What the Heck Is BlueSky? - DTNS 4511
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We learn about Rediet Abebe, a key black innovator in AI development. Samsung bans generative AI tools like ChatGPT after employees load sensitive data into a prompt. Multiple companies have joined together to propose an industry standard to the IETF for “unauthorized tracking alerts” for Bluetooth trackers like Apple’s Air Tags or Tile’s Trackers. And we go through things you should know about BlueSky.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.
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| 0:00.0 | This 10th year of Daily Tech News Show is made possible by you, the listener, thanks to |
| 0:05.0 | every single one of you, including Dustin Campbell, Dim Deppity, and Brandon Brooks. |
| 0:10.0 | Coming up on DTNS, what the heck is Blue Sky, and why are all the cool kids talking about |
| 0:13.6 | it? Plus, an open standard to stop misuse of Bluetooth trackers, and Nika Monford tells |
| 0:18.4 | us about a leader in the effort to represent black people in the field of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:25.0 | This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 in Los Angeles. I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 0:32.3 | And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. From the Atlanta area, I'm Nika Monford. |
| 0:37.5 | And I'm the shows producer, Roger Chen. |
| 0:39.8 | Oh, my friends, we've got a lot of practical news, and if you've been hearing all the folks |
| 0:45.4 | talking about Blue Sky, we've got that news as well. We're all on it, so we're going to explain |
| 0:51.5 | it to you. Let's start, though, with the quick kids. |
| 0:56.2 | Apple issued its first rapid security response update available for iOS 16.4.1 and Mac OS 13.3.1. |
| 1:04.6 | Apple introduced rapid security response in iOS 16 and Mac OS Ventura. |
| 1:09.0 | It moves some system files that are likely to need more frequent updates, particularly WebKit-related |
| 1:14.2 | files, into their own secure volume, which then reduces the size of patches, and the time it |
| 1:19.1 | takes to install those patches. In some cases, they can be installed without a reboot. |
| 1:23.7 | The first public update does require a reboot, but it was smaller and faster to implement. |
| 1:28.2 | No word on the specific flaws addressed in the update. Some people, though, experienced an error |
| 1:33.2 | when it first rolled out, Apple has now fixed that issue. Yeah, mine went painlessly when I did it |
| 1:38.2 | this morning. Same. As of May 2nd, Utah requires sites that publish or distribute material deemed |
| 1:44.9 | harmful to minors to perform age verification for all users. The definition of harmful material |
| 1:51.0 | is very extensive in the law if you want to take a look at it, but mostly it applies to adult |
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