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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024, that let users log in under specific circumstances with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters — The vulnerability is fixed now, but Okta said that for three months it could've been used to access accounts with usernames stretching at least 52 characters long.
More: Okta Trust, Engadget, Forbes, Mashable, and The Information
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval, “to reach an even wider audience” — Apple is acquiring the popular photo editing company Pixelmator. The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/MacOS, r/macapps, r/photography, r/pixelmator, and Ars OpenForum
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Intel's CEO scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI chips in 2024, blaming slower uptake on Gaudi 2 to Gaudi 3 transition and software ease of use — Intel's (INTC.O) upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted …
More: The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Intel, Constellation Research, Benzinga, and TrendForce News
| Stephen Groves / Associated Press: |
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation …
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| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, a budget hawk who has been in the position for 11 years and is at the center of the company's AI spending spree — Amy Hood is at the center of Microsoft's bet-the-company dive into AI
Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @marceloplima, @modestproposal1, and @modestproposal1. LinkedIn: Jon Cherian
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February 2024; Intel joined the index in 1999 — - Intel, Dow Inc. are set to leave the 30-member index — Nvidia up 3.2% in post-market trading, while Intel is down 2%
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Forums: r/stocks, r/technology, r/AMD_Stock, and r/wallstreetbets
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku — - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube … | Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules Parag Agrawal and other former Twitter executives can proceed with claims that Elon Musk terminated them to cheat them out of severance pay — A judge ruled late Friday that former chief executive officer Parag Agrawal and other high-ranking officers can proceed with claims … | Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google researchers detail Project Big Sleep, formerly Project Naptime, which used an AI agent to discover a previously unknown and exploitable bug in SQLite — The company's experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.
More: Project Zero, WinBuzzer, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/programming, and lobste.rs
| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Denmark's AI supercomputer Gefion, which has 1,528 H100 GPUs and was built using $100M from Novo Nordisk and state-owned Export and Investment Fund — The world's latest AI machine is powered by the success of two products: Nvidia's chips and Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs
More: NVIDIA, Novo Nordisk Fonden, and PharmTech
| Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis study based on first-time use of digital wallets from January 1 to October 8, 2024: Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones — - Some data signal USDT activity moved toward EMEA time zones — US officials are reportedly stepping up probes into the token
More: Cryptopolitan
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market — Self-described French trader says he bet more than $30 million on U.S. election after analyzing polls
More: CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Fortune, RedState, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga
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