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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, says it was hacked, and pro-Israel group Predatory Sparrow takes credit; Elliptic: the hackers stole and “burned” $90M+ — Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, said Wednesday that it was hacked and funds have been drained from its hot wallet.
More: Chainalysis, The Block, Wired, Associated Press, TheStreet, Infosecurity, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, CoinGape, BeInCrypto, CyberScoop, The Crypto Times, NullTX, NewsBTC, Crypto Briefing, The Guardian, CNBC, Benzinga, New York Post, BusinessLIVE, NFTgators, NewsMax.com, and The Hill
Bluesky: @zackwhittaker.com. X: @nobitexmarket, @gonjeshkedarand, @gonjeshkedarand, @nobitexmarket, @gelossnake, @hkashfi, @lookonchain, @virtuosoton, @chainalysis, @craiu, @talbeerysec, @nobitexmarket, and @nobitexmarket. Forums: r/geopolitics
| Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: |
How Iranian and Israeli hacking groups spent years sparring online; the US State Department is offering $10M for info on members of Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers — As hackers have inserted themselves into the military conflict between Israel and Iran, American officials are focused on trying …
More: The Citizen Lab, Google Cloud Blog, CyberInsider, The Record, and Forbes
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
More: Elliptic, Iran International, The Record, Cointelegraph, The Register, BleepingComputer, Security Boulevard, Reuters, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, Digital Watch Observatory, and NBC News
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @ericjgeller.com, and @cyberscoop
| Andrew R. Chow / Time: |
An MIT study of 54 people: writing SAT essays using ChatGPT had the lowest brain engagement and poorer neural performance than using Google Search or no tools — Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
More: arXiv.org, The Atlantic, Financial Express, Digit, Constellation Research, Moneycontrol, 80 Level, The Register, and Cointelegraph
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @drsmith, @jenmercieca, @tante.cc, @dryohanjohn, @maltelaub, and @jagolinzer. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @itsalexvacca, @cherthedev, @_felixsimon_, @itsalexvacca, @souljagoytellem, @itsalexvacca, @getfiscal, @jonathanbfine, @mcmansionhell, @sketchesbyboze, @fredericomunoz, @irl_neil, @bluelemxnade, @wtfis2bdone, @mikeisaac, @gergelyorosz, @fearedbuck, @aatif_rashid, @time, @feelz_____, @paritosh_bhide, and @freganmitts. Forums: r/singularity
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to announce thousands of job cuts, particularly in sales, in early July following its fiscal year end, after cutting 6,000 jobs in May — The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of Microsoft's fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: Silicon Republic, Fortune, PCMag, Moneycontrol, Financial Express, techmonitor.ai, Barron's Online, Thurrott, Reuters, Game Rant, Watcher Guru, RTÉ, Wall Street Journal, Verdict, Guru3D, The Information, The Hans India, The Irish Times, Digit, Cryptopolitan, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, Tech4Gamers, Quartz, Seattle Business Journal, Windows Central, TheStreet, Sherwood News, and nextbigwhat
| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
A look at the lack of consensus in the tech industry on what AGI is, whether LLMs are the best path to it, and what AGI might look like if or when it arrives — It has been tipped as the next big breakthrough out of Silicon Valley, but is it a scientific goal — or a marketing buzzword?| Bloomberg: |
Texas Instruments plans to spend $60B+ on US chip plants, including two new factories in Sherman, Texas, and says its long-term spending plan remains unchanged — The company said its long-term capital spending plan remains unchanged. The total includes amounts allotted to plants …
More: Texas Instruments, BBC, Quartz, Tom's Hardware, Fast Company, Pulse 2.0, NERDS.xyz, Yahoo Finance, SiliconANGLE, Dallas Innovates, CNBC, The Real Deal, CIO Dive, Business Standard, The Washington Examiner on YouTube, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, AppleInsider, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Axios, and Reuters
X: @govcox, @txinstruments, @commercegov, @gwynne_shotwell, @txinstruments, @siaamerica, and @gwynne_shotwell
LinkedIn: Phong Le, Don Magner, and Chris Suchoski
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Korean media: Google's move from Samsung to TSMC for its Tensor G5 chip in the upcoming Pixel 10 series was a “shock” and a wake-up call for Samsung's foundry — According to a new report, Google's switch from Samsung's foundry to TSMC for the Tensor G5 chip in the upcoming Pixel 10 series was a …
Source: The Bell. More: Android Police, Android Authority, SammyGuru, Android Headlines, and SamMobile
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Midjourney launches V1, its first AI video generation model, letting subscribers animate images via its website; video jobs will cost ~8x more than image jobs — Popular AI image generation service Midjourney has launched its first AI video generation model V1, marking a pivotal shift … | The Information: |
Source: Meta is in advanced talks to hire Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to work on its AI efforts and possibly buy out part of their venture capital fund NFDG — Meta Platforms is in advanced talks to hire the prominent artificial intelligence investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross …
More: Bloomberg, Quartz, StrictlyVC, Spyglass, Silicon UK, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Analytics India Magazine, SiliconANGLE, and Benzinga
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft is prepared to walk away from high-stakes talks with OpenAI if they cannot agree on critical issues, such as the size of Microsoft's stake — ChatGPT maker's plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The DOJ announces the seizure of $225.3M in crypto linked to “pig butchering” scams, marking “the largest cryptocurrency seizure in US Secret Service history” — The Justice Department announced Wednesday the largest-ever U.S. seizure of cryptocurrency linked to so-called …
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Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social. X: @usattypirro, @tether_to, @usao_dc, @fbisanfrancisco, @dojcrimdiv, and @dojcrimdiv
| Washington Post: |
The US State Department restarts student visa interviews and requires all applicants to make their social media accounts public for vetting by US embassies — The new requirements could affect hundreds of thousands of visa applications each year, raising concerns about staffing requirements.
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Bluesky: @solnatamd.medsky.social, @evelyndouek, @donmoyn, @robertscotthorton, and @merrirrro. Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and r/law
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta is adding support for passkeys on Facebook's iOS and Android apps “soon”, and will begin rolling out passkeys to Messenger “in the coming months” — Using your device security instead of a password makes it harder to get tricked into giving up your Facebook account.| Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Wix acquires Base44, which lets users build apps from text prompts, for $80M; Base44 was founded by a solo entrepreneur six months ago and employs six people — 31-year-old Maor Shlomo built the viral AI app-maker as a side project that began last year during a post-reserve trip.
More: TechCrunch, Wix.com, Ltd., Globes, Analytics India Magazine, and Wix Blog
Threads: @mgsiegler. X: @avishai_ab, @wix, @avishai_ab, @base_44, @wixeng, @ms_base44, @mihikapoor, @nirzo, and @nathanlatka. LinkedIn: Eyal Feldman. Forums: Hacker News
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
An interview with Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' new windowing system and menu bar, the iPad's essence as a “magical piece of glass”, and more — It's a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I'm walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple's SVP …
More: Macworld, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, Daring Fireball, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and TechRadar
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @sigmund@mastodon …, @twostraws@mastodon.social, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social, @_inside@mastodon.social, and @parkerortolani@mastodon …. X: @snazzylabs
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Scale AI: |
Scale AI emphasizes that it “remains an independent company” and says Meta will not have access to its internal systems or customers' confidential information — Over the past week, we've received thoughtful questions from our customers, partners, and contributors … | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / New York Times: |
A new study of 14 open-source LLMs: larger models use exponentially more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions, but do not always give better answers — When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
More: Gizmodo, Popular Science, Frontiers, Wired, Tech Times, Fast Company, and Time
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models — OpenAI cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI and MIT Technology Review
X: @karinanguyen_, @openai, @mileskwang, @neelnanda5, and @tejalpatwardhan
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says the EU's €4.12B fine against Google over its dominance of Android should be upheld, a major blow to Google — ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators' findings over dominance of tech giant's Android mobile operating system
More: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, TipRanks Financial, MarketWatch, lawsociety.ie, and Politico. Bluesky: @wavesblog
| Reuters: |
China's 618 mid-year shopping festival, running for a month from May 13, was a muted affair despite deep discounts, as economic concerns weigh on consumers — China's biggest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday evening without much fanfare after more than a month …
More: The Business Times
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Fleet, which offers open-source device management tools for OSes, various networks, VPNs, and more, raised a $27M Series B led by Ten Eleven Ventures — Open device management startup Fleet Inc. wants to become the go-to platform for enterprises looking to safeguard the thousands of laptops …
More: FinSMEs
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Luxembourg-based Tadaweb, an open-source intelligence platform, raised $20M led by Arsenal Growth and ForgePoint, taking its total funding to $40M — Tadaweb, an operating system that collects and analyzes public data, raised $20 million, led by Arsenal Growth and Forgepoint Capital …
More: Tech.eu, eeNews Europe, FinSMEs, Tech Funding News, and EU-Startups
| Tim Chambers: |
A look at seven UX issues in the Fediverse web experience, including complex onboarding, the lack of a dedicated DM UI wrapper, and fragmented user discovery — So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy.
Mastodon: @j12t@j12t.social and @mastodonmigration …
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