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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Apple paints the town (Product) Red.

    As part of its ongoing partnership with (Red) — a brand dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS — Apple has released an all-red version of the Apple Watch Series 9, alongside some exclusive watch faces to mark World AIDS Day.

    The watch joins existing (Product) Red variants for the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 13, and iPhone SE, but there’s no sign of the new iPhone 15 series joining the lineup.

    The Apple Watch Series 9 in (Product) Red.
    Marking World AIDS day, a collection of “specially customized watch faces” will also be available in red.
    Image: Apple
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Threads may arrive in Europe before Santa does.

    In the face of Elon Musk prophesizing X’s demise at the hands of advertisers, Europeans may finally be getting access to Meta’s rival service.

    The Wall Street Journal reports that support should arrive sometime in December, with accommodations to appease EU regulations that would allow European users to access Threads content without needing a profile to make their own posts.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Adobe scrambles to address EU and UK anti-competition concerns.

    Bloomberg reports the creative software giant is putting together a proposal to appease regulators currently blocking its $20 billion bid for product design platform Figma.

    This may include Adobe divesting itself from its own product design application, Adobe XD, and promising not to lock Figma into Adobe’s Creative Cloud product bundle. Adobe has until December 19th and February 5th to respectively soothe concerns raised by UK and EU regulators.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    The Google app is trying out a bottom search bar on Android.

    The change is being tested in version 14.48.26.29.arm64 of the Google app so it’s not widely available yet. The bar remains at the bottom when displaying search results, meaning users with larger phones don’t have to stretch their thumbs so far when typing.

    The Chrome app on iOS introduced a similar update for the URL bar last month.

    A screenshot of the new search bar location in the Google App.
    As someone with small hands and a large phone, this is a welcome update.
    Image: TheSpAndroid
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    International agreement on AI safety gains signatures from 18 countries.

    The US, UK, and other major powers (notably excluding China) unveiled a 20-page document on Sunday that provides general recommendations for companies developing and/or deploying AI systems, including monitoring for abuse, protecting data from tampering, and vetting software suppliers.

    The agreement warns that security shouldn’t be a “secondary consideration” regarding AI development, and instead encourages companies to make the technology “secure by design”.