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The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are “confident” that Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns — In a joint statement with intelligence agencies, the bureau said the attempted hacks also were directed at the Democratic campaign.
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| Connor Jones / The Register: |
Cisco Talos: eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps could be abused by attackers to record video/sound from a user's device, log user input, and more — Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them — Cisco Talos says eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps …
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Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud charges in June, is among six missing after a yacht sank off Sicily, according to Italian authorities — A luxury superyacht carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank off the Italian island of Sicily in bad weather early Monday.
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| Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: |
Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth Social that show Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his campaign; Swift hasn't endorsed Trump — Presidential nominee shares AI-generated images, contributing to spread of online election disinformation
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Waymo unveils its cheaper “generation 6” self-driving tech that's integrated with Geely Zeekr vehicles, with 13 cameras and 4 lidar sensors, down from 29 and 5 — Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A week after data broker NPD confirmed a breach, which reportedly impacted 272M+ people, a review of NPD property Records Check shows exposed admin credentials — New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users log in to listen to podcasts, view the Up Next queue and library, and browse new shows, at podcasts.apple.com — Apple Podcasts is expanding to the web, starting today. You can access the new web app version at podcasts.apple.com …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on AI, GitHub Copilot, letting developers test AI models in GitHub, open-source AI models, working within Microsoft, and more — Dohmke says navigating Microsoft-Open AI isn't as complicated as it seems, and open source is still king| Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: |
Business groups including Asia Internet Coalition, which includes Amazon, Google, and Meta, criticize Hong Kong's new cyber rules, calling them “unprecedented” — - Business groups call proposal too broad in flurry of letters — Comes months after city censored politically sensitive videos| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to make the most expensive iPhone models in India for the first time as Foxconn rushes to produce iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max in the country — - Plan shows Apple making further progress with India assembly — Company is shifting output to India to diversify beyond China
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025 — ZT Systems produces servers, other equipment used in data centers for artificial intelligence
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| Digbijay Mishra / The Economic Times: |
PhonePe and Google Pay accounted for over 85% share of 14.4B UPI transactions in July; PhonePe led with 5.9B transactions, Google Pay 5.3B, and Paytm 1.1B — The 30% market share cap in the UPI segment was considered improbable with only a few months left until the deadline.Sponsor Posts
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