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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Apple Releases Setting to Protect User Data in Stolen iPhones

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Microsoft looks to nuclear energy to power its artificial intelligence operations. And Netflix releases its first report on the full viewership on the platform. Alex Ossola hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Tuesday, December 12th. I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

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Apple is rolling out a new setting intended to address a security vulnerability in stolen iPhones.

0:30.0

W.S.J previously reported on a wave of thefts where criminals use the iPhone passcode

0:35.1

to take control of customers' accounts.

0:37.6

The update, called Stolen Device Protection, is rolling out to beta testers today and will be included in a future software update.

0:45.3

We exclusively report that Microsoft is looking at nuclear energy to power artificial intelligence

0:50.6

operations and supercomputing. Nuclear energy is carbon-free and provides round-the-clock

0:56.1

power, but the project faces significant hurdles to getting billed. Microsoft is aiming to streamline

1:01.9

the regulatory process using generative AI, according to company executives.

1:07.0

And Netflix has released its first ever engagement report.

1:11.0

It contains the hours viewed for over 18,000 titles. Nine out of the top

1:16.1

ten titles and the six most watch programs were Netflix originals. Netflix said the report,

1:21.5

which will be released twice a year, will, quote,

1:24.0

give creators and our industry deeper insights into our audiences and what resonates with them.

1:29.0

For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech,

1:32.0

check out Wednesday's Tech News Briefing Podcast.

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