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Letter: Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that X could face penalties under the DSA for hosting “illegal content and disinformation” about the Israel-Hamas war — European officials warned X on Tuesday that the company formerly known as Twitter appears to have been hosting misinformation …
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Threads: @carnage4life and @mattnavarra
X: @safety, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @thierrybreton, @zamaan_qureshi, @robertjbateman, @kevinmkruse, @ggreenwald, @alextaylornews, @anneapplebaum, @mikestaresinic, @jason_kint, @guyverhofstadt, @jakemgrumbach, @jason_kint, @zsk, @fbajak, @kevinmkruse, @elonmusk, and @ianbremmer
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/news, r/RealTesla, r/business, and r/europe
| Wall Street Journal: |
Research: Palestinian Islamic Jihad-linked crypto wallets received ~$93M from August 2021 to June 2023; Hamas-linked ones received ~$41M over a similar period — Digital currency transactions highlight how U.S. and Israel have struggled to sever the access of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah to foreign funding
More: Blockworks, The Overspill, TRM Insights, Metaverse Post, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Cryptonews, Crypto Briefing, and The Messenger
LinkedIn: Jan Hilfer, Sue Ghosh Stricklett, Jack Wilson, Matthew Price, Angus Berwick, John Willkie, Pawel Kuskowski, Yoni Mazor, Jose Hoyos, Ben Mogil, and Markus Maier
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/Buttcoin
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
California Governor Newsom signs the Right to Repair Act into law, effective for devices made and sold after July 1, 2021, minus game consoles and alarm systems — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 244, or the Right to Repair Act, into law, making it easier for owners …
More: iFixit News, Android Authority, CALPIRG, NewsBytes, GSMArena.com, PhoneArena, California Governor, Bloomberg Law, KGET-TV, Engadget, AppleInsider, and IPWatchdog.com
X: @sensusaneggman, @sensusaneggman, @ifixit, @banditelli, @jennengstrom, @paulfroberts, and @eff. Forums: r/Android
| Queenie Wong / Los Angeles Times: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to delete a state resident's personal info after a single request — Californians will be able to make a single request asking that data brokers delete their personal information, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Tuesday.
More: The Guardian, Tom Kemp, and LegiScan
X: @calprivacy, @robertjbateman, and @robertjbateman
LinkedIn: Susan Rohol and Jessica Rich
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, and r/California
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
More: Forbes, AfroTech, Fortune, and Courthouse News Service
X: @saranormous, @cailen, @natfriedman, @luke_metro, @quinnypig, and @seehafer
LinkedIn: Miriam Rivera, TechFoundHer, Masha Liberman, Lysanne Currie, Olga V. Mack, Masha Liberman, Dominic-Madori Davis, and Edrizio De La Cruz. Forums: Hacker News
| New York Times: |
Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF “directed” her to commit crimes, like using FTX client funds for Alameda Research's venture investments and loan repayments — Ms. Ellison, who also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried, is the government's star witness in the criminal fraud trial of the founder of the FTX crypto exchange.
More: CNBC, Finbold, Slate, The Verge, TechCrunch, Insider, Cryptonews, NewsBTC, CoinDesk, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, Molly White, ABC News, CoinGape, The Block, Fortune, CryptoSlate, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, Forkast, Unchained Crypto, Wall Street Journal, CryptoPotato, Bloomberg, New York Post, Blockworks, Bitcoin News, The Information, Ars Technica, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, The Messenger, DL News, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, Decrypt, Watcher Guru, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Washington Post
Mastodon: @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
X: @innercitypress, @writerbxtch, @givnerariel, @givnerariel, @laurashin, @caspiancey, @tiffanyfong_, @cryptofinally, @jameslavish, @bschoolboogaloo, @innercitypress, @0xtuba, @tiffanyfong_, @autismcapital, @aditya_baradwaj, @smdiehl, @autismcapital, @silvermanjacob, @caspiancey, @rwpusa, @innercitypress, @innercitypress, @coffeebreak_yt, @innercitypress, @innercitypress, and @innercitypress
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
After a US judge invalidates Sonos' patents, Google brings back support for multiple Speaker Groups across Nest speakers, Nest displays, and Chromecast devices — Just last month, Google was forced to limit Nest and Home devices to one Speaker Group in response to the Sonos lawsuit.
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| Spiegel Online: |
An investigation details the Intellexa Alliance, a shady group of European companies that marketed and sold spyware like Predator to authoritarian regimes — The Intellexa Alliance is the name of the shady group of European companies that supplies dictators and despots with cyberweapons.
More: Amnesty International …, Amnesty International, and The Citizen Lab
X: @ruairin, @donnchac, @ruairin, @ruairin, @donnchac, @agnescallamard, @donnchac, @drwhax, @donnchac, @donnchac, @donnchac, @spiegel_english, and @ruairin. LinkedIn: Jurre van Bergen
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Google announces enhanced search results for EVs, home heating, and cooling systems, and expands AI tools to better predict floods, wildfires, and extreme heat — People shopping for electric vehicles, heat pumps, or air conditioning units will see enhanced search results on Google in a series …
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, TechCrunch, The Keyword, Engadget, The Keyword, Fast Company, Search Engine Journal, and Mashable
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
More: Business Green, The Keyword, Telegraph, Tech Brew, and ZDNet
X: @kateebrandt and @kateebrandt
LinkedIn: Chris Nelson, Billy Collins, Mahesh Narayan, Michael Yung, Jessica Appelgren, Chris Nelson, and David Samuel
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack — Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability.
More: Google Cloud Blog, CVE, The Cloudflare Blog, The Verge, Amazon Web Services, Silicon Republic, Infosecurity, The Register, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, ZDNet, Search Engine Journal, Security, CyberScoop, Microsoft Security …, Dark Reading, and Cybersecurity Dive
Mastodon: @Tarah@infosec.exchange and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @menscher, @johnhultquist, @ryanaraine, @cloudflare, @eastdakota, @rseroter, @lukolejnik, @nixcraft, and @menscher
LinkedIn: Jaspreet Singh Narang, Kieran Broadfoot, Carlos Henrique Silva Santana, Grant Bourzikas, Gianluca Varisco, Gianluca Varisco, and Taylor Lehmann. Forums: Hacker News
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony announces a new $500 PS5 model with a detachable disc drive, 1TB of internal storage, and a slightly slimmer and shorter design, shipping in November — Sony officially announced a new PS5 model with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of internal storage.
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Threads: @parkerortolani. X: @playstation, @snazzylabs, @enterzalman, @stevemoser, @dustincanfly, @zhugeex, @kevinkenson, @genepark, @gameonysus, @tomwarren, @obsoletesony, @mrwhosetheboss, @sirlarr, and @bobwulff. LinkedIn: Piers Harding-Rolls
Forums: r/4kbluray, r/gadgets, r/gamingnews, r/gamernews, r/VideoGameDealsCanada, r/kindafunny, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Adobe developed a new symbol, called “an icon of transparency”, as part of the C2PA, hoping to encourage the tagging of AI-generated data in media content — Adobe and other companies have established a symbol that can be attached to content alongside metadata, establishing its provenance …
More: Content Credentials, Fast Company, C2PA, Gizmodo, The Messenger, and BigTechWire. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung reports Q3 operating income fell 78% QoQ to ~$1.8B and revenue fell 13% QoQ to ~$49.6B, suggesting the global chip market may have started to recover — - Profit fall of 78% smaller than prior quarter's record plunge — AI-related demand seen key to memory chip price recovery
More: Samsung Newsroom, Reuters, Barron's Online, CNN, The Verge, SamMobile, SiliconANGLE, Nikkei Asia, and CNBC
X: @sondesix, @dnystedt, @sondesix, and @universeice
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: in 2007, Sundar Pichai raised concerns over the bad “optics” of Google's deal to pay Apple to make Google the pre-selected search option in Safari — - Emails from Google executive presented at antitrust trial — DOJ says Google spends $10 billion annually on search deals
More: Business Today, Livemint, Macworld, Big Tech on Trial, MacDailyNews, Benzinga, The Messenger, and The Verge
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google starts prompting users to create a passkey to use as their account default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot” — Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast …
More: Wired, The Keyword, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, Hackread, Ars Technica, Enpass, Android Headlines, The Hacker News, The Hindu BusinessLine, Proactiveinvestors UK, TechRadar, Gizchina, BGR, 9to5Google, Biometric Update, PYMNTS.com, CNN, Lifewire, ZDNet, Tom's Guide, The Messenger, PhoneArena, and SiliconANGLE
Threads: @backlon. Mastodon: @alberg@infosec.exchange, @MishaalRahman@androiddev …, @b9AcE@todon.eu, @frabcus@mastodon.social, and @craignewmark@mastodon.social
X: @googlepubpolicy, @google, @jrozner, @skarra, @fidoalliance, and @christiaanbrand
LinkedIn: Christopher Chrcek, Jonathan Bellack, Aaron Lax, and Gianluca Varisco. Forums: Hacker News
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe debuts Firefly Image 2 Model in Firefly for the web; the model is larger than its predecessor, better at rendering humans, and coming to Creative Cloud — At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service.
More: The Adobe Blog, Engadget, Adobe Press Releases, MacRumors, SiliconANGLE, The Adobe Blog, Marketplace, Thurrott, The Verge, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Engadget, and 9to5Mac
X: @scottbelsky and @acostin
Forums: r/singularity, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Utah sues TikTok, accusing the company of getting kids hooked via “algorithms and manipulative design features”, after similar lawsuits by Indiana and Arkansas — Utah sued Chinese-owned app TikTok on Tuesday, accusing it of harming children by intentionally keeping young users …
More: Governor Spencer J. Cox, Engadget, NBC News, The Hill, Digital Trends, The Verge, Axios, Associated Press, Dexerto, CNBC, and ChinaTechNews.com
X: @utahag, @zacksjerryrig, and @govcox
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