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US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth $308M, from Japanese exchange DMM in May 2024 — The $308 million hack of Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May was the work of North Korean hackers, the U.S. and Japanese law enforcement agencies said Monday.
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| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Hashed: Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, had $112M+ of USDC outflows on December 23, over concerns of trading by North Korean hackers — - Hyperliquid is the largest DeFi derivatives exchange by volume — Security expert says Hyperliquid faces threat from North Korea| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Marriott International and Starwood Hotels to define and implement … | Paresh Dave / Wired: |
West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data on Google Maps, say the Israel-Hamas war has made the app even worse for navigation — One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that's been up since 2003.”| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping tech heavyweights to join his new administration, continuing a trend …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the EU will conditionally approve US chip design software company Synopsys' $35B Ansys acquisition, the largest tech deal since Broadcom bought VMware — U.S. chip design software company Synopsys (SNPS.O) is set to win conditional EU antitrust approval for its $35 billion buy of Ansys …
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Tass: the Russian government bans crypto mining in 10 regions from January 1 to March 15, 2031, citing power consumption, after legalizing mining in July 2024 — Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported — What to know:| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production — As data centers drain America's power grids, a fierce battle is being waged for electricity. On Navajo Nation land, many are on the losing end.
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Netflix sues Broadcom in California federal court, accusing VMware's cloud software of infringing five patents covering aspects of operating virtual machines — Netflix (NFLX.O) sued Broadcom (AVGO.O) in California federal court on Monday, accusing the chipmaker's cloud computing subsidiary VMware … | Antonio Pequeño IV / Forbes: |
xAI raised a $6B Series C from a16z, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Sequoia, Nvidia, and others, at a reported valuation of at least $40B — Elon Musk's xAI announced Monday it raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round, putting the company's value at more than $40 billion … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI's o3 performance on benchmarks suggests that test-time compute is the next best way to scale AI models, raising new questions about costs and usage — Last month, AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we're now in the “second era of scaling laws,” noting how established methods … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: global edtech VC funding reached just $3B in 2024, the lowest amount since $2.3B in 2014, and down from $17.3B at the peak of the pandemic in 2021 — Funding for edtech companies hits decade low as sector struggles to compete post-pandemic — Global investment in online education companies …
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| William J. Broad / New York Times: |
How AI hallucinations are transforming scientific discovery, with some scientists calling the term “hallucination” misleading and likening it to exploration — Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations.
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