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| Joe Warminsky / The Record: |
Apple releases macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS updates to address two zero-day flaws that Citizen Lab says were used to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus spyware — Apple released software updates on Thursday to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that researchers said were used …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/apple
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The US and the UK sanction 11 more alleged Trickbot ransomware gang members, and the US DOJ unseals indictments against nine alleged Trickbot and Conti members — Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments … | Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to US campaign finance and money transmitting charges and will forfeit $1.5B+ as part of the deal — Salame admitted to being a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates while Bankman-Fried donated to Democrats.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and Slashdot
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography says Musk cut off Starlink internet service access to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on a Russian fleet — Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast …
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Forums: r/worldnews and Ars OpenForum
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The FBI says North Korea-linked Lazarus Group was responsible for the theft of $41M in crypto from online casino and betting site Stake around September 4, 2023 — - The FBI said North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group was responsible for a $41 million theft this week from crypto-based sports betting platform Stake.com.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google releases its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox in general availability, making them available in Chrome without browser flags or trials — Google's Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Alistair Charlton / Forbes: |
BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions — BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft commits to defending customers of its AI Copilots from copyright infringement lawsuits, as long as they've “used the guardrails and content filters” — The software giant also will pay related fines and settlements, so long as customers follow its rules.
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| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft says Chinese state-affiliated hackers are using AI to generate content designed to “go viral across social networks in the US and other democracies” — Chinese state-affiliated hacking groups are become more adept at using artificial intelligence to generate content designed to …
More: Microsoft On the Issues, SiliconANGLE, CNN, CNBC, Voice of America, and The Hill. LinkedIn: Amy Hogan-Burney
| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Source: at Gamescom in August, Nintendo demoed the Switch 2 running a souped-up Breath of the Wild to developers; the console is expected to launch in 2024 — Ahead of widely-expected launch next year. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — In Cologne last month …
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| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024's E3 will not be held there — E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B| Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless: |
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority — Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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| Forbes: |
Inside Apple's impossible war on child exploitation, as the company scrapped its on-device CSAM scanning system and key team members behind the initiative left — Apple spent years trying to design a system that would stop the spread of child sexual abuse material on iPhones and iCloud.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Anthropic debuts a paid tier of its Claude chatbot in the US for $20/month and the UK for £18/month, offering priority in busy times, early features, and more — Anthropic, the AI company backed by Google, has launched a paid version of its Claude chatbot in the US and UK.
More: Anthropic, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Unite.AI, BigTechWire, ZDNet, Mashable, and Decrypt. Forums: r/singularity
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta expands Threads' keyword search to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and the UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand — Instagram's Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely.
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
TikTok's Shop marketplace goes live for some US users, presenting a feed of “recommended” random products, including several counterfeit Chinese goods — The social app's Shop marketplace, key to its growth strategy, is so far hard to navigate.| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
An IMF and Financial Stability Board paper warns jurisdictions against blanket crypto bans, recommending targeted restrictions and sound monetary policy instead — The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions “may transmit volatility more abruptly” than other crypto.
More: Financial Stability Board, Reuters, Reuters, Unchained Crypto, Cryptonews, and Reuters
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The US Commerce Department begins an official probe to “obtain more information” on a “purported” 7nm chip made by SMIC in China used in Huawei's Mate 60 Pro — - Commerce working to get more information on purported 7nm chip — It's touched off a debate about the efficacy of US sanctions| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later — Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
X Head of Brand Safety Elyana Thierry left in June per her LinkedIn page, months after being elevated to the role after the previous head resigned in the summer — The head of brand safety at X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has left the company, according to her LinkedIn page …
Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social. X: @tomcoates, @erinkwoo, @bendreyfuss, @adamkovac, @taylorlorenz, @rmac18, @rothschildmd, @marmel, and @rmac18
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
eBay rolls out an AI tool for sellers that can generate a product listing, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo, initially on iOS — eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
More: eBay Tech Blog, Voicebot.ai, and The Verge
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China plans to expand its ban on iPhones in sensitive departments to government agencies and state companies, an unprecedented blockade; AAPL drops ~3% — - Beijing begins by banning the devices from certain bodies — It could deal blow to Apple and amplifies a self-reliance push
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