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, demonstrating the severity of the issue.
• 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.

Worth a Look

• Do the Woo 4.0 launches at WCEU Contributor Day. The Do the Woo crew now includes 12 shows with 23 hosts.
• Most of us know to re-save permalinks when they break. But do you know why it happens? Codeable explains.
• Rankmath has published a comprehensive (but easy) guide for setting up Google Analtyics 4.
• Get some inspiration from some of the best websites built with WordPress.