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Filing: the US SEC sues Elon Musk to force him to testify in its probe into his Twitter takeover in 2022, after Musk failed to appear for testimony in September — - Agency says that billionaire failed to appear last month — Musk attorney says that his client testified multiple times
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| Shawn Tully / Fortune: |
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| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Some 4chan users are running a coordinated campaign to flood the internet with racist images created using Bing's text-to-image generator powered by DALL-E 3 — 4chan users are coordinating a posting campaign where they use Bing's AI text-to-image generator to create racist images that they can then post across the internet.
More: 404 Media, Ars Technica, and The Verge
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out a new version of Microsoft Teams, in preview since March 2023, rebuilt from the ground up to be less resource-hungry on Windows and macOS — Microsoft is rolling out a new and improved version of its Microsoft Teams chat client today.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The CMA opens an investigation into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services in the UK with the deadline of April 4, 2025, following Ofcom's referral — The clouds are gathering over Microsoft's Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: in 2018 and 2019, Apple and DuckDuckGo talked changing Safari private mode's default search engine; an Apple exec said it's “probably a bad idea” — - DuckDuckGo spoke with Apple about 20 times on possible change — Apple exec testified he viewed it as ‘probably a bad idea’
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Sony has notified ~6,800 US individuals, including current and former employees and their family members, about a MOVEit Transfer data breach that affected them — Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) has notified current and former employees and their family members about a cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information.| Bryant Francis / Game Developer: |
Epic Games plans an Unreal Engine per-seat licensing fee for non-gaming sectors like film and TV; Tim Sweeney says “financial problems” hit Epic ~10 weeks ago — A week after laying off almost 900 employees, Epic Games announced that it's increasing the price to use Unreal Engine …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy SmartTag 2, with a revamped design, Bluetooth, UWB, and still compatible only with Samsung devices, available on October 10 for $30 — As the smart tracker market waits for Google to shake things up on the Android side of things, Samsung has today unveiled the Galaxy SmartTag 2 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some US FTX staff found and internally reported Alameda's backdoor used to allegedly withdraw billions in client funds, months before FTX's collapse — The crypto exchange allowed Alameda to have a negative balance of up to $65 billion, prosecutors say| Sebastiaan de With / Lux: |
In-depth iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review: native 24MP capture and 5x lens represent one of the biggest camera upgrades in iPhone's history for everyday users — Sebastiaan de With reviews the latest telephoto-equipped camera out of Cupertino in our annual iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review.
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| New York Times: |
How Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm are pushing back against the Biden administration's plans for further crackdowns on their sales of semiconductor tech to China — Nvidia, Intel and Qualcomm are campaigning to protect their businesses before further crackdowns on the sale of semiconductor technology to Beijing.| Fortune: |
Q&A with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati about joining OpenAI, copyright challenges, AI regulation, competition, safety challenges, DALL-E 3, the future of AI, and more — Murati talks with Fortune about the ultra-high stakes in the generative AI revolution. — Mere moments before Mira Murati … | George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to launch its first demo internet satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on October 6 for its 3,236-satellite megaconstellation — Jeff Bezos's space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink in the satellite internet arena.
More: About Amazon, The Register, New Scientist, Coinspeaker, Silicon Republic, United Launch Alliance on YouTube, BigTechWire, Bloomberg, Engadget, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Project Kuiper and Amy Miller
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: AT&T is exploring options for its 70% DirecTV stake, such as adding a new investor or selling the stake and exiting the venture as early as August 2024 — - Telecoms giant majority owns DirecTV with private equity TPG — Declining pay-TV customer base has cut into AT&T's cash flow
More: The Streamable, Android Headlines, and Light Reading
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Los Angeles-based Metropolis, which sells AI parking services, raised $650M in debt and $1.05B in Series C financing to acquire parking facility company SP Plus — AI-powered parking platform Metropolis today announced that it raised $1.7 billion to acquire SP Plus, a provider … Sponsor Posts
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