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Microsoft confirms two zero-days in Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild; security firm GTSC suspects a Chinese threat actor — Microsoft has confirmed that two recently reported zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild.
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At Tesla AI Day, Musk reveals a prototype of Optimus, a humanoid robot that shares AI software and sensors with cars' Autopilot, which is expected to cost <$20K — Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid “Optimus” robot that shares some AI software and sensors with its cars' Autopilot driver assistance features.| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Report: Bruce Willis sold his “digital twin” likeness rights to Deepcake, for use in ads and possibly even movies; a Russian ad already used a Willis deepfake — Tech will allow Willis' doppelgänger to continue working despite language disorder diagnosis.
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SEC filing: Intel's self-driving car unit Mobileye files for an IPO and reports a H1 2022 revenue of $854M, up 21% from H1 2021 — Mobileye, Intel Corp's (INTC.O) self-driving unit, on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, revealing a 21% jump in revenue for the first half of the year.| Samuel Breslow / Slate: |
A look at debates by Wikipedia editors over citing Fox News, deemed a “marginally reliable” source for politics and science and now cited in 16,000+ articles — Kevin Li recently faced a daunting task. Wikipedia contributors had just spent nearly two months locked in a heated debate … | Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: |
NYC-based Grow Therapy, which offers tools for mental health providers to set up virtual practices, raised a $75M Series B, bringing its total funding to $90M — The new allocation will help the company expand its insurance coverage, including Medicare and Medicaid, across the U.S.
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Ontario-based Avidbots, which makes autonomous floor cleaning robots for commercial settings, raised a $70M Series C, bringing its total funding to $107M — Kitchener-Waterloo startup Avidbots has secured $70 million USD in a Series C funding round to expand its fleet of floor scrubbing robots.
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Meta says Facebook for Android will soon use its own Chromium-based in-app browser engine, citing security and stability as reasons for its WebView alternative — When you open a link while in another app, it usually launches in your browser (e.g., Chrome) or a Custom Tab.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's market regulator tightens IPO disclosure norms after recent lackluster performance of tech startups; firms must disclose KPIs and past pricing details — India's market regulator has tightened disclosure norms for firms looking to file for an initial public offering after lackluster performance … | Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press: |
Japan says it will provide Micron a subsidy of up to ~$322M to help the company produce advanced memory chips at a Hiroshima factory — Japan is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to 46.6 billion yen ($322 million) to support its plan to produce advanced memory chips at a Hiroshima factory … | Emily Baker-White / Forbes: |
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm — Some of the ads include descriptions of sexual violence, paired with images of battered women and photos of male fitness influencers, which were used without permission.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition — Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.
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| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to buy smaller rivals that had a relationship with the UK's NHS, helping avoid scrutiny for accessing more health data — Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK's National Health Service without public scrutiny.
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