vietnam, and Nintendo won’t use generative AI in games.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Threads announces 175 MAUs, Netflix pulls its basic ad-free plan, Google says its emissions are up in part due to AI energy consumption. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.