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June 15, 2023, 1:40 PM
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Sources: Alphabet cautions staff not to enter confidential info into chatbots, including Bard, or directly use AI-generated code, following Amazon and others — Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets …
More: Android Authority, Gizmodo, Engadget, Tech News Outlet, Mashable, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @jldastin, @hare_brain, and @hdevreij
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Mandiant: |
A look at Barracuda's Email Security Gateway zero-day, exploited by a China-linked actor since October 2022 to spy on governments, mostly in the Americas — On May 23, 2023, Barracuda announced that a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve releases a Steam update, announced in April, offering a big UI makeover, unifying the codebase for Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck, and more — While much of that has been available in beta, today's the day it goes wide with a full stable release. So if your Steam is looking rather different, that's why!
More: Steam on YouTube, Steam Community, AppleInsider, HotHardware, XDA Developers, PCWorld, Dexerto, GameSpot, TechSpot, Polygon, Destructoid, MobileSyrup, TechRadar, Candid.Technology, TweakTown, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechEBlog, TechPowerUp, Techlusive, Gamereactor UK, Press Start, PC Gamer, Blue's News, Game Rant, Neowin, Kotaku, and Phoronix
Forums: r/gamernews and r/Games
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel announces a chip naming refresh: dropping the “i”, opting for a straightforward Core 3, 5, and 7 structure, and placing premium chips under an Ultra brand — As first hinted at by Intel back in late April, Intel is embarking on a journey to redefine its client processor branding …
More: Intel, The Verge, XDA Developers, VentureBeat, PCWorld, Macworld, Thurrott, CNET, Windows Central, SlashGear, Club386, MobileSyrup, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, ZDNet, Neowin, Digit, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, ExtremeTech, KitGuru, Guru3D.com, Wccftech, Techlusive, Phoronix, VideoCardz.com, and Notebookcheck.net
Bluesky: @epro.social and @dogaker.bsky.social
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins selling replacement Surface components via the Microsoft Store, including displays, batteries, and SSDs, for “out-of-warranty, self repair” — Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices. The software giant now supplies replacement parts …
More: Windows Blog, CNET, The Register, PCWorld, Tech News Outlet, Mashable, TechSpot, Pureinfotech, Club386, OnMSFT.com, Digital Trends, BetaNews, Ars Technica, TechPowerUp, BigTechWire, Thurrott, Neowin, and Windows Central
LinkedIn: Cory Ebert. Mastodon: @kevin_hardiman@mastodon …. Tweets: @hoorge and @repaircoalition. Forums: Slashdot
| Matt Walsh / @mattwalshinbos: |
[Thread] After the SEC approved Prometheum's SPBD for digital assets, a look at CEO Aaron Kaplan's bizarre Congressional testimony and issues with the SPBD — This Prometheum storyline has got to be the strangest thing I have seen in awhile in this industry. Has anyone actually looked into this? Beyond bizarre...
More: SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Unchained Crypto, Inside Bitcoins, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @alexandergrieve, @adamscochran, @rssh273, @collins_belton, @mtcoppel, @mattwalshinbos, @sgjohnsson, @luigygt, @cameron, @cameron, @tyler, @mattwalshinbos, @ntmoney, @mattwalshinbos, @mayazi, @jchervinsky, @tayvano_, @panekkkk, @coinbureau, @dystopiabreaker, @mattwalshinbos, @mrjasonchoi, @tyler, @mdudas, @danielsloeb1, @mattwalshinbos, @bitfinexed, and @adamscochran
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft researchers detail Cadet Blizzard, a GRU group they say was behind the WhisperGate data-wiping attacks in Ukraine just before Russia's 2022 invasion — Microsoft has linked a threat group it tracks as Cadet Blizzard since April 2023 to Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU).
More: Ars Technica, Microsoft Security Blog, The Hacker News, The Record, Metacurity, Infosecurity, CyberScoop, Security Affairs, Microsoft On the Issues, C4ISRNET, International Business Times, Dark Reading, InfoRiskToday.com, SC Media, and SecurityWeek
LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman. Tweets: @julianbarnes, @crispinburke, @bradsmi, @msftissues, @msftsecintel, @vasujakkal, and @securepeacock
Forums: r/worldnews, r/InfoSecNews, and Ars OpenForum
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop lists its first victims, targeted via Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool since May 2023, including US banks and universities — Researchers say the newly discovered security flaw was exploited as far back as 2021 — Clop, the ransomware gang responsible …
More: The Record, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, ComputerWeekly.com, and Cybersecurity Dive
Tweets: @gossithedog, @malbertnews, and @alexmartin
| Chris Vallance / BBC: |
Meta AI's Yann LeCun says experts' fears of AI threatening humanity are “preposterously ridiculous” and keeping research “under lock and key” would be a mistake — One of the three “godfathers of AI” has said it won't take over the world or permanently destroy jobs.
More: Ars Technica, TechSpot, CNBC, Insider, The Times, Digital Trends, Fortune, and BBC
Tweets: @sashamtl, @elinecmc, @hpc_guru, @rajeshbahn, and @ylecun
| Nick Perry / Associated Press: |
New Zealand sentences two men who ran the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to over two years in prison, ending an 11-year US extradition battle — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
More: NZ Herald, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Dexerto, TorrentFreak, Stuff.co.nz, NZ Herald, RNZ, and Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Sources: at a May meeting, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority questioned HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Bank of China on why they were not accepting crypto clients — Regulators are pushing for banks to accept more exchanges as clients in quest to develop digital assets industry
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Inside Bitcoins, Fortune, Tech in Asia, Blockworks, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, The Block, CryptoSlate, Cryptopolitan, Watcher Guru, Forkast, CoinGape, and Reuters
LinkedIn: James Lloyd. Tweets: @nic__carter, @iamashchild, @degenspartan, @parrotcapital, @kayewiggins, @benjaminqiu, @coinbureau, @joonian, @nischalshetty, and @financialtimes
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chipmaker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and others still buy chips from its subsidiary — The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China's military.| Christina Warren / Inverse: |
A look at Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K-lines-of-code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming — At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS.
More: Forbes, MacStories, HotHardware, MacDailyNews, The Verge, Macworld, and Six Colors
Tweets: @kottke, @film_girl, @krzyzanowskim, and @raywongy
| Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought ads on Uber in Q1, up from 315K in Q4 — The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on Uber Eats, Drizly and its ride-hailing app
More: Engadget, Beet.TV, SlashGear, iMore, and Supercharged
LinkedIn: Freddy Porges. Tweets: @modestproposal1, @patrickcoffee, @richard_normal, @silvermanjacob, @keithdsouza, and @rupertmyers
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Applied Materials sues Chinese-owned, California-based rival Mattson over an alleged 14-month effort to steal IP, including staff poaching and design transfers — Applied Materials Inc. is suing a Chinese-owned rival over what it says was a 14-month effort to steal some of its most valuable secrets … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches its “Hey Disney!” voice command for most Echo devices in the US, featuring 20+ characters, the first Alexa Custom Assistant for customers' homes — Amazon and Disney announced Thursday that “Hey Disney!,” the new voice assistant built on Alexa technology … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to post fake proof-of-concept zero-day exploits that push Windows and Linux malware — Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero …
More: VulnCheck, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, SC Media, CSO, Tech Monitor, Infosecurity, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @alvierid, @jgamblin, @seanwrightsec, and @vulncheckai
| Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters: |
The White House says Live Nation and Ticketmaster plan to offer consumers upfront all-in pricing starting in September, as part of a crackdown on “junk fees” — Live Nation and Ticketmaster will soon offer consumers all-in pricing on their popular ticket platforms … | Ted Johnson / Deadline: |
The Senate Judiciary Committee advances the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which enables news outlets to jointly negotiate with tech companies — The Senate Judiciary Committee revived the prospects for a long-proposed bill that would bolster print and broadcast news outlets in their negotiations with tech giants.
More: The Hill, CNN, The Verge, News/Media Alliance, AllAccess.com, Public Knowledge, Tv Technology, and American Economic …
| Kari Paul / The Guardian: |
The CCDH estimates Google made $10M in two years from anti-abortion organizations' ads misdirecting users to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not provide care — Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms
More: Wired, The Hill, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @arodericks.bsky.social. Tweets: @ccdhate. Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoXChromosomes, and r/technology
| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the European Commission plans to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment from its own internal telecom networks, ahead of its 5G guidance update for bloc members — The European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp …
More: Politico, Reuters, PhoneArena, DigiTimes, DatacenterDynamics, and TechRadar
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch launches a Partner Plus tier offering a 70/30 revenue split to streamers who have at least 350 recurring paid subscriptions for three months in a row — Twitch is introducing a new “Partner Plus” program that will give streamers an increased 70 percent of the share of their subscription revenues …
More: blog.twitch.tv and GameSpot
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