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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.
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| 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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| Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic: |
Why Bluesky not adding the federation systems that let users leave the Bluesky server and take their community to other hosts can lead to “enshittification” — - Bluesky and enshittification: No one is the enshittifier of their own story. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Amazon's plan to rearchitect Alexa around LLMs could finally help Alexa understand what users actually want and reduce the awkward syntax needed to use Skills — Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future beyond apps — and it had the idea basically right. But the perfect ambient computer remains frustratingly far away.
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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
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| Hamid Ganji / Neowin: |
Apple's M4 Max chip scores 4,060 in single-core tests, making it the first production CPU to cross 4,000 in Geekbench 6, and scores 26,675 in multi-core tests — After months of swirling rumors, Apple revealed its new Mac devices with updated M4 chips last week.| Devin Gordon / New York Times: |
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs — The Los Angeles headquarters of Metaphysic, a Hollywood visual-effects start-up that uses artificial intelligence … | 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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| Laila Kearney / Reuters: |
Filing: US regulators rejected a proposal to let Amazon buy nuclear power for AWS data centers in Pennsylvania over energy grid reliability and other concerns — U.S. energy regulators rejected an amended interconnection agreement for an Amazon data center connected directly to a nuclear power plant … | 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 … | 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 …
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