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YouTube announced on Wednesday that shorts creators will have access to new generation AI features, including inter-image AI tools and new AI effects. Image-to-Video feature allows users to change images from camera roll to 6-second video. Users will see a selection of suggestions related to the uploaded photos. YouTube says that this feature can be used to add movement to landscape photos, animate photos from everyday photos, and realize group photos. In the example specified on YouTube, this feature turns a static image of a pedestrian signal into a short video, then slowly zooms into a dance version of The…

The UK's Competitive Markets Agency (CMA) announced on Wednesday a proposal to give Apple and Google's mobile platforms “strategic market conditions.” This is to allow regulators to create rules that can change how the app store works and change how mobile software works. This move is designed to create a more open and competitive environment for app economy and user choices. However, Apple and Google pushed back the proposal. Apple says the changes will undermine your security and privacy. The final decision on the matter will arrive in October after the two companies present their lawsuits. Once the proposal passes,…

European officials confirmed the arrest of the suspected administrator behind XSS.IS. According to Europol, the administrator's allegedly arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday. Law enforcement notice regarding XSS reads, “This domain has been seized.” According to a statement by Paris prosecutors, French authorities have obtained a court order to carry out surveillance on Jabber servers used by administrators for instant messaging. The intercepted message allowed “to uncover a large number of illegal activities related to cybercrime and ransomware,” allowing investigators to identify at least $7 million in revenue from cybercrime. The Closed Access Forum has over 50,000 registered users and was…

We recently announced the public stage for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. This is a new destination for founders navigating the complexities of corporate buildings, from early towing to IPOs. Today we look forward to announcing additions to the agenda that brings more insights and firepower to the stage. Participants in the speaker lineup are Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom Communications Inc., and Santi Subotovsky, general partner of Emergence. These pioneering leaders share the scaling company's honest perspective and pilot open market preparation, pioneering the pivotal transition. Whether you're starting out or mapping long-term strategies, the Public Stage offers lessons,…

Security researchers say hackers have violated at least 400 organizations by leveraging Microsoft SharePoint's zero-day vulnerability, indicating a sharp increase in the number of compromises detected since the bug was discovered last week. Eye Security, the Dutch cybersecurity company, said it had identified hundreds of SharePoint servers affected by scanning the internet, and that it first identified a vulnerability in SharePoint, the popular server software that companies use to store and share internal documents. Earlier this week, the number was rising from dozens of known compromised servers. Bloomberg reports that one of the affected organizations includes the National Nuclear Security…

Proton, a manufacturer of privacy-focused productivity tools, released an AI assistant called Lumo on Wednesday. The company offers chatbots that do not maintain logs of conversations, and have end-to-end encryption to store chats, providing a ghost mode of conversations that disappears as soon as you close the window. Available via web clients and Android and iOS apps, Lumo does not need to have an account to ask questions using the chatbot. Upload the file and answer the questions to the chatbot. If you have a Proton Drive account, you can connect to LUMO and access files stored in the cloud.…

Meta is introducing additional safeguards for adult-run Instagram accounts, which feature mainly children, the company announced Wednesday. These accounts are automatically placed in the app's strictest messaging settings to prevent unnecessary messages, enabling the platform's “hidden words” feature that allows you to filter offensive comments. The company is also rolling out new safety features for teen accounts. Accounts placed in the new, more stringent messaging settings include accounts run by adults who regularly share photos and videos of their children, and accounts run by parents or talent managers who represent their children. “Though these accounts are used in an overwhelmingly…

Gupshup is a business messaging startup that began travelling in India over 20 years ago and became a unicorn four years ago, attracting more than $60 million rounds, but maintaining a new reputation. In 2021, Gupshup raised two funding rounds within four months, securing $340 million from notable investors such as Tiger Global, Fidelity Management, Think Investments and Malabar Investments. These rounds – the startup was the first in about a decade, cherishing Gupsup for $1.4 billion. However, Fidelity, which led the round following the Unicorn milestone, cut the startup's internal valuation at least three times between 2023 and 2024,…

Apple has notified more than 12 Iranians in recent months, according to security researchers. Mian Group, an Iran-focused digital rights group, and Hamid Kassi, an Iranian cybersecurity researcher who lives in Sweden, said they spoke to several Iranians who received notifications last year. Bloomberg wrote first about these spyware notifications. Miaan Group released a report on the state of cybersecurity in Iranian civil society on Tuesday. It said it has identified three cases of government spyware attacks against two Iranians and one in Europe. “The two Iranians come from families with a long history of political activity against the Islamic…

On Tuesday, Apple released its fourth developer beta for its next major software update, iOS 26. This brings slight changes to the redesign of liquid glass and the reintroduction of News' AI-powered notification overview. The rollout arrived just before the iOS 26 public beta. This is scheduled to be released later this week. Developer Beta aims to give mobile app makers time to test their apps with Apple's new software, so the new operating system is ready to be released in the coming months. Due to consumer demand for early releases, Apple has been offering a public beta for years…