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Kim Zetter / Wired:
An in-depth look inside the US DOJ and Volexity's investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade  —  The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks.  They might still be there now.  Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies  —  - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years  —  International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol, the FBI, and others take down the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288 vendors and customers, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs  —  An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide …
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
The Writers Guild of America strikes after negotiations over pay and AI issues with Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Sony, and others failed; nearly 12K may join  —  The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …
Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators  —  - Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform.
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, including why he now thinks neural networks are “a new and better form of intelligence”  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
Medha Singh / Reuters:
Online study company Chegg suspends its full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT's popularity is pressuring its subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50%, now down 64%+ YTD  —  What's the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework?  For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+  —  - AMD's report comes as the PC industry is in a deep slump, with shipments dropping 30% in the first quarter, according to IDC.
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated cloud server in Q2 that separates the data from that of other clients and costs up to 10x more  —  Not everyone trusts OpenAI's ChatGPT.  —  While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular …
New York Times:
Despite Google's October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands  —  Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data  —  Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
Samantha Cole / VICE:
Pornhub disables its website in Utah after the state passed a porn site age verification law and now shows a video asking users to contact their representatives  —  People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.

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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she shared with the White House internal Fox guidance to steer clear of Trump's 2020 election claims in a July speech

CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

More News

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
US lawmakers reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act with updates aimed at addressing potential harms, but fail to appease some activists and industry groups
Amelia Wattenberger:
Why chatbots are not the future of LLM interfaces: all users must learn what prompts work well, people will get sick of typing, responses are isolated, and more

Earlier Picks

New York Times:
An Amnesty report details Israel's Red Wolf facial recognition system at Hebron and East Jerusalem checkpoints that tracks and restricts Palestinians' movements
Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes:
Internal records show ByteDance uses word lists to detect or suppress content, extending beyond standard moderation blocklists; TikTok denies using the lists
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon rolls out Fire TV Channels, its FAST video experience for Fire TV devices, after monthly hours streamed of FAST content grew 300%+ in the past six months
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at WWDC 2022, to push a non-beta public update for the first time to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users
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