Daily News – 29th of April 2024

Apple is in talks with OpenAI to incorporate AI features into the iPhone

Bloomberg wrote that the two companies have begun discussing terms of a possible agreement and how the OpenAI features would be integrated into Apple’s iOS 18. Apple was also involved in discussions with Google to potentially incorporate the company’s AI chatbot capabilities into the iPhone ecosystem.
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A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being actively exploited

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-27956, carries a severity score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10. Currently installed on more than 30,000 websites, WP Automatic lets administrators automate the importing of text, images or video from various online sources and publishing on their WordPress site.
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The Google Play Store launched support for simultaneous downloads of apps

This feature only triggers on new installs, and it works just with two apps at a time. This multi-download capability is currently not available for app updates, but that could change soon.
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Microsoft and Estée Lauder announced a new AI Innovation Lab

This project will be created with the help of Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Its main aim is to assist Estée Lauder in the improvement and speeding up of its product development, as well as marketing for its over 20 different beauty brands.
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New products

OnePlus Nord 4

OnePlus Nord 4 will have a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 processor, 12 GB of RAM and a 5,500mAh battery.
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Infinix GT 20 Pro

The phone has has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen, Dimensity 8200 Ultimate processor, 8 GB or 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. It comes with a 5,000mAh battery.
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