Today's iOS 17 update makes iPhones harder to hack and track

Monday, September 18, 2023

If you’ve been waiting on the iOS 17 update for the iPhone, then today’s top story is all for you — well, at least the security and privacy features. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Also see below for more.

Meanwhile, over at Microsoft, its AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data. Learn how it happened.

Speaking of Microsoft, the company’s chief product officer Panos Panay is out. We know where he’s headed next.

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All Apple, all the time: We’ve got your look at some of the standout features for iOS 17, now that it is available to download.

Also out: Bob van Dijk, CEO of both Prosus and Naspers, abruptly steps down. No concrete reason on why, but we have some theories.

Some things change: Twitter/X rival T2 rebrands as “Pebble.” And before you wonder, the social media startup says the old name was never meant to be permanent.

Robot riot: RoboFab is ready to build 10,000 humanoid robots per year. Get the scoop.

Do you feel like someone’s watching you?: That’s because one of the FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government. Read more.

Procurement path: Levelpath raises $30 million to try and get out on top of an increasingly crowded procurement space. Here’s how it’s doing that.

Birds need love, too: Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch. See them in action.

Stock sale: Lyft was fined $10 million by the SEC for failure to disclose a board member’s role in a pre-IPO share sale. Find out what happened.

A matter of when: Learn how Dragos, which just raised $74 million, continues to secure industrial control systems from threats. Read more.

Big spenders: Crypto winter might still be in effect, but perhaps a melt is coming: Blockchain Capital launches two new funds for a total of $580 million. Learn what it will invest in.

Roam if you want to: Roam unveils a new electric bus model to tap Kenya’s mass transit sector. Hop on.

More for your Monday:

You can now FaceTime from your Apple TV 4K

Joby Aviation selects Dayton, Ohio, for first scaled electric air taxi factory

Boxbot pivots from last-mile trucks to robotical parcel storage

TrueMed’s payment integration platform unlocks HSA/FSA for health, not sickness

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Visa and Swift team up to enhance global B2B money movement

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Instead of fine-tuning an LLM as a first approach, try prompt architecting instead

“Build versus buy” is a problem every startup faces, but in the era of generative AI, it can be an existential question.

Building an LLM from the ground up costs more than most companies want to pay, and modifying one to meet your specific needs requires costly data preparation.

“In contrast, prompt architecting involves leveraging existing LLMs without modifying the model itself or its training data,” says Victoria Albrecht, co-founder and CEO of Springbok AI.

“Instead, it combines a complex and cleverly engineered series of prompts to deliver consistent output.”

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