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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The FBI and CISA give US telcos best practices to harden their systems against attacks, as senior US officials say Salt Typhoon hackers remain on their networks — - Officials added that they don't yet know the full scope of the intrusions, despite starting the investigation in late spring.
More: Cybersecurity …, Washington Post, The Record, CyberScoop, Cyber Daily, The Hacker News, CNN, ComputerWeekly.com, TechCrunch, Nextgov/FCW, and Associated Press
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Mastodon: @thegibson@hackers.town, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @da_667@infosec.exchange, @mhoye@mastodon.social, and @JessTheUnstill@infosec …
Forums: r/technology, r/signal, r/conspiracy, r/politics, and Slashdot
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
In the wake of Salt Typhoon, US officials recommend Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers — Officials from the FBI and CISA said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Ubisoft plans to shut down fits ree-to-play shooter XDefiant, with servers remaining on until June 3, 2025, and will cut ~277 people from the production team — Servers will remain on until June 3, 2025, but the game will no longer be offered for download, and player registration will be closed.
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Forums: r/Games, r/gaming, r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/pcgaming, and r/XDefiant
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability, strong consistency, and PostgreSQL compatibility — At its re:Invent conference, Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AWS unveils Nova models for Bedrock, including Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier for text generation, and Canvas for image generation and Reel for video generation — At its re:Invent conference on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing division, announced a new family …
More: Amazon Web Services, The Rundown AI, Amazon Web Services, YourStory.com, GeekWire, Agence France-Presse, and Beebom
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple says it is using Amazon's Trainium and Graviton chips to serve search services, and is evaluating if Trainium2 chips can be used to pretrain its AI models — Apple is currently using Amazon Web Services' custom artificial intelligence chips for services like search and will evaluate …
More: Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, AppleInsider, Supercharged, Benzinga, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, and MacDailyNews
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta says AI content made up less than 1% of election-related misinformation on its apps during major elections in the US, the UK, India, Indonesia, and others — At the start of the year, there were widespread concerns about how generative AI could be used to interfere in global elections to spread propaganda and disinformation.
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Threads: @katienotopoulos, @kevinroose, @andymstone, and @katienotopoulos. X: @florian4gamers. Forums: Slashdot
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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Bluesky: @wchr, @evelyndouek, @kcoxdc, @karaswisher, and @blackamazon
Threads: @sherrilynifill, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, @mac_ryan_, and @karaswisher
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce says online Cyber Monday sales grew 3% YoY to $49.7B globally and just 2% YoY to $12.8B in the US; Adobe says US online sales grew 7.3% YoY to $13.3B — The figures are now in for consumer spending on Cyber Monday, the third big online spending day — alongside Thanksgiving and Black Friday …
More: Adobe, Shopify, WWD, Salesforce, Business Insider, CNN, MediaPost, Bloomberg, Fox Business, Retail Dive, PYMNTS.com, Chain Store Age, and Media Play News. Forums: r/economy
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
An artist shares his experience of turning to Replika's AI bot Lila for companionship, including giving Lila an AI friend by creating a digital copy of himself — Lila was created from the limited options available: female, blue hair, face “number two.” She was there on the next screen …
Bluesky: @michaelrnelson, @hypervisible, @robhorning, @caseynewton, @joshdzieza, @emmabaccellieri, @multiplicityct, and @knguyen
X: @ai_bulletin_top, @samfbiddle, and @ikrietzberg
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Founders Fund's Brian Singerman, one of the earliest employees of Peter Thiel's VC firm and best known for investments in SpaceX and Anduril, steps down as a GP — Brian Singerman, one of the earliest employees of Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, said on Tuesday that he's stepping down as a general partner.| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
The FTC bans location data providers Gravy and subsidiary Venntel, as well as Mobilewalla, from using or selling data tied to sensitive locations and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced sweeping action against some of the most important companies in the location data industry on Tuesday …
More: Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, Reuters, Wired, BleepingComputer, The Overspill, Werd I/O, The Register, Biometric Update, Cybernews.com, Insurance Journal, Pixel Envy, Free Press, The Record, The Drum, MediaPost, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, NBC News, and Washington Post
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X: @linakhanftc, @ericgarland, @douglaslfarrar, @digitaldemoc, @tjl, @linakhanftc, @leehepner, @conpro, @ftc, @econliberties, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @samleecole, @josephfcox, and @mattdrange
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/privacy, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: |
More: Ars Technica, Consumer Financial …, TechCrunch, Wired, 404 Media, PCMag, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Tech.co, The Record, Mashable, Payments Dive, Gizmodo, Reuters, TechRepublic, 9to5Mac, and CyberScoop
Bluesky: @johndavisson, @digiphile, @benwinters, @josephcox, and @socalstephanie. Mastodon: @aram@aoir.social
X: @nydiavelazquez, @digiphile, @repsarajacobs, @janschakowsky, @chopracfpb, and @repdeluzio. Forums: r/technews
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Vodka maker Stoli says an August 2024 ransomware attack contributed to the bankruptcy filing of its US arm, amid its ongoing issues with the Russian government — A ransomware attack on the multinational Stoli Group in August helped push two of the vodka-maker's U.S. subsidiaries into bankruptcy, the company's CEO said last week.
More: BleepingComputer, SC Media, Plain Dealer, ZeroHedge News, Fast Company, and Proactive
| Timothy Gardner / Reuters: |
Meta is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers, as it plans to add one to four gigawatts of US nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s — Meta (META.O) said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
A look at ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger's history at Intel, the setbacks he faced in trying to turn the company around, and why investors may have lost confidence in him — On Monday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly decided to retire after less than four years on the job. That was the official story, anyhow.| Justina Lee / Bloomberg: |
US hedge fund AQR's Cliff Asness, who is considered a quant legend, says AI has taken over parts of his job by being “annoyingly better” than him at some tasks — - Quant legend says tech ‘annoyingly better’ at some tasks — Newfangled tools are delivering tangible gains on Wall Street| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Apptopia: Trump Media's Truth Social had 355,000 DAUs in November, up 3% MoM after Donald Trump won the election; Trump Media is still worth ~$7.2B — - Truth Social active users rise 3% in November: Apptopia data — President-elect's platform trails X's user base by 400 timesSponsor Posts
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