Prior to opening its iPhone ecosystem this week to allow sideloading in the EU, Apple required that its own login service be offered alongside third-party services like Facebook Login.
Now, 9to5Mac reports, Apple only requires they offer an alternative service that, at most, only collects a user’s name and email address, and that doesn’t track users within the app.
So says The Wall Street Journal in a report this morning that his administration will give “billions of dollars” to the likes of Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), both of which have started US manufacturing projects, although TSMC, at least, is behind schedule.
It’s been well over a year since Biden signed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which set aside $52 billion to bring more chipmaking jobs stateside.
In what Variety called an otherwise business-as-usual annual 10-K report to the SEC, Netflix wrote that it “could be adversely impacted” if its competitors use generative AI to gain an edge.
The company also claimed that using AI-generated material could leave it more exposed to litigation over intellectual property, given the open questions around copyright law and AI.
Ars Technica reported last week that he had peacefully passed away on January 17th. Mills was responsible for the profoundly important creation of Network Time Protocol (NTP), the protocol that underpins the synchronization of networked computers across the world.
Ars also pointed to a 2022 New Yorker profile that tells how Mills became the authority on internet time-keeping. Here is a time-stamped link to his explanation of NTP’s history in a 2005 presentation.
The US space agency published the below images (presented in a gallery) showing its appearance on the Moon, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from roughly 50 miles above the surface on January 24th.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) made Japan the fifth nation to make a soft landing on the Moon, although an unfortunate malfunction rendered it without power in a matter of hours.
Starting March 1st, it’ll be an extra $4 per month to stay on the carrier’s Get More / Play More / Do More / Start 5G plans. Verizon confirmed rumors of the change to CNET on January 17th. On the plus side, it’s adding 5GB of mobile hotspot data to affected plans.
Verizon did away with those plans last year when it streamlined things with its “myPlan” offerings.
