Technology News for Friday 12th July 2024

1. Samsung is developing AI features specifically for China as it looks to claw back into market

Samsung is developing its suite of artificial features known as Galaxy AI specifically for the Chinese market, the company's mobile chief TM Roh told CNBC. China, the world's biggest smartphone market, has been a struggle for Samsung over the last few ...

2. Apple expands Vision Pro to more countries outside the US

The Vision Pro will hit stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. on Friday. At one of Apple's largest stores in London on Regent Street, customers booked slots for demos with the Vision Pro. The demos offer Apple a chance to convince ...

3. CMF Phone 1, Buds Pro 2, Watch Pro 2 go on sale with introductory offers

Nothing is also offering accessories such as a stand, lanyard and card case that can be attached directly to the smartphone using the rotatable dial and screws on the device.

4. Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed in a massive breach

The call and text message records of tens of millions of AT&T cellphone customers and many non-AT&T customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday. AT&T said the hacked data did not include the ...

5. AT&T breach leaked call and text records from 'nearly all' wireless customers

AT&T revealed Friday morning that a cybersecurity attack had exposed call records and texts from “nearly all” of the carrier's cellular customers (including people on mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs, that use AT&T's network, like Cricket, ...

6. Major Shift in the Clinical Definition of Parkinson's Triggers Debate

A team led by Tanya Simuni, MD, with Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, proposed a biological definition that combines PD and dementia with Lewy bodies under the term neuronal alpha-synuclein disease (NSD).

7. Research shows AI can boost creativity for some, but at a cost

Can an AI chatbot make a person more creative? Supporters of Artificial Intelligence say it can serve as a muse, but critics doubt it — they say that it does little more than remix existing work. Now, new research suggests that elements of both ...

8. The Sweeping Danger of the AT&T Phone Records Breach

Telecom giant AT&T says a major data breach has exposed the call and text records of “nearly all” of its customers, epitomizing the dire state of data security.

9. Hackers stole almost everyone's AT&T phone records. What should you do?

Another day, another data breach. But this one is nasty. AT&T said Friday that hackers who have hit other companies also swiped at least six months of 2022 phone records for almost everyone who had AT&T mobile service — that's roughly 95 million ...

10. How AT&T customers can protect themselves in the latest data breach

AT&T listed approximately 110 million wireless subscribers as of the end of 2022. Here's what that means for the millions of Americans that use AT&T's cellular service. What's at risk. Hackers did not get any ...

11. Scientists unveil prototype spacesuit system that recycles urine as drinking water

The urine collection garment prototype is designed to replace the maximum absorption garments, or adult diapers, currently worn by astronauts. Claire Walter. Sign up for CNN's Wonder ...

12. AT&T Says Phone Data of 'Nearly All' Customers Was Breached in 2022

A cyberattack on the telecommunications giant AT&T exposed phone records from “nearly all” of its customers but did not compromise the content of calls or texts, the company said Friday. “We have taken steps to close off the illegal access point,” AT&T ...

13. AI can make you more creative—but it has limits

Although it can boost individuals' creativity, it seems to homogenize and flatten our collective output. By. Rhiannon Williamsarchive page. July 12, 2024. two children sitting on the Hans Christian Andersen statue reading the stone book in his lap.

14. Save 67% on an Echo Pop and Smart Bulb With This Pre-Prime Day Deal

You can even use the smart speaker top actually control the bulb too, so it's a great starter pack for smart homes, or just a solid and very affordable addition to anything you already have. This ...