Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works. Federal Judge Vince Chhabria issu…

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Apple rolls out comprehensive iOS 26 update wave across devices

In a coordinated release, Apple has pushed a suite of operating system updates that touch nearly every device in its ecosystem. The announcement highlights iOS 26 beta improvements, new iPadOS features including additional default apps, enhanced watchOS functionality, and a HomePod update with a Recovery Assistant, along with analyst critiques on missing features.

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Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. …

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The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America

David Pierce / theverge - When the Trump Organization launched the Trump Mobile wireless carrier, it also launched a flagship phone called the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version). One of the phone’s main selling points was that it was to be made in America. We figured that was unlikely t…

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Anthropic upgrades Claude with shareable AI apps and experiences

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today upgraded its Artifacts feature that provides users with a real-time dedicated workspace for a collaborative creative interface with Claude, the company’s artificial intelligence model, by introducing a dedicated space to view creations…

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AlphaGenome: New Google AI Predicts Effects of Genetic Mutations

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google DeepMind builds on its AlphaFold success with AlphaGenome, a new AI that deciphers the non-coding genome to predict the molecular impact of genetic variations, accelerating the hunt for disease causes and cures.The post AlphaGenome: New Google AI P…

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French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins

Connor Jones / theregister - Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes The Paris police force's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) has arrested a further four men as part of a long-running investigation into the criminals behind BreachForums.…

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The Apple Sports app now offers tennis scores, just in time for Wimbledon

Kris Holt / engadget - Apple is rolling out a notable update for its Sports app. Just ahead of the Wimbledon Championships getting under way, Apple is adding point-by-point tennis scores to Sports. You'll be able to get live updates from Grand Slam and ATP Masters 1000-level ma…

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Ring's AI video descriptions tell you who's doing what

Will Shanklin / engadget - Here's a use of artificial intelligence that could be handy. Ring is adding AI-generated text descriptions of alerts. If it works well, a glance will be all it takes to tell whether something requires your attention.Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gave some e…

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M5 OLED iPad Pro fall release more certain, screen production underway

appleinsider - The fall update adding the M5 chip to the iPad Pro is getting closer to reality, with OLED displays for the tablet reportedly entering mass production for a launch in October.13-inch M4 iPad Pro with an OLED displayApple's fall updates tend to include som…

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Court says AI training on books is fair use but Anthropic must face trial over pirated copies

techspot - However, the judge simultaneously ordered the company to face trial this December for allegedly building a "central library" containing over 7 million pirated books, a decision that maintains crucial safeguards for content creators.Read Entire Article

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HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60Hz

Andrew Liszewski / theverge - After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI Forum is finally releasing the new HDMI 2.2 specification to manufacturers today. Although there is no definitive timeline for how long it will take hardware makers to adopt the new specification, the first …

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Car makers reject CarPlay Ultra as an Apple overreach

appleinsider - Apple's CarPlay Ultra faces a long road to becoming a widely-used feature, as car makers are pushing back on supporting Apple's system in favor of their own solutions.CarPlay Ultra on Aston Martin - Image credit AppleThe shift from CarPlay to CarPlay Ultr…

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PlayStation Plus’ 15th Anniversary Hits With New Montly Games for July

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - PlayStation is celebrating the 15-year anniversary of PlayStation Plus, offering three new games as well as activities.The post PlayStation Plus’ 15th Anniversary Hits With New Montly Games for July first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Google is bringing Gemini CLI to developers’ terminals

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Google has launched a new open-source AI agent that brings Gemini’s coding, content generation, and research capabilities directly into developers’ terminals. Gemini CLI provides a “fundamental upgrade to your command line experience,” according to Google…

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Google's Imagen 4 text-to-image model promises 'significantly improved' boring images

Steve Dent / engadget - Google has unveiled its latest text-to-image model Imagen 4 with the usual promise of "significantly improved text rendering" over the previous version, Imagen 3. The company also introduced a new deluxe version called Imagen 4 Ultra designed to follow mo…

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