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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Researchers earned $1M+ for 58 zero-day exploits targeting consumer products at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 and hacked a fully patched Samsung Galaxy S23 four times  —  The Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 hacking competition has ended with security researchers earning $1,038,500 for 58 zero-day exploits …
David Pierce / The Verge:
US v. Google: Google's search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms  —  Even if it's easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
X adds a $16/mo. Premium+ plan with no ads in For You or Following and the “largest reply boost”, and a $3/mo. Basic plan with a “small boost” but no checkmark  —  X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan …
Financial Times:
SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of the full financial state of his companies and was “surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022  —  Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial
Financial Times:
In a testimony heard without the jury present, SBF says he followed his lawyers' counsel to make critical decisions around passing FTX customer money to Alameda
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says he wants Threads to be the “de facto platform for public conversations online” and web app is not a “primary focus” as mobile usage is higher  —  Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has high ambitions for Threads: he wants it to become the …
Wall Street Journal:
Google invests $500M upfront in Anthropic and agrees to add $1.5B more over time, after investing $550M in the generative AI startup earlier in 2023  —  Google move follows Amazon investment as tech giants place bigger bets on startups racing to develop artificial intelligence
Associated Press:
Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military expands its ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents  —  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified bombardment Friday night …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's “Scary Fast” event on October 30: high-end MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max, a new 24-inch iMac with an M3, and USB-C accessories  —  The company is poised to introduce computers with speedier chips.  —  Apple Inc.'s last product unveiling …
Julia Black / The Information:
Sources: Humane timed its ~$1K Ai Pin launch to the October 14 eclipse, but moved it to November 9 after reports broke about Sam Altman and Jony Ive's AI device  —  In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup.  The Information had just broken …
More: The Verge.  Threads: @martinsfp.  Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social.  X: @devadasrajaram, @mjnblack, and @steph_palazzolo.  LinkedIn: Jon Steinberg
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Apple fixed an old iOS bug that let nearby wireless routers gather real MAC addresses even when Private Wi-Fi Address is enabled, including in Lockdown Mode  —  “From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14.  —  Three years ago, Apple introduced …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Filing: Gemini sues Genesis Global, its former business partner for its Gemini Earn product, over 60M GBTC shares, worth $1.6B+, that were pledged as collateral  —  Gemini has filed a lawsuit against Genesis over 60 million GBTC shares that were pledged as collateral.  —  Register Now
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Source: during an all-hands, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create XWire, a press release service that would rival Cision's PR Newswire  —  Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors …

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Brett LoGiurato / Status:
NYT CEO Kopit Levien confirms The Athletic is no longer pursuing a major partnership with Kalshi, saying “we take the trust of our readers incredibly seriously”

Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
McClatchy enacts deep, nationwide layoffs, including at the Lexington Herald-Leader, Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer, and Idaho Statesman

Heather Cherone / WTTW News:
NetChoice sues Illinois to block taxes on large social media companies and on companies with over $1M in gross receipts from digital ad services

More News

Politico:
A US executive order, expected to be issued as soon as October 30, will require firms building powerful AI models to report how they plan to protect their tech
Simon Willison's Weblog:
How OpenAI uses ChatGPT prompt engineering to get around DALL-E 3's fundamental biases, discourage DALL-E 3 from recreating the work of living artists, and more
Counterpoint Research:
Chinese smartphone sales fell 3% YoY in Q3 2023; Honor led with 18.3% market share, Huawei's sales grew the most at 37% YoY, and Apple fell 10% YoY
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: Tata Group acquires Apple manufacturer Wistron's India unit for $125M; India's Deputy IT Minister says Tata will now make iPhones for the global market

Earlier Picks

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Businesses are using SEO-driven names like Thai Food Near Me and Dentist Near Me to optimize for Google Search, but the scheme is likely technically ineffective
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft details Octo Tempest, a native English-speaking hacking group targeting tech, gaming, hospitality, retail, law, financial services, and other sectors
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but plans to continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Xiaomi unveils the 6.36" Xiaomi 14 and 6.73" Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP camera sensors, a Leica lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out new Google Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to 15 new cities
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