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| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
The UK proposes an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that would let “authorized testers” proactively assess AI models for their ability to generate CSAM — The UK government will allow tech firms and child safety charities to proactively test artificial intelligence tools …
More: GOV.UK. X: @shakeelhashim, @scitechgovuk, @kanishkanarayan, and @scitechgovuk. Bluesky: @tpgroberts
| Catarina Demony / Reuters: |
The UK proposes laws to protect public services from cyberattacks, including regulating companies providing services to private and public sector organizations — Britain plans to strengthen its public services' defences against cyberattacks, requiring companies that provide services …
More: GOV.UK, CSO, Financial Times, GOV.UK, The Cyber Express, Bloomberg, GOV.UK, and UKTN
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Google unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a “secure, fortified space” to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute — Google says Private AI Compute maintains privacy while tapping cloud resources.
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LinkedIn: Aaron Luber, Dave Kleidermacher, Seang Chau, and Jay Yagnik
Forums: r/artificial, r/Android, r/GooglePixel, and Slashdot
| Chris Bryant / Bloomberg: |
Michael Burry's warning that hyperscalers are underestimating AI chip depreciation shows that tech investors may have forgotten how much depreciation can hurt — Costing tens of thousands of dollars each, Nvidia Corp.'s pioneering AI chips make up a hefty chunk of the $400 billion …
More: Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Blockchain.News, Yahoo Finance, Techstrong.ai, Motley Fool, and Benzinga
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| Financial Times: |
Google files a lawsuit in the SDNY against China-based hackers who it says run the Lighthouse platform for “phishing services”, ensnaring 1M and stealing $1B+ — Tech giant aims to dismantle the ‘Lighthouse Enterprise’, which it claims has tricked 1mn victims out of $1bn
More: Wired, Engadget, The Verge, Ars Technica, Dow Jones Newswires, CBS News, The Keyword, and CNBC
| Bloomberg: |
China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 bitcoin, now worth ~$13B, from Chinese mining pool LuBian is likely a “state-level hacker operation” led by the US — China's cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin …
More: Tom's Hardware, Fortune, Nikkei Asia, ZyCrypto, Bitcoin Insider, Tech in Asia, The Cyber Express, NewsBTC, Bitcoin Magazine, Cryptonews, The Block, BeInCrypto, and Decrypt
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Deezer-Ipsos survey of 9,000 music listeners in eight countries: 97% can't distinguish AI-generated music, 73% support clear labelling of AI tracks, and more — A staggering 97% of listeners cannot distinguish between artificial intelligence-generated and human-composed songs …
More: Tech Xplore, Music Ally, The Economic Times, and Music Business Worldwide
Forums: r/aiwars and r/technology
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the Chinese government is intervening in how SMIC distributes its chip output for AI, prioritizing Huawei amid US export restrictions on advanced chips — Shortages of advanced AI chips are so acute that Beijing is intervening and tech companies are resorting to workarounds| James Hunt / The Block: |
SoFi debuts SoFi Crypto, saying it is the first nationally chartered bank in the US to offer consumers BTC, ETH, and other crypto trading, rolling out in phases — - SoFi has launched SoFi Crypto to offer crypto trading for consumers, the first directly integrated crypto offering under its national bank charter.
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD CEO Lisa Su says AMD's annual revenue growth will average more than 35% and AI data center revenue growth will average 80% over the next three to five years — Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Nvidia Corp.'s nearest rival in AI chips, predicted accelerating sales growth over the next five years … | CNBC: |
Foxconn reports Q3 revenue of $66.3B, in line with est., net profit up 17% YoY to $1.86B, above $1.63B est., and expects Q4 results to “remain favorable” — Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped 17% from a year earlier …
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| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi criticizes UK crypto promotion rules requiring clear risk warnings, saying they hinder retail investors by slowing fund movement — Arjun Sethi says users are hindered by dire warnings and hurdles that slow down transactions — The head of crypto exchange Kraken …
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Crypto Times, Cryptonews, Coinpedia Fintech News, and crypto.news. Bluesky: @shona
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils new Pixel phone features, including AI-based notification summaries, notification prioritization, and Gemini Nano-powered photo edits in Messages — Google announced its November software update for Pixel phones, called Pixel Drop — a quarterly feature release that brings …
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| Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET: |
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LinkedIn: Josh Sassoon and Dave Perra
Bluesky: @cuthrell.com and @scriban
| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Tel Aviv-based Sweet Security, which helps spot abnormal cloud infrastructure behavior, raised $75M led by Evolution Equity, taking its total funding to $120M — Sweet Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup founded by the Israeli army's former chief information security officer, has raised $75 million in new funding.
More: Globes and SiliconANGLE
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Maryland-based Forterra, an autonomous military vehicle software startup founded in 2002, raised $238M, including $50M in debt, at a $1B+ valuation — Moore Strategic Ventures, Franklin Templeton and others have invested $238 million in Forterra. — Forterra, a startup that makes autonomous technology … | Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Teradar, which aims to launch a solid-state sensor for autonomous cars in 2028 that it says can outperform lidar and radar, raised a $150M Series B — Matt Carey, the co-founder and CEO of Boston-based startup Teradar loves when people tell him: “I don't believe you.”
More: Reuters
| Adam Leventhal / The Athletic: |
Amazon says it is rolling out a tougher approach to combat illegal sports streaming on Fire TV Stick devices, aiming to block apps that stream pirated content — Amazon is rolling out a tougher approach to combat illegal streaming, with the United States-based tech company aiming … | Washington Post: |
An analysis of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations: ~10% related to emotional or mental health, ChatGPT exhibits a “default to yes” behavior, and more — The questions flood in from every corner of the human psyche. “What are permanent hair removal solutions?”
Bluesky: @justinhendrix
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
CoreWeave closed down 16% after CEO Mike Intrator admitted delays at a data center developer that Jim Cramer implied may be Core Scientific; CORZ fell 10%+ — CoreWeave shares closed down 16% on Tuesday after CEO Mike Intrator addressed delays at a third-party data center developer …
More: Runtime and Benzinga
Bluesky: @teroterotero, @edzitron.com, and @garymarcus. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Financial Times: |
Sources: software-focused PE firm Vista plans significant workforce cuts in the coming years as it uses AI to compile presentations, aggregate data, and more — Software-focused buyout shop will use technology to trim roles making investor presentations and aggregate data| Financial Times: |
Sony unveils a cheaper, Japan-only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for ~$350, a ~25% discount, following a similar move by Nintendo with the Switch 2 — Sony is launching a cut-price model of its flagship PlayStation 5 to be sold only in Japan, in an inflation-busting move to boost sales …
More: Video Games Chronicle, IGN, Benzinga, TechRadar, VideoCardz.com, Kotaku, TechEBlog, Bloomberg, Polygon.com, Notebookcheck, and GamingBolt
X: @genki_jpn and @nomoredaniels
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
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X: @genki_jpn, @genki_jpn, @andy_vgc, @destinlegarie, and @genki_jpn
Forums: r/gadgets, r/technology, r/technology, r/gamingnews, r/gamernews, r/DreamStationcc, and Slashdot
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