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The SharePoint hacks increase pressure on Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative, which the company calls an ambitious effort expected to take years to complete — Three months ago, Microsoft Corp. issued a progress report on what it described as the largest cybersecurity engineering project in history.| Bloomberg: |
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The UK starts enforcing new online child safety laws, requiring websites that host porn, self-harm, suicide, and eating disorder content to verify users' age — Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens …
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X: @danysterkhov, @protonvpn, @transsexualfag, @lilaclazure, @knucklesox2, @jess4lowestoft, and @g0adm
Forums: Hacker News, r/pcgaming, r/uknews, and r/technews
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US insurance giant Allianz Life says hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, staffers, and employees, in a mid-July breach — U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the … | Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
A US judge sentences an Arizona woman to 8.5 years in prison for running a “laptop farm” that enabled North Korean workers to secure IT jobs at 309 US companies — A U.S. District Court judge sentenced an Arizona woman to eight and a half years in prison for running a laptop farm used … | Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg: |
Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for aiding a North Korean remote IT worker scheme, details her time as a “laptop farmer” — Thousands of undercover agents feed Kim Jong Un's rocket program with millions from the likes of Google and Amazon.
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| Financial Times: |
China's premier Li Qiang proposes creating an organization for global cooperation in AI and says “bottlenecks” in chip supplies are hindering AI innovation — Premier Li Qiang warns ‘bottlenecks’ in chip supplies are hindering innovation — William Langley in Guangzhou and Eleanor Olcott and Ryan McMorrow in Shanghai
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Tea says hackers accessed a database from more than two years ago, leaking 72,000 images, including 13,000 verification photos and images of government IDs — The viral app requires new users to take selfies, which it says it deletes after review. — Hackers have breached the Tea app …
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X: @senatorshoshana, @troyhunt, @g0adm, @simonw, @troyhunt, @austen, @belowtearline, @lachlan, @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @ztobias114838, and @cremieuxrecueil
Forums: r/privacy, r/morningsomewhere, r/news, and r/SwipeHelper
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Mark Zuckerberg names Shengjia Zhao, the former OpenAI researcher who co-created ChatGPT, as chief scientist at Meta Superintelligence Labs — Shengjia Zhao — formerly of OpenAI — will be chief scientist at Meta's new Superintelligence Lab, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Threads on Friday.
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Threads: @zuck. X: @shengjia_zhao, @morqon, @morqon, @signulll, @drjimfan, @bonegpt, @yuchenj_uw, @aiatmeta, @marvinvonhagen, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, and @alexandr_wang. Forums: r/singularity
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Threads: @yannlecun, @zuck, @yannlecun, @jjackyliang, and @crumbler
X: @pfau and @lossdecay
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business — The company has defended search but its dominant position in online advertising may still be up for grabs| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Source: India orders ISPs and app stores to block 25 streaming services, like Ullu and ALTT with millions of downloads, for allegedly promoting obscene content — India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers … | Aaron Mak / Politico: |
The AI Action Plan suggests Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture through regulatory sandboxes for AI, which have already popped up in some US states — Among the many, many ambitious ideas baked into his AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture for innovation in the U.S.| Pretish M J / Reuters: |
Pony AI gets a permit to provide fully driverless robotaxi services in Shanghai, making it the only company with permits in all four of China's biggest cities — Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI (PONY.O) said on Saturday it had received a permit to provide fully driverless commercial robotaxi services …
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| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Intel plans to spin off its Network and Edge Group into a standalone company and says it will seek outside investment for the business unit — Intel on Thursday confirmed its plan to spin off its Network and Edge Group in a memo to customers and said it will seek outside investment for the business unit.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Sources: e-commerce startup OpenStore, co-founded by Keith Rabois, is raising a $15M Series C at a valuation of just $50M, down from $970M in September 2022 — E-commerce startup OpenStore is slashing its valuation from nearly $1 billion to just $50 million in a new round of funding … Sponsor Posts
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