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Zoom updates its terms to let the company train its AI models using customer data, Zoom says only for users who consented, but doesn't offer a way to opt out — - Zoom's terms of service update establishes the video platform's right to use some customer data for training its AI models.
More: Zoom Blog, Stack Diary, VICE, Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Baseline, Neowin, Variety, Constellation Research, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, and OSnews
Mastodon: @SecurityWriter@infosec …, @GoTakeAKnapp@anti …, @mimsical@mastodon.social, @mwl@io.mwl.io, @andy@bell.bz, @emilygorcenski@indieweb …, @Lazarou@mastodon.social, @glassbottommeg …, @jeridansky@sfba.social, @pharnzwurth@aus.social, @LeslieBurns@legal.social, @davidseidl@mstdn.social, @Ryan@mstdn.ca, @ben@werd.social, @gvwilson@mastodon.social, and @mfriess@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @valerieblaise.bsky.social and @ruchowdh.bsky.social
X: @lessin, @briannawu, and @haydenfield
LinkedIn: Smita Hashim, Jorge G. Lopez, and Nikolas Badminton
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/cybersecurity, and r/ArtistHate
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
UK researchers train a deep learning model that can steal passwords and more by decoding keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with an accuracy of 95% — A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using …
More: arxiv.org, Ars Technica, HotHardware, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, gHacks Technology News, TechRadar, HackRead, Digital Trends, The Hacker News, TweakTown, Pocketables, PC Gamer, iTnews, and DataBreaches.net
Mastodon: @lrz@mastodon.cloud, @airadam@mastodon.me.uk, @karim@geiger.ee, and @Haste@mastodon.social
X: @p3b7_, @nearcyan, @nagatodharma, and @nearcyan
Forums: r/cybersecurity and Slashdot
| Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: |
PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually — - PayPal USD will be pegged to dollar, issued by Paxos Trust — Stablecoins have yet to take off in consumer-payment sector
More: PayPal Newsroom, Digital Wallets …, Metaverse Post, CoinDesk, International Business Times, Gizmodo, Reuters, CoinDesk, The Block, PYMNTS.com, BetaNews, The Information, NBC News, San Francisco Business Journal, Fortune, Coinmonks, The Daily Hodl, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, Watcher Guru, Neowin, nft now, ZyCrypto, Finbold, The Verge, Bitcoin News, Finextra, TechCrunch, CryptoGlobe, The Crypto Basic, Cryptopolitan, Benzinga, crypto.news, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, Crypto Briefing, Coinpedia Fintech News, Bitcoinist.com, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, NewsBTC, Tech Startups, Ethereum World News, CoinJournal, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, and Cryptonews
Mastodon: @misc@mastodon.social. X: @danheld, @djohnson_cpa, @jcoviedo6, @acityinohio, and @adamscochran
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
How a false facial recognition match led to Detroit police wrongfully arresting a Black woman for carjacking and robbery, the first such known case for a woman — Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking.
More: Insider, Ars Technica, Forbes, NBC News, Washington Post, PetaPixel, AI News, New York Post, and The Verge
X: @evan_greer, @peterdaou, @openrightsgroup, @kashhill, @arielbogle, @kashhill, @dancow, @kashhill, @laurenkrisai, and @kashhill
Forums: Hacker News, r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut, and r/Detroit
| Emma Goldberg / New York Times: |
Zoom, known for helping millions of people work from home, asks its employees living within 50 miles of an office to work in person at least two days per week — The tech company that helped millions of people work from home is finally tired of its employees being far away.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says Bing Chat, which is only available in products like its Edge browser and Bing app, is coming “soon” to third-party browsers, including on mobile — In late July, Microsoft confirmed its ChatGPT-like Bing Chat was testing in third-party browsers like Chrome and Safari …
More: Bing Blogs, Engadget, Windows Central, Thurrott, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, Lifewire, MSPoweruser, Search Engine Journal, WinBuzzer, The Verge, OnMSFT.com, SlashGear, and Neowin. Threads: @tomwarrenuk
| Reuters: |
Researchers: North Korean hackers placed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for at least five months in 2022 to see emails and more — An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months …
More: SentinelOne, BleepingComputer, The Record, HackRead, Security Affairs, UPROXX, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, Associated Press, CNN, and Bloomberg
X: @tomhegel, @kimzetter, @michellenichols, @tomhegel, @pearswick, and @tomhegel
Forums: r/UkrainianConflict and r/news
| Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: |
OpenAI details GPTBot, which the company uses to crawl the web for data to improve its AI models, and how site admins can use the robots.txt file to opt out — Learn more about OpenAI's web crawler, GPTBot, and how to restrict or limit its access to your website content.| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple has a deal where TSMC effectively eats the cost of chip defects, saving billions for Apple, which will get 3nm chips about a year before rivals — When Apple's next iPhone goes on sale in September, its upgraded core processor will be more powerful than that of any rival smartphone.
More: MacRumors, Macworld, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, MacDailyNews, and Supercharged
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Black Twitter users have become a “digital diaspora” searching for a replacement after Elon Musk's takeover, such as Mastodon, Threads, Spoutible, and Fanbase — The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a “digital diaspora” in search of a new home.
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, The Hill, Inside Bitcoins, New York Post, Android Headlines, Analytics Insight, CCN.com, Social Media Today, Metaverse Post, Digital Music News, and Forbes
Mastodon: @perkoch@mastodon.world and @somebitslinks@tech.lgbt
| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The White House unveils cyber initiatives to bolster K-12 schools' defenses, including up to $200M over three years from the FCC, amid rising ransomware attacks — The Biden administration on Monday will announce a host of federal and private industry initiatives to strengthen the digital defenses … | Guy Chazan / Financial Times: |
Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements — Industry concerned rise of anti-immigration movements in state of Saxony will hinder efforts to attract foreign talent| Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: |
Toshiba announces a ~$14B tender offer to take the company private at ~$32/share led by Japan Industrial Partners, a buyout fund of Japanese banks and companies — Toshiba announced a 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer on Monday in a move that would take it private …
More: Blocks and Files, WRAL TechWire, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Toshiba, and Financial Times. Forums: Slashdot
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