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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code — Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar's next entry in its open-world franchise, appears to have leaked online.
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GTAForums, PC Gamer, sod off mate im british on YouTube, BleepingComputer, Lever Up Newsletter, Neowin, Video Games Chronicle, TechCrunch, Transistori, IGN, maybetomorrow on YouTube, TheGamer, Engadget, Mashable, MobileSyrup, Gizchina, Insider, TrueAchievements, Windows Central, PCMag, Digit, TechSpot, Kotaku, and VideoCardz.com
Tweets: @stephentotilo, @jasonschreier, @that1detectiv3, @mars69lol, @benjisales, @vxunderground, @waterhexle, @_tom_henderson_, @ashton_dnktc, @apzonerunner, @gtaseries, @flozek, @letsgocancelar, @stillgray, @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @alexhcranz, @zhugeex, @broughy1322, @carypalmerr, @tomwarren, @imfrezyys, @videotech_, @laughboxmoe, @vxunderground, @letsgocancelar, @gossithedog, @gamebowski, @_tom_henderson_, @swegta, @yongyea, @byyourlogic, @dralakbarov, @gpv3000, @polydepression, and @letsgocancelar
| Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
How Russia's IRA troll factories tweeted a torrent of fabricated narratives against the US Women's March and its leaders for 18 months, fracturing the movement — As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia's disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.
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Ringside at the Reckoning. Tweets: @scotthortonshow, @kenroth, @thegarance, @noupside, @nytimes, @justinhendrix, @bostonjoan, @dangillmor, @noupside, @veenadubal, @dmcrawford, @ericmgarcia, @hatr, @tomgara, @danpatterson, @noupside, @aaronjmate, @davidfolkenflik, @ggreenwald, @jeffhorwitz, @professorshaw, @ggreenwald, @aaronjmate, @stuartpstevens, @nicoleperlroth, @noupside, @onekade, @ellenbarrynyt, @johannes_ernst, @ddknyt, @jh_swanson, and @parkermolloy
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Figma founder Dylan Field, who will become the wealthiest person from the Thiel Fellowship by far, as PitchBook estimates his stake is worth $2B+ — Dylan Field dropped out of an Ivy League school in 2012 to take a grant from the billionaire Peter Thiel and start a software company called Figma.
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| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
Artists say they risk losing income as people use their names as distinctive style prompts in text-to-image AI art generators for commercial purposes — Greg Rutkowski is a more popular prompt than Picasso. — Those cool AI-generated images you've seen across the internet?
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The Overspill, Provecta Computatione, Ars Technica, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @techreview, @ediggs, @janellecshane, @shengokai, @hypervisible, @owen_stephens, and @mmitchell_ai
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 14 Pro owners are reporting that the camera physically shakes when taking photos or video in apps including TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram — It appears that many popular third-party apps weren't quite prepared for the iPhone 14 Pro's new camera technology.
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The Verge, MacRumors, Digit, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, and PhoneArena
Tweets: @lukemiani, @pedrodias, @mattmcgee, and @gartenberg
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
Hackers claiming to be a couple from Vietnam say they wiped some of IHG's data, accessed using the password Qwerty1234, after their ransomware attack was foiled — Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”.| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
The US DHS awards a $699,763 grant to researchers to develop best practices and resources for monitoring and evaluating extremist activities in game communities — Several groups are coming together to study the little understood phenomenon. — Matthew Gault
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Department of Homeland …, Reclaim The Net, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @drkowert, @alexbnewhouse, @cecianasta, @motherboard, @drkowert, @mjgault, and @amandarivkin
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the mounting challenges for Lingang, a Shanghai suburb meant to be China's next Silicon Valley, amid an economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions — This article is the fourth in an occasional series about the New Geography of Technology. You can read the first installment on Milan here …
Tweets: @citylab, @donweinland, and @mikelydon
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at a 2019 cyberstalking campaign by eBay employees against two critics who are now suing the company, its former CEO, and others for harassment — The victims of a bizarre cyberstalking operation are trying to hold the chief executive and the culture of the company responsible.
Tweets: @qhardy, @patrick_hruby, @bubbaprog, @rachaelmyrow, @jefftobiasspac, and @eperakslis
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
FCC filing and B&H product page detail a Google Nest Wi-Fi router, expected at Google's Oct. 6 event, using the 6E Wi-Fi standard for better network performance — Back in June, we reported that Google was working on a new Wi-Fi 6 router and it has now leaked as the “Nest Wifi Pro.”
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Unsealed court docs in a privacy user profiling suit against Meta show that apps from Zynga, Yahoo, and others had extensive access to users' friends' data — It's not the crime, it's the cover up... The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep …
Tweets: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @swiftstories, @profcarroll, @emilyheynyc, and @fboversight
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
EVGA exits graphics cards, citing issues with Nvidia, after exclusively using GeForce GPUs, reportedly making up 80% of its revenue, since its founding in 1999 — EVGA will continue selling current-gen GeForce cards until it runs out of stock. — Graphics card manufacturer eVGA has made a name …
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EVGA Forums, Gamers Nexus on YouTube, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, RD1234, Jon Peddie Research, Tom's Hardware, JayzTwoCents on YouTube, Engadget, Windows Central, TechSpot, TechRadar, Android Headlines, AnandTech, Kotaku, PC Gamer, ServeTheHome, ExtremeTech, PCMag, The Verge, Digital Trends, TheGamer, PCWorld, and VideoCardz.com
Tweets: @gamersnexus, @braethorn, @cohhcarnage, @nash076, @usmanpirzada, @devinconnors, @stevestreza, and @epro
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works — from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction … | Joe Schneider / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @kenpaxtontx, @popehat, @pjparkjd, @carnage4life, @myrmecos, @natematias, @corbinkbarthold, @brendancarrfcc, @berinszoka, @karilake, @poppyharlowcnn, @berinszoka, @jkempcpa, @kt_so_it_goes, @steve_vladeck, @leftynavyseal, @esqueer_, @berinszoka, @berinszoka, @geoffmanne, @berinszoka, @berinszoka, @writerkevin, @jameeljaffer, @jameeljaffer, @davidakaye, @hansmahncke, @mask_bastard, @monicaonairtalk, @basedkarbon, @mmasnick, @evacide, @mpetricone, @radleybalko, @mattkilboy, @rothforidaho, @adamkovac, @caseymattox_, @evacide, and @mmasnick
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