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The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

After WIRED reported last week that Meta’s smart glasses app contained code that would enable the company to activate face-recognition features on the devices, the company removed the code this week without commenting on why or whether it plans to add such functionality back into the app later. Another WIRED investigation this week found that xAI’s Grok is still hosting sexualized deepfakes, including “nudified” images and videos, of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician. After limiting the release of its new Mythos-class AI model over concerns about its potential impacts on cybersecurity, Anthropic announced a model upgrade for partners in its limited-access group this week and launched a “safe” version of the model to the public with guardrails meant to keep the system from being used to fuel cyberattacks. Meanwhile, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new directive to federal agencies this week in reaction to new AI threats that includes a requirement to fix the most urgent software vulnerabilities in as little as three days. As Europe looks …

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip

President Trump and a delegation of U.S. officials left Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the Chinese government, led by President Xi Jinping. Before boarding Air Force One, White House staffers and reporters had to surrender various items collected during the trip, including staff burner phones, credential badges, and lapel pins issued by China. Those traveling on Air Force One threw those objects in a bin at the bottom of the plane’s stairs, according to a journalist in the White House press pool.  “Nothing from China allowed on the plane,” Emily Goodin, the White House correspondent for the New York Post, wrote in a post on X. Photos from the trip show several people in the U.S. government delegation, including Trump, White House communications director Steven Cheung, Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Secret Service agents, all sporting pins on their coat lapels.  Contact Us Were you on the Air Force One trip to China for the summit? Do you have more information about the order to throw …

Households risk £300 fine over log burner mistake use following law changes | Personal Finance | Finance

Households risk £300 fine over log burner mistake use following law changes | Personal Finance | Finance

You cannot emit smoke from a chimney in a smoke control area (Image: Getty) Households in England with a log burner in their home face being landed with fines of up to £300 for making a common mistake. Meteorological spring may have just arrived in the UK, but temperatures are still a touch on the chilly side, so it’s not quite time to ditch the heating – or log burners – just yet. While daytime temperatures are gradually turning milder, spring evenings typically bring a significant drop in temperatures, typically reaching lows of around 3C on average. As such, evenings in March still call for a blast of warmth, which means households with log burners will still be lighting them up to fend off the cold weather and stay toasty. But a law change means that those living in a smoke control area must be mindful of how much smoke their burner emits, as those who exceed a certain limit can face significant fines. Read More: Households with an induction hob in kitchen urged to …