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The UK CMA is testing an AI tool to help catch companies that collude when bidding for public contracts, amid a “significant risk of bid-rigging” by contractors — Agency is trialling an AI-backed programme that scrapes data to identify bid-rigging
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| 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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| 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| Kamya Pandey / MEDIANAMA: |
A look at India's draft DPDP Rules, which require platforms to verify the age and identity of a parent when obtaining consent to process data of users under 18 — The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age …
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| 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.| 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
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| 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.
More: South China Morning Post, Notebookcheck, Moneycontrol, iLounge, and Huawei Central
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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 … | Bismah Malik / Inc42: |
Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M — SUMMARY — Dunzo cofounder and CEO Kabeer Biswas as per our sources is leading talks with high net worth individuals and family offices for an acquisition deal| Max Levy / Denver Post: |
Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tim Gill, who founded the publishing software company Quark before becoming an influential LGBTQ+ activist — “He has helped lead the fight against HIV-AIDS, laid the groundwork for marriage equality and so much more”| Financial Times: |
Industry insiders hope the success of Black Myth: Wukong, which earned ~$1.1B from nearly 25M copies, will rekindle Chinese gaming investments after a crackdown — As Beijing eases regulations, developers are tooling up to produce big-budget titles with international appealSponsor Posts
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