Month: February 2024

Gigafactory Berlin: Tesla überschreitet Abwassergrenzwerte “erheblich”

Die Tesla-Fabrik in Grünheide führt zu höheren Belastungen im Abwasser. Doch das hat offenbar weniger mit der eigentlichen Produktion zu tun. (Gigafactory Berlin, Elektroauto)

Die Tesla-Fabrik in Grünheide führt zu höheren Belastungen im Abwasser. Doch das hat offenbar weniger mit der eigentlichen Produktion zu tun. (Gigafactory Berlin, Elektroauto)

(g+) Gegen Wahlmanipulation: Politische Werbung kommt an die ziemlich lange Leine

Das Europaparlament hat neuen Regeln für politische Werbung zugestimmt. Sie gelten zwar für Kugelschreiber, aber nicht für Deepfakes und Social Bots. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Onlinewerbung, Google)

Das Europaparlament hat neuen Regeln für politische Werbung zugestimmt. Sie gelten zwar für Kugelschreiber, aber nicht für Deepfakes und Social Bots. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Onlinewerbung, Google)

(g+) Gegen Wahlmanipulation: Politische Werbung kommt an die ziemlich lange Leine

Das Europaparlament hat neuen Regeln für politische Werbung zugestimmt. Sie gelten zwar für Kugelschreiber, aber nicht für Deepfakes und Social Bots. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Onlinewerbung, Google)

Das Europaparlament hat neuen Regeln für politische Werbung zugestimmt. Sie gelten zwar für Kugelschreiber, aber nicht für Deepfakes und Social Bots. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Onlinewerbung, Google)

Apple under fire for disabling iPhone web apps—EU asks developers to weigh in

EU sent queries to Apple and app developers as Apple kills home screen web apps.

A large Apple logo seen on the outside of an Apple Store.

Enlarge / An Apple Store in Hangzhou, China on February 20, 2024.

European Commission officials are probing Apple's decision to remove home screen web apps from iPhones and iPads in Europe. The EC confirmed it is seeking information from Apple and app developers who would be affected by the change, kicking off a process that could lead to a formal investigation.

"We are indeed looking at the compliance packages of all gatekeepers, including Apple," a European Commission spokesperson told Ars. "In that context, we're in particular looking into the issue of Progressive Web Apps, and can confirm sending the requests for information to Apple and to app developers, who can provide useful information for our assessment."

Apple is removing the ability to install home screen web apps in Europe when iOS 17.4 is released, claiming it is too hard to keep offering the feature under the European Union's new Digital Markets Act (DMA).

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Intel launches Meteor Lake chips with vPro, including new 9W Intel Core Ultra processors

Intel is expanding its 14th-gen line of Core Ultra processors with a new line of chips featuring Intel vPro technology for business and enterprise customers. Like the consumer chips that Intel launched in December, the new processors all feature Intel…

Intel is expanding its 14th-gen line of Core Ultra processors with a new line of chips featuring Intel vPro technology for business and enterprise customers. Like the consumer chips that Intel launched in December, the new processors all feature Intel’s new AI Boost integrated neural processing unit (NPU) for hardware-accelerated AI features, a tri-cluster CPU […]

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Meta will start collecting “anonymized” data about Quest headset usage

Info on hand/eye tracking, “physical environment,” and more could be included.

Meta is watching for your "anonymized" VR data.

Enlarge / Meta is watching for your "anonymized" VR data. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images)

Meta will soon begin "collecting anonymized data" from users of its Quest headsets, a move that could see the company aggregating information about hand, body, and eye tracking; camera information; "information about your physical environment"; and information about "the virtual reality events you attend."

In an email sent to Quest users Monday, Meta notes that it currently collects "the data required for your Meta Quest to work properly." Starting with the next software update, though, the company will begin collecting and aggregating "anonymized data about... device usage" from Quest users. That anonymized data will be used "for things like building better experiences and improving Meta Quest products for everyone," the company writes.

A linked help page on data sharing clarifies that Meta can collect anonymized versions of any of the usage data included in the "Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Privacy Policy," which was last updated in October. That document lists a host of personal information that Meta can collect from your headset, including:

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