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    TikTok faces a $10.9 million fine in Italy over child safety concerns.

    Italian regulators imposed the fine after finding that TikTok “failed to implement appropriate mechanisms” to monitor content on its platform, “particularly those that may threaten the safety of minors.”

    It cites the “French scar” challenge as one of the “potentially dangerous” types of content disseminated by TikTok’s algorithm, which involves users pinching their face so hard it leaves a mark.

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    Emma Roth
    Apple has acquired an AI startup called DarwinAI.

    That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple acquired the Canadian firm earlier this year. DarwinAI makes AI systems that visually inspect components for manufacturers, but, as pointed out by Bloomberg, the startup also aims to “make neural network models smaller and faster.”

    This tech might prove useful to Apple, which is working to optimize large language models for phones.

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    Emma Roth
    Apple Sports’ first update adds March Madness and more.

    The app, which lets you get the latest on your favorite sports teams, view stats, and find betting odds, will now let you follow the NCAA’s March Madness tournament as part of its version 1.1 update. Apple Sports will also add data from the MLB when the season officially kicks off later this month.

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    Emma Roth
    Proton Mail’s desktop app has officially arrived.

    The Windows and macOS apps first launched in beta last December, but now they’re finally here, offering access to Proton’s end-to-end encrypted email service and calendar. A Linux version of the app is now available in beta as well.

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    Emma Roth
    Firefox saw an increase in users following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU.

    Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France:

    Despite less than ideal compliance, the recent implementation of the DMA choice screen is a promising step toward true competition online in the EU... Still, there is a lot of room for improvement, and we’ll continue to fight for a web that puts people over profits, prioritizes privacy and is open and accessible to all.

    Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

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    Emma Roth
    No, this isn’t CG.

    This is Figure’s humanoid robot, which can now use OpenAI’s large vision language model (VLM) to provide reasoning and language understanding. The video shows how the bot can identify and interact with the objects on the counter in front of it when given a prompt, like “Can I have something to eat?”