Technology News for Wednesday 6th March 2024

1. US lawmakers push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

The bill is the first significant legislative move in nearly a year toward banning or forcing ByteDance to divest the popular app, after senate legislation to ban it stalled in Congress last year in the face of heavy lobbying by TikTok.

2. Apple warns users against critical memory corrupting attacks

Tracked as CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, the vulnerabilities allow attackers with arbitrary kernel read and write capabilities to bypass kernel memory protections on iOS kernel and RTKit (Apple's real-time operating system), respectively.

3. People track their number of steps. Now dogs can get in on the action

Strava partners with smart dog collar manufacturer Fi to bring their technology to the canine market. With the app and collar your dog's step count, exercise route and other data will be available. Copyright 2024 NPR.

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5. No, iPhone's Journal app doesn't share your info with strangers — but another setting does

An app made for Apple iPhone users to "capture life's moments" has instead grabbed attention for all the wrong reasons. Rumors continue to swirl on social media the tech company's Journal app poses serious risks to online security and privacy.

6. You can save yourself some awkward moments by editing your cringey DMs, thanks to Instagram's latest update

Instagram has announced a bunch of new direct messaging features. · Users can edit DMs, switch off read receipts, and pin messages from their top contacts.

7. What is a GPU? An expert explains the chips powering the AI boom, and why they're worth trillions

Originally designed to speed up computer graphics, GPUs have become a hot commodity as AI workhorses. Contact. Share.

8. Microsoft Engineer Warns Copilot Tool Generates Harmful AI Images, Needs Better Safeguards

said the company's AI image tool generated violent and sexual images that could pose a danger to society. In letters to the Federal Trade Commission and to Microsoft's board on Wednesday, Shane Jones, a principal software ...

9. Microsoft engineer warns company's AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights

Shane Jones, who's worked at Microsoft for six years, has been testing the company's AI image generator in his free time and told CNBC he is disturbed by his findings. He's warned Microsoft of the sexual and violent content that the product, ...

10. Latest Updates of Viva Biotech's Portfolio Companies

HONG KONG, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Even with the ever-changing situation, technological innovation is still the most critical component for biopharmaceutical companies' long-term development. This continuous innovation keeps companies up to date ...

11. 17 years of your adult life may be spent online. These expert tips may help curb your screen time

Worldwide, internet users spend an average 400 minutes—nearly seven hours—a day online, according to a new report. Getty Images. You're reading this on ...

12. Ikea's new collection of office furniture is designed for complete focus

The flexible office is going mainstream. Today, furnishings giant Ikea is releasing Mittzon, its newest system of furniture for the office. Designed specifically for all the ways the office has been contorted and reconfigured by the post-pandemic ...

13. These Must-Have Bose Speakers Are Up to 30% Off Right Now

Bose makes some of the best audio devices you can buy, often earning spots on our roundup of the best Bluetooth speakers on the market. While top sound quality carries a hefty price tag, there are deals that can make it more affordable to upgrade your ...

14. Epic Games says Apple retaliated over lawsuits by banning company's developer account

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Apple rejected Epic's application for a developer account it would use to launch an app store for iPhones in Europe. Sweeney said Apple's decision was in retaliation over the gaming company's antitrust lobbying, ...

15. NASA cancels multibillion-dollar on-orbit satellite servicing mission

NASA has canceled a complex and costly satellite-servicing demonstration mission. The On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM)-1 spacecraft was to use a robotic arm and other tools to grapple the Landsat 7 Earth-observation satellite and ...

16. The structure and physical properties of a packaged bacteriophage particle

Here we report all-atom structural models of an HK97 virion, including its entire 39,732 base pair genome, obtained through multiresolution simulations. Mimicking the action of a packaging motor, the genome was gradually loaded into the capsid.

17. Oregon legislature passes Right to Repair Act, allowing consumers to fix their own electronics

According to state lawmakers, Senate Bill 1596 will require manufacturing companies to make diagnostic tools, information, and replacement parts available to consumers and third-party repair shops so Oregonians can more affordably fix their phones, ...

18. Nothing Phone (2a): Snappy Design And A Very Keen Price

A pricier version with 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage costs £349. Only the second of these will go on sale in the U.S. and will sell for $349 through a developer program and, please note, will only work with T-Mobile for 5G, it doesn't work with AT&T or ...

19. Microsoft ignored safety problems with AI image generator, engineer complains

An artificial intelligence engineer at Microsoft published a letter Wednesday alleging that the company's AI image generator lacks basic safeguards against creating violent and sexualized images. In the letter, engineer Shane Jones states that his repeated ...

20. NASA taps Nikon cameras to help Artemis astronauts photograph the moon

A person holds a device with a light pointing at a rocky wall. NASA astronaut Jessica Wittner uses an early design of the Artemis lunar camera to take photos during planetary geological field ...

21. Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account—Claiming Fortnite Maker Is 'Untrustworthy'

Apple has terminated the developer account for Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, preventing the company from releasing Fortnite and a third-party app store in Europe, Epic Games said Wednesday, the latest contention between the two companies amid a ...

22. Experts on the News: Smart devices can keep your health in check, Ohio State cardiologist says

The popularity of smart devices has skyrocketed throughout the decade. From smart watches to smart rings, tracking and monitoring health has never been more accessible. Researchers at The Ohio State University are looking into clinically utilizing ...

23. Leadless permanent pacemaker implant shows favorable safety at 5 years

“Only 2% of patients required upgrade to [cardiac resynchronization therapy] during follow-up despite high burden of right ventricular pacing. It also shed light on the lifecycle management of leadless pacemakers and how physicians managed the leadless ...

24. How to Lead Great Conversations with Your Team

Some leaders spend their careers honing their relationships with employees. But Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg and corporate communications expert Michael Slind argue that leaders are at their best when they simply talk with their ...

25. Fortnite Maker Epic Games Says Apple Terminated Its App Store Developer Account

Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, shown here, is in a battle with Apple over a possible competing app store for developers. Nelson Aguilar/CNET.