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MGM Resorts says a “cybersecurity issue” that began on Sunday is affecting some casino and hotel computer systems at the company's properties across the US — A “cybersecurity issue” led to the shutdown of some casino and hotel computer systems at MGM Resorts International properties across …
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Tests show Threads' new search function blocks words like “sex”, “gore”, and “vaccines”; Meta admits “covid” is a blocked term but declines to disclose others — Public health experts expressed anger with the platform's moderation policies …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
The US Copyright Office denies protection for an AI-made image that won an art competition, despite Adobe Photoshop alterations and 624+ text prompt revisions — The U.S. Copyright Office has again rejected copyright protection for art created using artificial intelligence …
More: Ars Technica and U.S. Copyright Office
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| Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast: |
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts — A Daily Beast investigation found more than 40 content-swiping Twitter accounts apparently controlled by Barstool …
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| Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly: |
The Internet Archive appeals a US judge's decision in March 2023 favoring publishers in a copyright infringement case over the nonprofit's ebook lending program — As expected, the Internet Archive this week submitted its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely-watched copyright case involving … | Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Nvidia claims TensorRT-LLM will double the H100's performance for running inference on leading LLMs when the open-source library arrives in NeMo in October — The AI chip giant says the open-source software library, TensorRT-LLM, will double the H100's performance for running inference …
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| Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: |
Visa's credit card disputes hit 90M+ in 2022, up 24% in 2020 and ~2% in both 2021 and 2022, widely attributed to the online shopping shift since the pandemic — - Visa fields 90 million disputes annually after pandemic boom — Rise is mainly attributed to e-commerce growth and inflation
Forums: Slashdot
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Guardio Labs details a campaign that uses fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send 100K+ Messenger phishing messages per week, targeting business accounts — Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages …
More: Guardio, The Hacker News, and Tom's Guide
| Ryan Heath / Axios: |
Survey of 2,203 US adults: 53% say AI misinformation will impact who wins the 2024 election, and 35% say AI will decrease their trust in election ads — - Self-identified liberals (21%) were nearly twice as likely to say they have used generative AI for work or education than moderates (11%) or conservatives (12%).
More: The Hill
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WhatsApp releases an Android beta that adds a “Third-party chats” screen, revealing how Meta plans to comply with the EU's DMA chat interoperability regulations — WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.19.8.
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X: @mattnavarra, @benlovejoy, @wabetainfo, and @3dimmune
Forums: r/technews and r/Android
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
California Senate passes a bill that requires the presence of a human safety operator in self-driving trucks on public roads; bill requires governor's approval — In a blow to the autonomous trucking industry, the California Senate passed a bill Monday that requires a trained human safety operator … | Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Lime says its gross bookings grew 45% YoY to $250M in H1 2023 and the adjusted EBITDA reached $27M, as CEO Wayne Ting hints at an IPO — Lime, the startup with shared e-scooters and e-bikes in 280 cities around the world, has been talking about going public for years.
More: The Verge
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Filing: FTX's estate has now marshalled ~$7B in assets, including $2.6B in cash, $1.16B in solana, $560M in bitcoin, and ~$200M in 38 properties in the Bahamas — The company says it paid billions to executives including founder Sam Bankman-Fried before filing for bankruptcy last year. — Register Now| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
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