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Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement — Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …
Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023 — Cybersecurity continues to command a lot of attention from enterprises looking for better protection from malicious hackers, and VCs want in on the action.
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)
Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M — The founder of a cryptocurrency mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog was ordered to serve 12 1/2 years in prison for laundering tens …
A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms — A Michigan man who ran chat rooms and Discord servers targeting children playing online games and coercing them into self-harm …
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 — Google is generally rolling out its Gemini AI-powered Vids app that lets you create video presentations using a prompt.
Amazon is testing grocery formats that pull together fulfillment networks for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores into a common delivery platform (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal)
Liz Young / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon is testing grocery formats that pull together fulfillment networks for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores into a common delivery platform — The e-commerce giant is testing store formats that more seamlessly align online fulfillment and in-person shopping
Experts say the Trump administration’s approach to cybersecurity is likely to focus on confronting China, relaxing regulations, narrowing CISA’s focus, and more (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:
Experts say the Trump administration’s approach to cybersecurity is likely to focus on confronting China, relaxing regulations, narrowing CISA’s focus, and more — It’s too early to say exactly how a Trump administration will approach cybersecurity policy.
Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Company are seeking ~$65K in damages in their lawsuit and lists the three patents the studio is accused of infringing (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Company are seeking ~$65K in damages in their lawsuit and lists the three patents the studio is accused of infringing — No, Nintendo probably isn’t going easy on the studio. — Nintendo and the Pokémon Company are seeking approximately $65,700 …
UnifyApp, which lets companies build their own AI chatbots by connecting their SaaS apps and data, raised a $20M Series A, around six months after a $11M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
UnifyApp, which lets companies build their own AI chatbots by connecting their SaaS apps and data, raised a $20M Series A, around six months after a $11M seed — These days, it seems like every company either wants to or is already offering an AI product or service.
Apple has added a High Power performance mode, previously reserved for Max and Ultra chips, to the M4 Pro in both the Mac mini and in the new MacBook Pro (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple has added a High Power performance mode, previously reserved for Max and Ultra chips, to the M4 Pro in both the Mac mini and in the new MacBook Pro — First Mac mini redesign in almost 15 years highlights how good the insides are. … The Mac mini will celebrate its 20th birthday in January.
