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Microsoft starts testing ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 in the Insider builds in the US, and says the app promotions can be disabled in Settings — Microsoft says it's starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu …
More: Windows Blog, Engadget, Neowin, BleepingComputer, Laptop Mag, 9to5Google, Pureinfotech, XDA Developers, Thurrott, OSnews, TechSpot, and MSPoweruser
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Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technews, and r/technology
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Palo Alto Networks alerts customers that hackers are exploiting a zero-day in its popular GlobalProtect VPN product and promises a patch by April 14 — Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is alerting customers that a zero-day vulnerability in its firewall tool is being exploited by hackers.
More: Palo Alto Networks …, Unit 42, Ars Technica, Volexity, BleepingComputer, National Vulnerability …, SC Media, The Register, SecurityWeek, CSO, CRN, The Hacker News, and The Stack
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LinkedIn: Tim MalcomVetter, Andrew Thompson, and Robert Fernandes
Forums: r/paloaltonetworks and Ars OpenForum
| Jaffer Zaidi / The Keyword: |
Google tests removing links to CA news sites to measure the impact of the California Journalism Preservation Act and pauses investments in the CA news ecosystem — A pending bill in the California state legislature, the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), would create a “link tax” …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/popculturechat, and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI gives premium ChatGPT users access to an updated GPT-4 Turbo, promising “more direct, less verbose” responses that “use more conversational language” — ChatGPT, OpenAI's viral AI-powered chatbot, just got a big upgrade. — OpenAI announced today …
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
A US judge sentences ex-Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed to three years in prison for stealing $12.3M+ from Nirvana and another crypto exchange in 2022 — - Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced Friday for hacking smart contracts — Ahmed admitted to stealing $12 million from two platforms| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Epic asks a US court to require Google to allow alt app stores in Play Store and limit Google's ability to restrict alt app store preloading on Android phones — “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google (GOOGL.O) to open up its Play Store … | Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Roku says hackers accessed ~576K accounts using credential stuffing, and made purchases in ~400 cases, after a similar breach affecting ~15K accounts in March — The new security incident was discovered a month after the company learned that 15,000 accounts were impacted in a similar breach.
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| Jack Brewster / Wall Street Journal: |
A case study of the creation of an AI-powered local “news” website, directed to produce partisan stories on a US Senate race; a Fiverr developer made it for $80 — I paid a website developer to create a fully automated, AI-generated ‘pink-slime’ news site, programmed to create false political stories.| Reuters: |
SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with major record labels, including WMG and Sony Music Entertainment, that includes protections over the use of AI — Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group (WMG.O) … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, whose market cap crossed $11B after its shares jumped 43% in 2024 — Deal for data-management software firm would be among Salesforce's largest if completed — Salesforce is in advanced talks …
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, Channel NewsAsia, and Investor's Business Daily
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| Bloomberg: |
A US official says the OFAC is investigating several US and foreign companies for shipments of chips with military applications that ultimately end up in Russia — - US, EU increasingly concerned about Russian sanctions evasion — US analyzing data from over 600 distributors selling to Russia| Nikkei Asia: |
Huawei unveils the new MateBook X Pro, its first AI PC, running on HarmonyOS and powered by Intel Core Ultra 9, available in China from April 18 for up to ~$2K — MateBook X Pro features HarmonyOS and Pangu LLM, both developed in-house — TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram to let users chat with Meta AI and discover content — Meta is pushing ahead with its efforts to make its generative AI-powered products available to more users. Apart from testing Meta AI chatbot with users in countries like India on WhatsApp …
More: Engadget, Analytics India Magazine, Business Standard, YourStory.com, Livemint, and Hindustan Times
Threads: @documentingmeta, @chris, @perplexity.ai, and @boywhoblogs
| Ben Dickson / VentureBeat: |
Google researchers detail a technique that gives LLMs the ability to work with text of infinite length while keeping memory and compute requirements constant — A new paper by researchers at Google claims to give large language models (LLMs) the ability to work with text of infinite length.| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021 — Noname Security, a cybersecurity startup that protects APIs, is in advanced talks with Akamai Technologies to sell itself for $500 million …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Last week, LinkedIn began letting advertisers pay to amplify posts from some users through Thought Leader ads, as it enters the market of influencer marketing — Influencer marketing has become big business on TikTok and Instagram, where popular creators can make good money by helping brands promote their stuff.
More: PYMNTS.com, MSPoweruser, and Benzinga
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of NYC-based Nanotronics, which has raised $162M and is making modular chipmaking plants that can be assembled on site and be functional within a year — From New York City, Nanotronics is building small, modular chip plants designed to be shipped anywhere
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @matthewputman, @matthewputman, and @impatientvc
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