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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Cofense discovers a phishing campaign that uses QR codes to mainly target a notable US energy company, the first known use of QR codes for phishing at scale — A phishing campaign was observed predominantly targeting a notable energy company in the US, employing QR codes to slip malicious emails into inboxes and bypass security.
More: Cofense, SC Media, PaymentSecurity.io, SecurityWeek, Cybernews.com, TechRadar, Security Affairs, The Record, and Dark Reading
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to close its Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace on July 29, 2024, meaning users will no longer be able to buy games, DLC, avatars, and more — Microsoft is preparing to close down its Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace on July 29th, 2024.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to hold a “special event” in NYC on September 21, 2023, likely to announce Surface hardware including the Go 4, Laptop Studio 2, and Laptop Go 3 — Microsoft has started sending media invites for a “special event” in New York City next month.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snap confirms and fixes a My AI glitch that caused the chatbot to post its own one-second Story of a two-toned image and then stop responding to users' messages — Snapchat's My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own.
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| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Sei launches its trading-focused blockchain and SEI hits $1.6B in trading volume in the first 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap; many users criticized SEI's airdrop — The buzzy blockchain project's SEI token saw a flurry of trading as it debuted on several crypto exchanges …
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| Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report: |
Leaked images reveal Lenovo's new Legion Go, a Windows 11 gaming handheld that appears to combine features of the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, and Nintendo Switch — Here's a first look at Lenovo's new gaming handheld, the Legion Go — Lenovo is working on a gaming handheld called Legion Go …
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| John Callaham / Neowin: |
Microsoft plans to discontinue Azure Kinect Developer Kit, the depth-sensing camera the company released in 2019, in October 2023, or sooner if supplies run out — Microsoft thought it had the next generation of technology control inputs when it first revealed the Kinect motion-tracking camera sensor for its Xbox 360 console.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com
| Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin's website: |
A deep dive into X's Community Notes, including how the algorithm works, whether the feature actually fights polarization, and its use in high-stakes situations — Special thanks to Dennis Pourteaux and Jay Baxter for feedback and review. — The last two years of Twitter X have been tumultuous, to say the least.
More: Cryptonews, crypto.news, Crypto Daily, Cointelegraph, and CryptoSlate
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a new Transparency Center to let users report harmful content, make appeals, read transparency reports and product or service policies, and more — Google is launching a new Transparency Center to make it easier for users to learn more about its product policies.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Solidus: between mid-July and August, developers deployed 500+ scam tokens on Coinbase's Base blockchain, ~300 of which let their creators mint unlimited tokens — - More than 500 scam tokens were deployed on blockchain — Solidus Labs says scammers pocketed about $2 million in profit| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint expects 2023 global smartphone shipments to drop 6% YoY to 1.15B units, the lowest level since 2013, due to a slowing Chinese economy and US demand — - Global smartphone shipments are expected to drop 6% from 2022 — Apple is better positioned than others to weather the storm
More: Counterpoint Research, AppleInsider, The Independent, PCMag, BGR, 9to5Mac, CNBC, and iClarified
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI acquires NYC-based AI design studio Global Illumination, the company's first public acquisition in its seven-year history; deal terms weren't disclosed — OpenAI, the AI company behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, has acquired Global Illumination, a New York-based startup leveraging AI …
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Meta starts rolling out HD photo support globally in WhatsApp for Android, iOS, and the web, and says the company plans to add support for HD videos soon — WhatsApp is flipping a switch that will let users send higher-quality “HD” images on the messaging platform.| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Databricks had a total ~$900M loss in its past two fiscal years, including $380M in the year ending in January 2023, and is moving closer to break-even — Enterprise software firm Databricks is in early discussions with investors for a new cash infusion, likely totaling hundreds … | Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: Bing had 1% to 3% search market share globally in July, the same as in January 2023, despite adding Bing Chat; Microsoft calls the new Bing a success — The new Bing with AI chatbot is ‘cute, but not a game changer’ — When Microsoft unveiled an AI-powered version of Bing in February …
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| Bloomberg: |
Court filings: Tesla engineers admit that the company failed to fix Autopilot's limitations in recognizing crossing traffic after a fatal truck crash in 2016 — - Company faces damning testimony as trial looms over 2019 wreck — CEO Elon Musk has claimed Teslas are safest cars ever made| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Shiba Inu's Ethereum Layer 2 network Shibarium goes live, joining 50+ other networks luring users via low fees to an ecosystem for financial services and gaming — The much-awaited Shibarium network saw over 21 million wallets created during its testnet and is expected to position Shiba Inu as a serious DeFi contender.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Llion Jones, who co-authored Google's transformer paper, and David Ha, the former head of Google's AI research arm in Japan, launch Sakana AI in Tokyo — Llion Jones and David Ha take inspiration from nature with start-up Sakana AI — A former Google researcher who co-authored a paper … | Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: |
Adyen reports H1 2023 net revenue up 21% YoY to €739.1M, below €754M est., €320M EBITDA, below €365M est., and defends hiring 551 new staff; ADYEN.AS drops 35%+ — Dutch company counts cost of sustained recruitment and fierce US competition
More: Reuters, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Coinspeaker, Silicon Canals, Adyen, and PYMNTS.com
| Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal: |
Nonprofit Garbo plans to drop its background checking tool used by Match Group's apps on August 31, saying most tech companies “see trust and safety as good PR” — After a news report that sex offenders were using its dating apps, the company funded a nonprofit tool meant to protect users.
X: @dannygroner and @ttp_updates
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Jefferies and TrueUp: tech companies laid off 342,671 employees so far in 2023, up from the 243,075 job cuts across 2022, but cuts have slowed in the summer — Tech companies aren't yet ramping up hiring after massive layoffs over the past year, despite a surge in interest in artificial intelligence … Sponsor Posts
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