Wes Davis / The Verge:
Some iPhone owners say the iOS 17.5 update, which Apple released on Monday, is resurfacing photos they had deleted — Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5 …
Google says Wear OS 5 will consume 20% less battery life and have more useful watch face complications; the Wear OS user base grew by 40% in the last year (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Google says Wear OS 5 will consume 20% less battery life and have more useful watch face complications; the Wear OS user base grew by 40% in the last year — Wear OS 5 is on its way, and with it, Google says Android smartwatch users ought to see even better battery life.
Google announces a threat detection capability coming to Android that uses on-device AI to spot malware, analyzing apps’ use of permissions and services (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google announces a threat detection capability coming to Android that uses on-device AI to spot malware, analyzing apps’ use of permissions and services — Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android. Its new live threat detection service …
Google unveils Android for Cars updates: new apps including Max, Peacock, and Angry Birds for select car models, Google Cast for Android Automotive OS, and more (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Google unveils Android for Cars updates: new apps including Max, Peacock, and Angry Birds for select car models, Google Cast for Android Automotive OS, and more — There are also forthcoming developer tools for creating new experiences. — Google just announced at an update coming …
Google unveils Android 15 security features, like Theft Detection Lock, which detects motions associated with theft, and Private Space, to store sensitive data (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google unveils Android 15 security features, like Theft Detection Lock, which detects motions associated with theft, and Private Space, to store sensitive data — Google is announcing an array of new security features as it releases its second Android 15 beta, including a feature that can detect …
Google opens early API access to its Google Home platform, letting developers join a waitlist to access 600M+ Matter or Works with Google Home devices (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Google opens early API access to its Google Home platform, letting developers join a waitlist to access 600M+ Matter or Works with Google Home devices — Google has announced that it’s opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform. This means that any app maker …
The FBI seizes the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals and the website’s Telegram channel (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
The FBI seizes the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals and the website’s Telegram channel — The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals.
Uber plans to work with local fleets to add US shuttle bus services to and from airports, concert venues, and sports stadiums, for a fraction of UberX’s cost (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber plans to work with local fleets to add US shuttle bus services to and from airports, concert venues, and sports stadiums, for a fraction of UberX’s cost — – Uber Shuttle priced at a fraction of usual cost of rideshares — Uber also announces Costco partnership in product update
Intel details Thunderbolt Share, a new specification and app to connect two PCs, letting users transfer data at 40Gbps or more, control another PC, and more (Mark Hachman/PCWorld)
Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
Intel details Thunderbolt Share, a new specification and app to connect two PCs, letting users transfer data at 40Gbps or more, control another PC, and more — With Thunderbolt Share, Intel is turning the Thunderbolt cable into a way to connect two PCs to one another, sharing files or controlling a PC.
Anthropic hires Instagram and Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, after the startup released an iOS app for its Claude chatbot (David Pierce/The Verge)
David Pierce / The Verge:
Anthropic hires Instagram and Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, after the startup released an iOS app for its Claude chatbot — As Anthropic tries to take on the AI giants, it has a new big-name executive on board: the company announced this morning that Mike Krieger is its new chief product officer.
