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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, Elliptic, Wired, Associated Press, Metacurity, CNN, Coinspeaker, The Guardian, TRM Insights, Cointelegraph, Times of India, NewsBTC, The Crypto Times, Crypto Briefing, CoinDesk, Infosecurity, crypto.news, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, TheStreet, BeInCrypto, NullTX, The Coin Republic, CryptoSlate, The Independent, Benzinga, and Decrypt
Bluesky: @zackwhittaker.com. X: @nobitexmarket, @gonjeshkedarand, @gonjeshkedarand, @nobitexmarket, @nobitexmarket, @lookonchain, @virtuosoton, @craiu, @gelossnake, @chainalysis, @talbeerysec, @hkashfi, and @nobitexmarket
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and 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 … | 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, The Atlantic, New York Post, Digit, Techreport, Just Jared, Business Standard, Windows Central, The Algorithmic Bridge, Financial Express, Constellation Research, 80 Level, Moneycontrol, The Register, and Cointelegraph
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Mastodon: @k3ym0@infosec.exchange, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @daveshea@cosocial.ca
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LinkedIn: Kree Govender, Nicki Purcell, and Edo Bar-Gil
Forums: r/Futurology, r/singularity, and r/technology
| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give …
More: The White House, TikTok, New York Times, BBC, Los Angeles Times, Axios, Reuters, NBC News, The Hill, National Review, Financial Express, UPI, Times of India, MarketWatch, Dexerto, Mediaite, New York Post, Agence France-Presse, The Daily Caller, Mashable, KEYE, Yahoo Finance, The Indian Express, The National Pulse, CMU, Raw Story, Washington Times, Scripps News, Euronews, TechWire Asia, City A.M., Washington Examiner, USA Today, AzerNews, Digital Music News, Deseret News, CNBC, and CNN
Forums: r/neoliberal and r/moderatepolitics
| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
A look at the tech industry's lack of consensus on what AGI or ASI is, whether LLMs are the best path, and what the tech 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?| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Korean media: Google switching from Samsung's foundry to TSMC for its upcoming Pixel 10 series' Tensor G5 chip was a “shock” and is a wake-up call for Samsung — 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: HotHardware, PhoneArena, Android Police, SamMobile, SammyGuru, Android Authority, and Android Headlines
| Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / New York Times: |
A study of 14 open-source LLMs: reasoning models use exponentially more energy, likely producing more greenhouse gas emissions, but don't answer more accurately — When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
More: Wired, Popular Science, Gizmodo, Frontiers, The Windows Club, LiveScience, Tech Times, Time, and Fast Company
| Financial Times: |
Interviews with 45+ sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's transformation into “MAGA Mark”; sources say there were talks about Zuckerberg becoming a Trump adviser — The boss's macho makeover shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along
Bluesky: @elkmovie, @larrycornett.coach, and @glitt405
| Guillaume Grallet / Le Point: |
Q&A with Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI, the fight for Telegram, leaving his wealth to the 100+ children he has fathered, and more — INTERVIEW. “Le Point” met with the co-founder and CEO of the secure messaging app Telegram, who was charged in August 2024.
More: Bloomberg and Cryptopolitan
Bluesky: @bullxead. X: @krishnanrohit, @thestalwart, @pitdesi, @jjvincent, @ptiberry, and @mikeisaac
| Peggy Corlin / Euronews: |
The EU says Apple and Meta will not face sanctions immediately after their 60 day DMA grace period ends on June 26, following €500M and €200M fines in April — Copyright Marta Lavandier/Copyright 2022 The AP. All Rights Reserved. — The European Commission will opt … | Andrej Karpathy / Y Combinator on YouTube: |
Andrej Karpathy's talk on “Software 3.0”, with LLMs enabling programming via natural language, the decade of agents, LLMs as “fallible people spirits”, and more — Andrej Karpathy's keynote at AI Startup School in San Francisco. Slides provided by Andrej: https …
More: Donna Mägi and Blockchain.News
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Forums: Hacker News, r/theprimeagen, r/singularity, and Lobsters
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
An interview with Apple SVP Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' 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 …
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Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @parkerortolani@mastodon …, @stroughtonsmith …, @twostraws@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @sigmund@mastodon …, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social, and @_inside@mastodon.social. X: @snazzylabs
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Zach Vallese / CNBC: |
Sources: Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for the training — Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of helping create bioweapons and is partnering to build diagnostics, countermeasures, and testing — OpenAI cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons …
More: OpenAI, eWeek, KnowTechie, Fortune, and TechCrunch
| Ellen O'Regan / Politico: |
The Irish Data Protection Commission says Meta told it that WhatsApp ads “won't be launching” in the EU “until 2026”; WhatsApp says ads are coming “gradually” — Meta's advertising plan has triggered privacy concerns in Europe.| The Information: |
A look at Scale AI rival Surge AI, which raised no outside capital, told staff it had $1B+ in 2024 revenue, vs. Scale's $870M, and has always been profitable — For years, data labeling existed in a tucked-away corner of Silicon Valley, a critical but unglamorous area of AI where companies …
X: @amir and @jessicalessin
| Scale AI: |
Scale AI emphasizes that it “remains an independent company” and won't give Meta access to its “internal systems or to our customers' confidential information” — Over the past week, we've received thoughtful questions from our customers, partners, and contributors … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta says it is adding support for passkeys to Facebook for iOS and Android “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.
More: Meta Newsroom, ZDNET, MacRumors, iClarified, Coin Edition, Biometric Update, PCMag, The Stack, Android Headlines, The Hans India, iPhone in Canada, Business Standard, Forbes, CyberInsider, TechCrunch, Digit, Tech Times, Moneycontrol, Lifehacker, Ukrainian National News, Neowin, Thurrott, and Engadget. Forums: r/apple
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says the EU fining Google €4.12B for using Android to squash rivals should be upheld, a major blow to Google — ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators' findings over dominance of tech giant's Android mobile operating system| The Information: |
Source: Meta is in advanced talks to hire Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to help lead its AI efforts and maybe partly buy out their VC fund, NFDG, worth billions — Meta Platforms is in advanced talks to hire the prominent artificial intelligence investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross …
More: The Information, Proactiveinvestors UK, The Economist, Spyglass, Bloomberg, The OpenAI Files, Upstarts Media, Silicon UK, Analytics India Magazine, StrictlyVC, Quartz, Benzinga, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com. Mastodon: @laimis@mstdn.social. Threads: @alexrkonrad. X: @deedydas, @turnernovak, @swyx, @luke_metro, @emostaque, @steph_palazzolo, @zck, @emostaque, @morqon, @amir, @devahaz, @turnernovak, @duderichy, @powerbottomdad1, @ashleymayer, @theinformation, @nmasc_, @luke_metro, and @shakeelhashim. LinkedIn: Denis Yagodin
| 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, Maginative, Wix.com, Ltd., Analytics India Magazine, Globes, and Wix Blog
Bluesky: @carnage4life. Threads: @mgsiegler. X: @avishai_ab, @mihikapoor, @nathanlatka, @avishai_ab, @wixeng, @nirzo, @wix, @base_44, and @ms_base44. LinkedIn: Eyal Feldman. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
European satellite company Eutelsat raised €1.35B, including €717M from France, to build out its fleet of satellites to rival Starlink; France's stake is ~30% — Eutelsat Communications SA is raising €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion) from the French government and other investors …
More: Reuters and Aviation Week Network
| Will Knight / Wired: |
MIT researchers unveil Self-Adapting LLMs, a framework that enables LLMs to keep improving by generating their own training data based on the input received — Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a way for large language models to keep learning on the fly …
More: arXiv.org e-Print archive, Synced, and AI Advantage Daily News
| Tim Chambers: |
A look at seven UX issues in the Fediverse's web experience, such as complex onboarding, no DM UI wrapper or public posting warning, and unusable 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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