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iPhone Driver’s License Support Coming Soon To California
iPhone and Apple Watch users in California will soon be able to add their digital ID and driver’s license to the Wallet app, as revealed by new landing pages on the state DMV website. This feature follows a slow rollout since its announcement, with only five states currently supporting it. Read more…
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Every Microsoft Employee Is Now Being Judged on Their Security Work
Reeling from security and optics issues, Microsoft appears to be trying to correct its story. An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft made it clear earlier this year that it was planning to make security its top priority, following years of security issues and mounting criticisms. Starting today, the software Read more…
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Indonesia Bans Search Engine DuckDuckGo On Gambling, Pornography Concerns
Indonesia said it has banned the privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns that it could be used to access pornography and online gambling websites which are illegal in the country, the communications ministry said on Friday. Indonesia, with the world’s biggest Muslim population, has strict rules that ban the sharing Read more…
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Silicon Valley Parents Are Sending Kindergarten Kids To AI-Focused Summer Camps
Silicon Valley’s fascination with AI has led to parents enrolling children as young as five in AI-focused summer camps. “It’s common for kids on summer break to attend space, science or soccer camp, or even go to coding school,” writes Priya Anand via the San Francisco Standard. “But the growing Read more…
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Neuralink Has Successfully Implanted a Second Brain Chip, Musk Says
Neuralink has successfully implanted in a second patient its device designed to give paralyzed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, according to the startup’s owner Elon Musk… [Musk] gave few details about the second participant beyond saying the person had a spinal cord injury similar to Read more…