**User Outcry As Slack Scrapes Customer Data For AI Model Training** New submitter txyoji shares a report: Enterprise workplace collaboration platform Slack has sparked a privacy backlash with the revelation that it has been scraping customer data, including messages and files, to develop new AI and ML models. By default, and without requiring users to opt-in, Slack said its systems have been analyzing customer data ... ⌘ Read more

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**Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025** Apple is developing a significantly thinner version of the iPhone [non-paywalled source][non-paywalled source=] that could be released as early as 2025, The Information reported Friday, citing three people with direct knowledge of the project. From the report: The slimmer iPhone could be released concurrently with the iPhone 17, expected in September 2025, according to the three people with direct knowledge and two others ... ⌘ Read more

**Apple Geofences Third-Party Browser Engine Work for EU Devices** Apple's grudging accommodation of European law -- allowing third-party browser engines on its mobile devices -- apparently comes with a restriction that makes it difficult to develop and support third-party browser engines for the region. From a report: The Register has learned from those involved in the browser trade that Apple has limited the deve ... ⌘ Read more

**VW and Renault End Talks To Develop Affordable EV** Volkswagen has walked away from talks with Renault to jointly develop an affordable electric version of the Twingo car, Reuters reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the situation, in a setback for the EU carmakers' efforts to fend off Chinese rivals. From the report: The collapse of negotiations could mean the German carmaker may have to go it alone in developing its ... ⌘ Read more

**OpenAI's Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded** An anonymous reader shares a report: In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's chief scientist and one of the company's cofounders, was named as the colead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would recei ... ⌘ Read more

**Hopes For Sustainable Jet Fuel Not Realistic, Report Finds** Hopes that replacement fuels for airplanes will slash carbon pollution are misguided and support for these alternatives could even worsen the climate crisis, a new report has warned. The Guardian: There is currently "no realistic or scalable alternative" to standard kerosene-based jet fuels, and touted "sustainable aviation fuels" are well off track to rep ... ⌘ Read more

**Microsoft Plans Boldest Games Bet Since Activision Deal, Changing How 'Call of Duty' Is Sold** Microsoft plans a major shakeup of its videogame sales strategy by releasing the coming installment of Call of Duty to its subscription service instead of the longtime, lucrative approach of only selling it a la carte. WSJ: The plans, which mark the biggest change to Microsoft's gaming division sinc ... ⌘ Read more

**Arizona Woman Accused of Helping North Koreans Get Remote IT Jobs At 300 Companies** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: An Arizona woman has been accused of helping generate millions of dollars for North Korea's ballistic missile program by helping citizens of that country land IT jobs at US-based Fortune 500 companies. Christina Marie Chapman, 49, of Litchfield Park, Arizona ... ⌘ Read more

**World number one golfer handcuffed by police outside PGA Championship** World number one Scottie Scheffler is reportedly detained by police just hours before the second round of the PGA Championship after trying to drive past a traffic incident. ⌘ Read more