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The OMB releases draft rules that require US federal agencies to monitor AI in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential harms against citizens — Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement …
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| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
On the UK's AI Safety Summit first day, there were closed-door discussions about whether to pause the development of next-generation “frontier” AI models — - Tech leaders and academics in attendance disagreed on AI risks — 'I hope that it doesn't get dominated by the doomer,' CEO says| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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| The Walt Disney Company: |
Disney plans to acquire NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu, gaining full ownership, and expects to pay ~$8.61B, representing NBCU's share of a $27.5B guaranteed floor — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …
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| Joe Duball / IAPP: |
The EDPB instructs the Irish DPC to ban Meta's use of Facebook and Instagram users' personal data for behavioral ads in EU and EEA countries within two weeks — An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe. Changes are coming to adtech's approach …
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
YouTube begins restricting how often US teens receive repeated video recommendations about sensitive topics like body image and plans to expand globally in 2024 — Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related …
More: YouTube Official Blog, TechCrunch, Lifewire, and Mashable
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
US v. SBF: in closing statements, the US relied heavily on evidence to argue SBF is guilty and said he was “greedy” while SBF's defense only made things worse — Mistakes aren't illegal, but fraud is — and Bankman-Fried's lawyers never made his defense land.
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| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
PayPal says the company received an SEC subpoena tied to its US dollar stablecoin, launched in August 2023 — Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin.| Reuters: |
Boeing investigates a cyber incident that impacted its parts and distribution business, days after LockBit announced stealing “a tremendous amount” of its data — Boeing (BA.N), one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating … | Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: |
Apple's M3 series shows a return to core messaging themes around user human usability; producing three M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs — Earlier this week Apple unveiled the latest in its line of CPUs - the M3 family. There has been a lot of CPU news in the past weeks …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The UK plans to invest £225M into Isambard-AI, an AI supercomputer 10x faster “than the UK's current quickest machine”, to be built by the University of Bristol — - The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will invest £225 million, or $273 million, into an AI supercomputer … | Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry: users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore, some experts complain it's harder to game Google's algorithm, and more — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music's $4.99/month Voice Plan, introduced in 2021 to let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri — Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
After major Azure attacks, Microsoft launches the Secure Future Initiative, with plans to use AI and automation to identify vulnerabilities and respond faster — Microsoft has had a rough few years of cybersecurity incidents. It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago …
More: BleepingComputer, Microsoft Security Blog, Forbes, Microsoft On the Issues, Wired, and Petri IT Knowledgebase
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| CoinDesk: |
The US SEC charges SafeMoon and its executives for selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating investors' funds the team promised were “locked” — Crypto company SafeMoon's CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M …
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency, r/CryptoCurrency, r/SafeMoon, r/hoge, r/technology, r/SafeMoon, and r/barstoolsports
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker says Firefox's switch to Yahoo in 2014 degraded the UX and Firefox struggled to compete on mobile because of defaults — - Mozilla's Firefox switched to Yahoo from Google in 2014 — Difficulty of switching search engines is key to DOJ case
Mastodon: @ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @epro.social. X: @vidushi_law and @vidushi_law. Forums: Slashdot
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Flexport acquires shuttered digital freight startup Convoy's tech stack, doubling down on US trucking; a source says Convoy CEO Dan Lewis will join Flexport — Flexport has reached a deal to buy the technology of shuttered trucking startup Convoy, as Flexport doubles down on its U.S. trucking ambitions …
More: Flexport, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, FreightWaves, Seattle Business Journal, TechCrunch, Supply Chain Dive, and PYMNTS.com
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LinkedIn: Bryce Burnet, Steve Greenfield, and Nick Coverdale
| Myles McCormick / Financial Times: |
How Arizona State University, a “secret weapon” that has become an R&D hive for the chip industry, made Phoenix into the beating heart of the US chipmaking boom — Arizona State's role in building skilled labour force is part of national trend as investors scramble for talent| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A New Jersey high school and police investigate after male students shared AI-generated nudes of female students in group chats; parents are unsure what to do — After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to roll out a BNPL checkout option for Amazon Business users by November 24 via its Affirm partnership, with loans ranging from $100 to $20,000 — - Amazon is rolling out its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively.
More: Reuters, PYMNTS.com, About Amazon, E-Commerce Times, and TechStartups
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: TikTok users sent $250M+ worth of digital gifts to US livestreamers in Q3; TikTok takes a 50% cut and is on track to earn $500M in US tips in 2023 — A young man with a shaved head and leather jacket bounces up and down in New York's Union Square, chanting “TGIF” as viewers send him a stream of tips costing a few cents each.
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