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Ivanti warns that threat actors exploited a critical-rated zero-day in its widely used Connect Secure VPN tool to compromise its corporate customers' networks — U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple says it “has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles” and never sold it for advertising or other purposes, after paying $95M to settle a lawsuit — A Siri lawsuit settlement over privacy issues has dredged up old rumors about iPhone ad targeting …
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| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Elon Musk's UK obsession is driven by a few X accounts; an ex-Twitter exec says Musk may be the first tech leader to be radicalized by his own product — Tech billionaire's posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue — Elon Musk's recent obsession with UK politics …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Google donates $1M to Trump's inauguration, saying the donation, a YouTube livestream, and a homepage link to the event are in line with previous inaugurations — Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try … | Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
A look at AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi that have embedded always-on microphones to record conversations around the user and give actionable insights — The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Daily Listen, which uses AI to generate a five-minute personalized audio overview of stories and topics that a user follows, to its mobile app — Google is kicking off a new experiment in Search Labs today called “Daily Listen.” It's a bit like NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, while there are also podcast parallels.| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
Filing: the Northern District Court of California gives the US government final approval to sell 69,370 BTC, worth $6.5B, seized in its Silk Road investigation — The ruling does not ensure immediate liquidation of the seized Bitcoin, as federal asset forfeiture requires several administrative processes.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Meta revamping its content moderation systems with Community Notes is good, but Zuckerberg pretending it's about free speech is bad, and the timing is stupid — from the misinformation-about-disinformation dept — When the NY Times declared in September that “Mark Zuckerberg is Done With Politics …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
xAI is testing a standalone iOS app for its chatbot Grok in several countries, like the US, Australia, and India; Grok was available only to X users until now — Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, BGR, and NewsBytes
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank and its majority-owned Arm are weighing acquiring Oracle-backed Ampere, which designs ARM-based server CPUs; Ampere is exploring its options — Talks could still fall apart, the people cautioned. It's also possible Ampere could end up being bought by another suitor.
More: DatacenterDynamics, Tom's Hardware, Benzinga, and Reuters
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon launches Amazon Retail Ad Service to let companies show ads in search results, product pages, and other areas of their own websites, initially in the US — Amazon has turned into an online ad juggernaut in recent years, with brands paying big bucks for premium placement on the retailer's websites.
More: Adweek, Ad Age, Retail Brew, and Forbes
| Peter Eavis / New York Times: |
US dockworkers and shipping industry officials reach a tentative labor agreement, overcoming their differences over automated cargo-moving machinery at ports — Dockworkers and employers on the East and Gulf Coasts had until Jan. 15 to reach a new agreement that settled differences over automation.
More: The Boston Globe and NBC News
| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: |
| Wall Street Journal: |
Blackstone invests $300M in DDN, which helps firms more efficiently store and analyze data for AI and HPC, at a $5B valuation; it is DDN's first outside funding — The private-equity firm's deal values California-based DDN at $5 billion — Blackstone is investing in a company …
More: HPCwire, Blocks and Files, and Benzinga
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Innovaccer, which aggregates medical data and plans to introduce multiple AI co-pilots and agents for the healthcare industry, raised a $275M Series F — When it comes to data, perhaps no sector has as much of it and in as many distinct silos as the healthcare industry.
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