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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 …
More: Federal Bureau …, Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, Secureworks, TechCrunch, YouTube, Associated Press, Krebs on Security, Voice of America, National Crime Agency, iTnews, PYMNTS.com, Dark Reading, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, Washington Post, NBC News, The Register, The Record, Cybernews.com, Wall Street Journal, Help Net Security, CyberScoop, PCMag, and DeviceSecurity.io
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. X: @abuse_ch, @ericgeller, @itsreallynick, @itsreallynick, @vxunderground, @bushidotoken, @neiltking, @usao_losangeles, @anfam17, @obnoxious4n6, @usao_losangeles, @max_mal_, @k8em0, @haveibeenpwned, @troyhunt, and @lorenzofb. 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 software and computing capacity, up from just $28M in revenue in 2022 — OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale …
More: Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
X: @kazanjy, @emollick, @aaronpholmes, @ejzim, @benitoz, @amir, @scobleizer, and @pradeeepk. LinkedIn: John Curtius. Forums: r/singularity
| 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
| 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: Nvidia Newsroom. X: @metaai, @metaai, and @mattlynley. LinkedIn: Amin Vahdat. Forums: Hacker News
| 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 …
More: Twitter, Silicon Republic, Reuters, Deadline, Social Media Today, Cryptopolitan, SlashGear, Gizmodo, PCMag, Ars Technica, Engadget, Search Engine Land, and Variety
Mastodon: @runsm0oth@universeodon.com. X: @safety, @__esteiner, @kyliebytes, @thesullivan, @melissaryan, @x, @adamkovac, @katieharbath, @moonalice, and @__esteiner
| 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 would like help from the U.S. Government to tackle live streaming piracy.| 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 … | Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
More: Reuters, Transparency Center, The Overspill, Gizmodo, and Engadget
Bluesky: @yoyoel.com. X: @peacepalace_kh, @daniellerose84, and @thomasgermain. Facebook: Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
| 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: @financialtimes and @johnnysaks130
| 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 … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google announces AI features coming soon to Meet, including Duet AI taking notes, showing mid-meeting summaries, and “attending” meetings on a user's behalf — If Google Meet's new AI tools are as good as advertised, you might never need to pay attention to another meeting again — or even show up at all.
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Forums: r/technews and Beehaw
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
| 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.
Mastodon: @casilli@mamot.fr. X: @restofworld, @restofworld, @mvzelenks, @caiweic, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @hrichina. LinkedIn: Thomas Freeman
| Wall Street Journal: |
Despite a rough year for the memory chip business, SK Hynix's stock rose ~60% in 2023, benefiting from the rise of AI chips that rely on high bandwidth memory — South Korea's SK Hynix bet early on powerful memory chips for generative AI programs like ChatGPT| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
GM extends its Google Cloud partnership to use AI, leveraging chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls and freeing up operators to address more complex requests — General Motors is using conversational AI chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls, freeing up the service's human employees …
More: PR Newswire, TechCrunch, CrackBerry, The Messenger, CNBC, Engadget, and PCMag. X: @danielraffel
| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to ~$9.25B and a ~$504M net profit, beating analyst estimates of ~$440.9M and more than doubling from a year earlier — The Chinese maker of smartphones and other electronics products said revenue declined 4.0% — Xiaomi said Tuesday … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube now lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don't violate the same policy for 90 days — YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules.| 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 … | David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta Avatars finally get legs in Horizon Home, with the Quest v57 update on the Public Test Channel, after Meta said in October 2022 they were “coming soon” — Meta Avatars finally have legs in Quest Home with the v57 update on the Public Test Channel.
More: Engadget, Mashable, Social Media Today, MIXED Reality News, TechCrunch, Android Central, Game Is Hard, and Road to VR
Threads: @nya_vr_. X: @sadlyitsbradley, @waifuverseai, @lunayian, @jenn_elias, @lunayian, @lunayian, @jacky2chau, @dsaxfilm, and @lunayian
Forums: r/OculusQuest and r/OculusQuest
| CoinDesk: |
A US court rules that the SEC must review its rejection of Grayscale's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an ETF after approving two bitcoin ETPs — A federal appeals court ordered the SEC to “vacate” its rejection of the trust issuer's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund.
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X: @jseyff, @jchervinsky, @patrickmchenry, @adamscochran, @milesdeutscher, @attorneyjeremy1, @jchervinsky, @chamath, @billhughesdc, @cryptokaleo, @katie_haun, @saylor, and @stephendpalley
Forums: r/Bitcoin, r/ethtrader, and r/btc
| Bloomberg: |
Google adds other companies' AI tools, like Meta's Llama 2 and Anthropic's Claude 2, to Cloud, expands Duet AI in Workspace, partners with Fox Sports, and more — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is adding artificial intelligence tools from companies including Meta Platforms Inc. and Anthropic to its cloud platform …
More: Google Cloud Blog, Google Cloud Blog, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Reuters, Synthedia, Cybersecurity Dive, Light Reading, The Information, Google Cloud Blog, The Decoder, Silicon Republic, Tech Xplore, Google Cloud Blog, PR Newswire, ZDNet, Google Cloud Blog, Google Cloud Blog, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, and TechCrunch
X: @googleworkspace, @thomasortk, and @googleworkspace
LinkedIn: Allan Thygesen, Sayeed Choudhury, Behshad Behzadi, Amin Vahdat, Ahmad Al-Dahle, and Maruthy Vedam
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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