welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, june 20th! here are today's top tech stories:
- critical windows vulnerability patch: microsoft released a patch for a critical vulnerability in windows 11 and 10 (cve-2024-30078) that allows hackers to exploit devices on public wi-fi networks without user interaction. make sure to update your systems.
- meta lifts election restrictions in india: post-election, meta has relaxed its restrictions on election-related queries via its meta ai chatbot. users can now inquire about election results and officeholders, though the chatbot is still in its test phase on whatsapp and instagram.
- google’s ongoing election query limits: despite launching its gemini ai app in india with support for nine local languages, google continues to impose restrictions on election-related queries worldwide as a precaution during the major election year.
stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!