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A look at Scattered Spider, which experts say is a group of 17- to 22-year-old native English speakers likely behind MGM and 52+ other hacks since March 2022 — About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren't the norm for cybercriminals.
More: Washington Post, Dark Reading, CyberScoop, BankInfoSecurity.com, and SiliconANGLE
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Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024 — Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
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| Sanket Vijayasarathy / 91mobiles: |
A leaked promo video for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro reveals camera features: an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, full manual controls like ISO, more — - A new promo video focuses on the many camera features of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. — Both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will get a 50MP primary camera.
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Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending the study of online misinformation due to escalating pressure from Rep. Jim Jordan and other Republicans — An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …
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LinkedIn: Alan Jagolinzer and Mark Dobson
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at chip equipment makers, like Applied Materials, pushing the boundaries of sculpting materials at the atomic level, in a quest to make chips faster — Few people outside of semiconductor manufacturing have ever heard of Applied Materials and its competitors—but what they do is more essential …
X: @akwyz
| Abhirup Roy / Reuters: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that requires a human safety operator in heavy-duty self-driving trucks on public roads — California Governor Gavin Newsom late on Friday vetoed a bill to prevent heavy-duty driverless trucks from operating in the state, in a relief …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ's Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations through social media and newsletters — A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.
More: Computerworld, Gizchina, Ars Technica, and Android Headlines
X: @ddayen, @william_fitz, @lutherlowe, and @matthewstoller
LinkedIn: Rafael Brown and Paresh Dave
| Vauhini Vara / Wired: |
A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite's novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature — Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.| Reuters: |
Sources: India will delay its import license requirement for laptops and tablets by a year and instead plans a simpler import registration process from November — India will defer an import licence requirement for laptops and tablets, two government officials said, a policy U-turn … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
A look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, where men read obituaries scraped from funeral homes, newspapers, and other authorized publishers — If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits. Here's why.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India's UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android with zero platform fees and no commission on IAP — PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …
More: Inc42 Media, Neowin, Livemint, and Moneycontrol
| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
A look at Microsoft's Surface business as device revenue plunged in FY 2023 after growing steadily since FY 2014, as a major correction hits the wider PC market — Do you like roller coaster rides? Do you crave those steep drops where the car plunges more than a thousand feet at an insane angle … Sponsor Posts
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