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Archives for September 2024

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
“Google did not request that Samsung create their Auto Blocker feature.”

That’s according to Google’s head of Android security, David Kleidermacher, who is publicly pushing back on the claims made by Epic Games in its new lawsuit against Google and Samsung.

Earlier, Samsung said it plans to “vigorously contest Epic Game’s baseless claims.”

That’s why Google offers its own safety features such as Google Play Protect, which checks for harmful apps on a user’s device, regardless of where the app was downloaded. Android device makers are free to innovate and design additional safety features for their devices. To make this about access to a game is deliberately misleading; this is about user safety. And Epic’s lawsuit puts their corporate interests above user protections.
Screenshot: @daveksecure (X)
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Udemy gave instructors just three weeks to opt out of AI training.

The online education platform gave teachers until September 12th to withdraw their consent from the program, which will train AI on their classes. But many didn’t see the notice until it was too late, 404 Media reports:

Instructors are now seeing a grayed-out option in their settings if they didn’t know about the window or would like to opt-out now.

Udemy will offer “annual periods” where teachers will get another chance to opt out, but it’s unclear when it will take place.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza show might be too serious for its own good.

While the first teaser for Amazon’s new Like a Dragon: Yakuza adaptation made it hard to get a read on what kind of tone the show would aim for, a new trailer makes it seem like we’re in for a much more buttoned-up take on Kazuma Kiryu.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
TTArtisan’s LED light that looks like a 35mm film roll now comes in color.

The original TTArtisan LED fake film roll was already cute when it looked Kodak-ish and just shined white light, but now there’s an RGB version. The new Mini RGB LED Light has a touch of Fujifilm vibes in its cartridge design, shines various colors for creative lighting, and costs just $10.99 on Amazon.

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A render of TTArtisan’s Mini RGB LED Light, which looks like a 35mm film cannister.
<em>The light has a small lanyard hole to hang it like a keychain or necklace.</em>
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Note that TTArtisan’s other photos and video show the light only illuminating one color at a time, unlike the rainbow effect in this render.
Image: TTArtisan
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Yeah, John Wick is back in theaters this November.

In celebration of John Wick’s 10 year anniversary, Lionsgate and Fathom are bringing the film back to theaters for a two night event on November 3rd and 6th that will include “an exclusive sneak peek” at Ballerina, the franchise’s latest spin-off.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Samsung won’t confirm or deny whether it worked with Google on Auto Blocker — or whether it actually scans for threats.

Google, too, wouldn’t confirm or deny whether it worked with Samsung on the feature, which is now the target of a new Epic Games lawsuit against both companies.

Instead, Google tells The Verge that it’s “a meritless lawsuit”; Samsung tells us it plans to “vigorously contest Epic Game’s baseless claims.”

David Pierce
David Pierce
This is kind of a genius bookmarking strategy.

I had no idea you could do this! Joseph Basquin points out that you can manage bookmarks by treating them like files. The drag-and-drop strategy doesn’t work everywhere, but is solid in Chrome and Safari.

If you’re a Spotlight / Alfred / Raycast user on the Mac or the Start menu search on Windows, this might be the fastest possible way to get to a website.