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A look at Chinese hackers' attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached — Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing … | Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
How China-linked Volt Typhoon hackers breached local utilities and the US DOD's sensitive networks in Guam, a US territory vital for defending Taiwan militarily — Small-scale telecommunications networks and utilities on a remote Pacific island are up against what US intelligence agencies say is an unprecedented Chinese cyberwar plan.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Amit Yoran, the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable, passed away after a battle with cancer; he previously held a number of roles, including president of RSA — Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed away Friday after a battle with cancer.
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Analysis of social media posts, AI art, Spaces comments, biographical details, and more suggests Adrian Dittmann is a German fan of Elon Musk living in Fiji — An Elon Musk fan in Fiji tricks the world — The AI avatar for the Adrian Dittmann X account, left, and Adrian Dittmann appearing …
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Sources: Italy is in advanced talks for a $1.6B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe's largest such project — - Starlink would provide secure internet for Italian government — Prime Minister Meloni met with Trump in Florida on Saturday| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue of ~$64.6B, up 15% YoY and exceeding analyst expectations for a 13% rise, with December 2024 bringing in ~$19.8B, up 42% YoY — - Company sees significant sales growth for the first quarter — December sales NT$655 billion up 42% on strong AI server sales| Financial Times: |
Malaysia's environment minister says global tech companies should expect to pay a premium for access to energy and water to serve data centres in the country — Investment in ‘oil of the 21st century’ will support country's development of renewable power — Global tech companies should expect … | Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: AI startups developing medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, compared to $390M in 2023, as Microsoft and others compete for market share — Investment in the apps has doubled as Big Tech and start-ups compete to grab share of market — Investment in artificial … | Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
CrowdStrike, whose botched software update caused a global IT outage in July 2024, has more than recovered the $30B in market value it shed after the crisis — Cyber security company has more than recovered the $30bn in market value it shed after the crisis| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Douyin, Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu vow to improve their algorithms, after China launched a campaign in November 2024 to address “typical issues with algorithms” — ByteDance's Douyin, PDD's Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu have promised to address issues related to the misuse of algorithms| The Verge: |
What to expect at CES 2025: TVs with AI features, laptops built around Nvidia's new 50-series discrete GPUs, Matter smart home devices, and more — It's time for the biggest tech show of the year. CES 2025 officially kicks off next week, with most of the industry's biggest names gathering … | Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
How Huawei is flourishing despite harsh US sanctions, demonstrating the resilience of a company at the center of a worsening cold war between the US and China — China's biggest telecommunications manufacturer drew tough U.S. sanctions. It is still flourishing, but globalization is on the ropes.
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