Thu. 01/09 – The Wildfire App Everyone In LA Has Been Using

Big new zero day to tell you about. Apple says Siri is safe, honest. Google rolls out an AI Daily Listen audio feature. Looking at the next wave of wearable AI. And let me tell you about WatchDuty, the app everyone in LA was using overnight.

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Links:

• Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks (TechCrunch)
• Apple says Siri isn’t sending your conversations to advertisers (The Verge)
• Google’s ‘Daily Listen’ lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed (9to5Google)
• SoftBank’s Chip Designer Arm Considers Acquiring Ampere Computing (Bloomberg)
• Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time (Wired)
• With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight (Los Angeles Times)
• LA residents find a lifeline in this free wildfire-tracking app (The Verge)
• ‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west (The Guardian)

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