Friday, August 29, 2025

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Chaos At CDC As Trump Admin Ousts CDC Director After Only Weeks On The Job

Timothy Geigner / techdirt - The CDC has plunged into chaos. Dr. Susan Monarez, the newly minted CDC Director, a role she held for a matter of mere weeks, has been fired by the Trump administration. We actually wrote about Monarez previously, as she was engaged with both the CDC team…

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iPhone 17 Pro rumors: Apple's best iPhones are about to get even better

appleinsider - Apple's best iPhone is about to get even better. With a new design, new colors, and more on the way, here's what you should be looking forward to from iPhone 17 Pro.iPhone 17 Pro - Image Credit: AppleInsiderIf Apple sticks to its now familiar release cade…

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WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - A spyware vendor was behind a recent campaign that abused a vulnerability in WhatsApp to deliver an exploit capable of hacking into iPhones and Macs.

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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.

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Tesla asks for $243 million verdict to be tossed in fatal Autopilot crash suit

cnbc - The Tesla collision in Key Largo, Florida, killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides and severely injured her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo.

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Trump causes Lego to suspend ‘Pick a Brick’ program in Canada

Brad Bennett / mobilesyrup - The Lego Pick a Brick program allows people to buy individual bricks, but the Trump government got rid of the de minimis rule, which waived import fees on items less than $800 in value, making it hard for small businesses and bespoke items like this to pa…

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FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.

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Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of ChatGPT, threatened to quit Meta just days after joining, forcing the company to name him Chief Scientist to prevent his exit.The post Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining a…

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X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - X.AI has introduced Grok Code Fast 1, a new AI model designed specifically for agent-based programming.The article X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1 appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Windows 11 update blamed for SSD failures, but Phison can't reproduce issue

techspot - SSD manufacturer Phison says it has been unable to confirm whether Windows 11 24H2's KB5063878 update is responsible for storage drives crashing during file transfers larger than 50GB. The company is the first storage vendor to publicly respond to recent …

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TSMC reportedly cuts Chinese chipmaking tools from 2nm fabs as suppliers face scrutiny due to emerging new US restrictions

tomshardware - TSMC will no longer use Chinese-made equipment in its 2nm chip production lines, according to reports from both Digitimes and Nikkei Asia.

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LEGO Ideas Site Conceptualizes Apple’s Iconic Bondi Blue iMac G3

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - The official LEGO Ideas website has a conceptualized recreation of Apple's Bondi Blue iMac G3 from 1998.The post LEGO Ideas Site Conceptualizes Apple’s Iconic Bondi Blue iMac G3 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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UK iCloud data demand wanted far more than the world's Messages

appleinsider - The UK seemed to give in over demanding Apple give it backdoor access to iPhone users' encrypted data, but it may still be pressing for it — and it wanted much more than was previously believed.UK Parliament — image credit: UK GovernmentThe UK government …

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Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Diversify Beyond OpenAI

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has launched two powerful in-house AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, signaling a major strategy to build its own foundational AI alongside its OpenAI partnership.The post Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Dive…

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