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🔒 Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon as no one knows what it means

Google will retire Chrome's HTTPS padlock icon because only 11% of users understand its precise meaning and replace it with a neutral "tune" icon to make permission controls and additional security information more accessible and avoid misunderstandings.

🤬 MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry

Microsoft is causing anger among IT admins by making Outlook and Teams open links in Edge, ignoring default browser settings and forcing users to stick with Microsoft products.

🎬 AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks

The Writers Guild of America is seeking to limit the use of generative AI in writing film and TV scripts as concerns about AI-generated "sloppy first drafts" and the potential for IP theft emerge in ongoing negotiations.

🚫 Due to ‘security risks,’ Samsung bans workers from using generative AI

Samsung has banned workers from using generative AI due to "growing concerns about security risks," according to a report on TechCrunch's Daily Crunch.

🚫 Common US consumer products release toxic compounds, new research shows

New research finds that some of the most common consumer products in the US, including cosmetics, personal care products, general-purpose cleaners, laundry detergents and art supplies, release around 5,000 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into American homes each year. The dangerous chemicals, which can cause cancer and air pollution, are able to detach from or be emitted from surfaces or products before passing into the air and being ingested, inhaled or absorbed through skin. Mothballs were found to be the single product releasing the largest number of VOCs.

🤝 Stripe, a longtime partner of Lyft, signs a big deal with Uber

Stripe announces a "strategic payments partnership" with Uber to work together initially on selected services in eight of Uber's biggest markets, including the U.S., with the aim of integrating Stripe Financial Connections and Link to let users import banking details to pay for services like Uber Rides and Eats directly from bank accounts.

👥 Drake’s AI clone is here – and Drake might not be able to stop him

Major record labels are going after AI-generated songs, arguing copyright infringement as AI-assisted mashups of popular artists go viral on TikTok and other platforms, with legal experts saying the situation is far from straightforward and could lead to a reexamination of rights of publicity laws in the near future.

💪 Apple is reportedly developing an AI-powered health coaching service

Apple is developing an AI-powered health coaching service called Quartz, which will use data from users' Apple Watches to develop personalized coaching programs to help improve exercise, eating habits, and sleep, and the company is also working on technology to track emotions and expanded health features such as managing vision conditions and a basic form of blood-pressure monitoring.

🤖 AI race is disrupting education firms – and that is just the start

Education companies' shares plunge in London and New York after Chegg report that ChatGPT has hit revenues, highlighting the impact of AI on the education sector and the need for businesses to adapt quickly to technological changes.

🆔 Discord is making all users pick a new username

Discord is removing the four-digit suffixes from usernames and urging users to choose new alphanumeric usernames with a unique display name, which will make the platform more like other mainstream social networks.

🐘 Testosterone in tusks: Hormones in mammoth fossils

Hormones have been found in woolly mammoth tusks for the first time, according to a team of scientists who discovered that males produced a surge of testosterone in the prolonged period when they were ready to mate. The group studied fossil tusks from African elephants and woolly mammoths and subsequently compared the hormonal signatures of both animals. The mammoths reportedly experienced a spike in testosterone in their adult years, a finding which could allow researchers to link their health and nutrition to mating.

🔮 Andreessen Horowitz saw the future – but did the future leave it behind?

AndreessenHorowitz's strategy of hyping its portfolio companies, such as Clubhouse and Substack, and then offloading shares after inflating their valuations may have been successful in the era of low interest rates and fawning tech journalism, but in the current era of tech skepticism and rising interest rates, it may be falling behind the curve.

🍺 AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral

An AI-generated beer commercial titled "Synthetic Summer" has gone viral, depicting surreal scenes of people merging with impressionistic beer vessels and flaming grills achieving columnar fire tornado status, spun out from a London-based production company called Privateisland.tv.

🪐 Astronomers capture moment distant planet was swallowed by star

Astronomers have captured the moment a distant planet was swallowed by its host star, with scientists believing a planet the size of Jupiter plunged into the star, causing an "insanely bright" burst of light.

🍄 Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts

Experts warn that the impact of rapidly rising fungal attacks on the world’s most important crops, exacerbated by the climate crisis, could threaten the planet’s future food supply and lead to a “global health catastrophe”.

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