It could happen through a bill called the Location Shield Act, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Under the proposed law, services would still be able to collect your location data, but it would largely ban the sale of that data.
Andrew Bosworth, aka Boz, is hosting an AMA session at 7PM ET / 4PM PT. I’m not quite sure if it’s happening on Threads or on Instagram — seems like Instagram? — but given that Threads has become an early hit, I’m guessing he’ll have some interesting things to say no matter where he’s actually going to be answering questions.
The BlackCat ransomware gang is taking responsibility for the attack, and it says it stole 70 terabytes of data, according to TechCrunch. The apparent data taken includes “employee identification documents, including passport and driver’s licenses, and internal emails labeled ‘confidential,’” the publication says.
BlackCat recently claimed to have stolen 80GB of data from Reddit.
9to5Mac confirmed with Schiller himself that @philipschiller007 is indeed his real account, and he’s already made a few posts on the platform. Apple Music, Apple News, Apple Books, Shazam, and Beats are on Meta’s new social network, too, though Beats is the only one that’s posted anything.
Still, it’s interesting that Apple has its eyes on Threads at all, especially given that Meta and Apple are about to go head-to-head in virtual reality. (Full disclosure: I stole this joke from Nilay.)
I wonder if Tim Cook will eventually join. He posts every once in a while on Twitter, and apparently told Elon Musk last year that Apple “never considered” removing Twitter — will Cook make the move to Threads?
The firm, which represented Twitter as Musk tried to back out of his deal to buy Twitter, received a $90 million fee for getting the deal over the finish line, according to The New York Times. Elon Musk’s Twitter alleges the payment is “unjust enrichment” and wants the fee to be returned.
The NYT uploaded a PDF of the lawsuit, if you want to read it yourself.
[The New York Times]
9to5Mac reports that Instagram is testing a way to use Apple’s more powerful Live Activity notifications to show the progress of your uploads in the background. Seems really handy — I hope Instagram rolls this out more broadly.
Our friends at Polygon have all the details. Note that you’ll have to make a new character for the season, but I bet it will be worth the journey to level them up from scratch — during a livestream, a producer said that powers exclusive to the season’s new Malignant Heart system are “stupid broken.”
The iOS app shut down last week. As of this writing, Apple is currently showcasing it as an Editors’ Choice app even though you can’t actually browse Reddit with it anymore. Apple is also featuring the official Reddit app right below Apollo.
Also, according to Christian Selig, the Apollo subreddit will be restricted, meaning you can’t make new posts but can chat in the comments of already-available posts.
