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    Apple has filed to dismiss its lawsuit against NSO Group.

    “Because of the developments since this suit was filed, proceeding forward at this time would now present too significant a risk to Apple’s threat-intelligence program,” Apple says in a filing. Apple sued NSO Group in 2021.

    One cited development: The Guardian’s reporting that Israeli officials took documents about NSO Group’s Pegasus software that are relevant to a WhatsApp lawsuit.

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    Jay Peters
    You can now gripe to Sonos about its app on the weekends, too.

    As Sonos tries to win back trust following the rough rollout of its new app, you can now reach Sonos support on Saturday and Sunday.

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    Jay Peters
    Good news from Annapurna developers.

    Following news that Annapurna Interactive’s staff resigned, some developers shared positive updates:

    Davey Wreden, working on Wanderstop: “Just for the folks asking, we are 100 percent okay.”

    Beethoven & Dinosaur: “Mixtape continues.”

    Glass Revolver / Jacob Williams, who is working on We Kill Monsters, in Discord: “No worries about WKM, development continues as normal.” Williams says the game is still with Annapurna.

    If you know more, please email me: jay.peters@theverge.com.

    Screenshots from Discord.
    Glass Revolver’s comments in Discord.
    Screenshots by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    Postal workers seem to be fans of the new USPS trucks.

    Including the air conditioning. “I promise you, it felt like heaven blowing in my face,” a Postal Service worker said, according to an Associated Press report.

    The first set of the new trucks started rolling out on postal routes last month in Athens, Georgia.

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    Jay Peters
    “GAZEploit.”

    With the “GAZEploit” attack, researchers found they could predict what somebody was typing on the Vision Pro’s virtual keyboard by analyzing the eye movements of their Persona, according to Wired.

    Apple fixed the issue with visionOS 1.3 by suspending a Persona when the person is using the virtual keyboard.

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    Jay Peters
    GitHub has started testing OpenAI’s o1-preview in GitHub Copilot.

    OpenAI’s new model is designed to be better at writing code, and GitHub says that “our initial testing showed promising results in code analysis and optimization.”

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    Jay Peters
    Sonos is reportedly partnering with another company on the OS for its TV streaming device.

    Friend of The Verge Janko Roettgers reports that the partner is The Trade Desk, an advertising company. From today’s Lowpass newsletter:

    Under the arrangement, The Trade Desk is supplying Sonos with the core smart TV OS, and facilitating deals with app publishers, while Sonos is designing its own hardware, and customizing the user interface.

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    Jay Peters
    Engagement bait works.

    Business Insider’s Katie Notopoulos found that her engagement bait Threads posts that encouraged replies were wildly successful — “almost too successful,” she says. Her article about her findings is paywalled, but if you can read it, it’s fascinating.

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    Dangerous game.

    A hacker tricked ChatGPT to share details on how to make a bomb in part by instructing it to play a game, TechCrunch reports. It’s the latest loophole to get around ChatGPT’s safety guardrails.