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Business Roundup Week Ending June 14
June 14, 2024
Written By Nathan Ingram
Adobe Terms Update Creates a Kerfluffle
This week, pockets of social media have been on fire with designers worried about recent changes to Adobe’s Terms of Use.
Specifically, concerns abound over whether Adobe will use customer content to train its AI tools.
David Wadhwani, Adobe’s President of Digital Media, responded: “We have never trained generative AI on our customer’s content, we have never taken ownership of a customer’s work, and we have never allowed access to customer content beyond what’s legally required.”
Still, the internet backlash has been so severe that Adobe plans a further revision of its terms next week.
The Verge has excellent coverage of the Adobe Terms issue. Read Adobe’s full response in this blog post.
Apple Silicon Chips Have an Unpatchable Vulnerability! What You Need to Know…
A serious, unpatchable vulnerability called “GoFetch” has been found in Apple’s M-series chips in use since late 2020 (includes M1, M2, and M3).
The flaw allows hackers to access secret encryption keys by exploiting data memory-dependent prefetchers (DMPs) in the chipsets.
Researchers extracted a 2048-bit RSA key in under an hour
Unlike software vulnerabilities, this hardware flaw cannot be patched, and mitigation measures would significantly degrade performance.
So far, there are no recommendations for protecting your data and it’s too early to speculate on what all of this could mean for Apple users.
Read more in the GoFetch report on Mashable .
Screen Apnea is a Real Thing. Does it Impact You?
Have you ever found yourself holding your breath or breathing shallowly while you’re working at a screen?
I noticed this several months ago, I just didn’t know it had a name.
Screen Apnea impacted 80% of participants in a recent test, and it leads to increased stress levels.
Poor breathing habits like mouth breathing and chest breathing are widespread. Plus, hunching over screens makes proper belly breathing difficult.
Slow, deep breathing through the nose lowers stress and improves focus. With practice, you can retrain yourself to breathe properly.
Notice your breathing patterns during the day and reset with deep breaths, and use a breathing app to track your progress.
Learn more about Screen Apnea in this article and 24 minute Podcast on NPR’s Body Electric podcast.
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