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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI led an effort to dismantle the Qakbot botnet, which ransomware gangs used as an infection vector for years, on August 25 after infiltrating its network — Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date, was taken down following a multinational law enforcement operation spearheaded …
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Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. X: @silascutler, @cyb3rops, @itsreallynick, @abuse_ch, @usao_losangeles, @bushidotoken, @ericgeller, @neiltking, @prestonjbyrne, @itsreallynick, @fbi, @usao_losangeles, @ericgeller, @k8em0, @anfam17, @haveibeenpwned, @troyhunt, @lorenzofb, @obnoxious4n6, @vxunderground, @ericgeller, and @max_mal_. LinkedIn: Ohad Zaidenberg
Forums: Hacker News and r/hacking
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is on pace to generate more than $1B in revenue over the next 12 months by selling software and computing capacity, up from just $28M in 2022 — OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software …
More: PYMNTS.com, Analytics India Magazine, Coinspeaker, Bloomberg, CryptoSlate, Fortune, Tech in Asia, and Reuters
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In July 2023, the NHTSA ordered Tesla to provide data on Autopilot's “Elon mode”, which eliminates prompts for drivers to their keep hands on the wheel — - Tesla received a special order from the National Highway Transportation Administration in late July requiring …
More: Bloomberg, Associated Press, The Register, Reuters, The Verge, and TechCrunch. Forums: Hacker News
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
An image with the alt text “A person takes a call on a Pixel 8 Pro phone in Porcelain” popped up on a Google Store page displaying the as-yet-unannounced device — Continuing the storied tradition of Google's Pixel devices being some of the most-leaked hardware ever … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung launches Food, a “personalized” AI-based food and recipe app in eight languages and 104 countries, drawing on a 160K+ recipes from Whisk, bought in 2019 — It builds on Whisk, an app it acquired a few years back. — As it promised last week, Samsung has launched Food … | Reuters: |
Huawei quietly launches the ~$960 Mate 60 Pro, giving no advance notice and releasing no ads; some investors speculate that Huawei used its own 5G chip — Chinese chip stocks rallied on Wednesday following Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) launch of its new Mate 60 Pro phone … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Meta's Oversight Board took 234 days to get a ruling in an incitement to violence case involving Hun Sen, revealing a problem with the board's glacial pace — Today let's talk about one of the most important cases that Meta's Oversight Board has heard to date — and how the process ultimately revealed …
Threads: @crumbler. Bluesky: @zitron.bsky.social. X: @oversightboard, @oversightboard, @jackshafer, and @johnwilson
| Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
More: Transparency Center, The Overspill, Reuters, Gizmodo, and Engadget
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| Jordan Fragen / VentureBeat: |
Data.ai and IDC expect consumers to spend $108B on mobile games in 2023, or 55% of global spending on games, followed by $43B on consoles and $40B on PC/Mac — While the games industry isn't growing according to Data.ai and IDC's latest report, spending declines are leveling off faster than expected.
More: Data.ai, Pocket Gamer.biz, Mobilegamer.biz, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Leo Lewis / Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese-backed hackers breached Japanese cybersecurity agency NISC's email system; experts link the July 4 ransomware attack on Port of Nagoya to China — Infiltration comes as allies scrutinise Tokyo's defences against hacking — The organisation responsible for Japan's national defences …
More: Security Affairs, The Record, Metacurity, and The Information
X: @shashj, @matthew_pines, @war_student, @johnnysaks130, @lukolejnik, and @danwblack
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
In a “safety” blog post, X announces “paid-for promoted political posts”, starting in the US, and plans to “provide a global advertising transparency center” — X (née Twitter) published a “safety” brief on its blog today outlining new policies …
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Letter: the UFC, the NBA, and the NFL tell the USPTO that the DMCA needs to be updated so live content can be removed “instantaneously or near-instantaneously” — The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world.
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, TechSpot, Cord Cutters News, UFC-NBA-NFL, and Engadget. Bluesky: @pnppl.bsky.social
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
HP misses with Q3 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.2B, Personal Systems revenue down 11% YoY to $8.9B, and Printing revenue down 7% YoY to $4.3B; HPQ falls 10%+ — HP reported a mixed third quarter with sales lower than expected. CEO Enrique Lores said, “the external environment has not improved …
More: IDC, Bloomberg, TechSpot, HP, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, and CRN
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| Gabriel Sanchez / Bloomberg: |
Bumble, Match, Hinge, and Grindr explore more expensive subscriptions for users seeking a curated experience; Bumble says $40 to $50 feels “low” to some users — - New weekly subscriptions are driving Gen Z subscription growth — Premium tiers are also planned as paying user growth stalls
More: 9to5Mac and South China Morning Post
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tether added Britannia Bank & Trust, a privately held bank operating in the Bahamas, to process dollar transfers, as US banks cut crypto ties — - Britannia Bank & Trust processes dollar transfers for Tether — Stablecoin issuer faces long-standing questions on reserves
More: Bitcoinist.com, Cryptonews, Coinspeaker, Protos, Crypto Daily, The Block, Ethereum World News, and Cryptopolitan
X: @bitfinexed, @parrotcapital, @parrotcapital, @quinnypig, and @danny_mx
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a September 12 event at 10am PT at Apple Park titled “Wonderlust”, where four iPhone 15 models, the Apple Watch Series 9, and more are expected — Apple today announced plans to hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
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Forums: r/tmobile, r/technology, r/popculturechat, and MacRumors Forums
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Fairphone announces the €699 Fairphone 5, offering a 6.46-inch 90Hz OLED display, dual 50-megapixel cameras, and 30W fast charging, shipping on September 14 — The Fairphone 5 is the latest sustainably produced and repairable handset from Dutch smartphone company Fairphone.
More: Gizmodo, OSnews, TechCrunch, CNET, Android Police, Engadget, Android Authority, ZDNet, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Fairphone, Digital Trends, and GSMArena.com. Forums: r/gadgets
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Court filing: X faces 2,200 arbitration cases from employees laid off after Elon Musk took over; the filing fees alone could be $3.5M for that volume of cases — - Elon Musk's X Corp. is facing 2,200 arbitration cases, a court filing in Delaware revealed on Monday.
More: 9to5Mac, Cybernews.com, CourtListener, and Insider
Mastodon: @chikorita157@sakurajima.moe. X: @zenofdesign. LinkedIn: Lora Kolodny. Forums: r/news and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Financial Times: |
UAE-linked G42, MBZUAI, and Cerebras announce Jais, an open-source, bilingual LLM for Arabic speakers; the UAE previously trained Falcon on 300+ Nvidia CPUs — Jais software part of regional powers' effort to take world-leading role in technology's development
More: Gulf News, Reuters, G42, and The National
| Financial Times: |
Critics say India's new privacy safeguards do little to prevent mass government surveillance via tracking equipment installed at subsea cable landing stations — Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations
More: DatacenterDynamics and Livemint
| Matthew Lynley / Supervised: |
Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI improvements to better compete with Azure AI Studio and Amazon Bedrock; Nvidia announces PaxML, built on Google's JAX framework — Google is in the middle of trying to avoid repeating history when releasing its industry-altering technology.
More: DeepMind Blog, The Information, Beyond Search, Nvidia Newsroom, TechCrunch, and TechCrunch
| Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: |
Chinese sextortion scammers have flooded X, harassing political dissidents and influential figures since the platform added paid verification in April 2023 — Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.
More: MIT Technology Review and New York Post
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