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Shanti Das / The Guardian:

Investigation: Biobank, the UK's biomedical research database, shared sensitive health data of ~500K volunteers with insurance companies despite pledging not to — Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so

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LinkedIn: Dr Chris Lewington FIMA FRSA and John Greally

Forums: r/unitedkingdom and r/privacy

Andi Yu / ABC:

DP World Australia, the country's second largest port operator, shuts down after a cyber attack, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country — Australia's second largest port operator has shut down because of a cyber security incident, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country.

More: Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Independent, iTnews, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Reuters, DeviceSecurity.io, The National, Cyber Daily, and Bloomberg

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Jack Ewing / New York Times:

How Lukasz Krupski, a Tesla whistleblower in Norway, leaked personnel records and Autopilot data that caught the attention of regulators in several countries — An employee who was fired after expressing safety concerns leaked personnel records and sensitive data about driver-assistance software.

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @pallenberg@mastodon.social

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David Gilbert / Wired:

Experts say terrorist groups are using generative AI tools to evade the hashing algorithms used by tech companies to automatically remove extremist content — Experts are finding thousands of examples of AI-created content every week that could allow terrorist groups and other violent extremists to bypass automated detection systems.

More: Tech Against Terrorism. X: @daithaigilbert, @daithaigilbert, @techvsterrorism, @garymarcus, @mariehjohnson, @bradsmi, @techvsterrorism, and @tara_writer

Wes Davis / The Verge:

Many Threads users report that they now have the ability to opt out of having their posts shown on Instagram and Facebook — Many Threads users are now saying they have the ability to opt out of having their posts shown on Instagram and Facebook. To keep Threads posts from showing up Meta's …

More: 9to5Mac and PCMag

Threads: @kiriappeee, @dryllyrd, and @datadrivenmd

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Wall Street Journal:

Ex-FTX execs, including general counsel Can Sun, plan to launch crypto exchange Backpack and say they want to protect user funds with lessons from FTX's failure — Ex-FTX lawyer Can Sun and other former company executives want the new exchange to allow customers to verify holdings at any time

More: Cointelegraph, CoinStats, The Daily Beast, and The Block

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Financial Times:

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state — A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

X: @xtophercook and @alenapopova

Bloomberg:

Foxconn launches two prototype low-Earth orbit communication satellites on a SpaceX rocket, as the company diversifies into new sectors with greater urgency — - Taiwan's Foxconn wants to replicate outsourcing model in orbit — Company launches first two LEO satellites on a SpaceX rocket

More: NewsBytes and Neowin

X: @honhai_foxconn and @honhai_foxconn

David Gilbert / Wired:

Google's Jigsaw and Tech Against Terrorism launch Altitude, a free tool for smaller platforms to detect terrorist content on their networks and remove it — Small platforms without resources to handle takedown requests have been weaponized by terrorist groups that share their content online.

More: The Economic Times and The Verge

X: @jigsaw, @jigsaw, @techvsterrorism, @kvnbbg, and @daithaigilbert. Forums: r/technology

Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:

Filing: FTX sues crypto exchange Bybit and two affiliates to recover ~$953M that they allegedly withdrew using “VIP” status just before FTX filed Chapter 11 — - FTX claims Bybit affiliate used “VIP” status to withdraw funds — Bybit's Mirana withdrew $327 million just before FTX pause

Kate Irwin / Decrypt:

Esports leaders discuss ongoing industry challenges, including VC bubbles, layoffs, and ageism, and call for wealthy game studios to take on more responsibility — Decrypt's investigation reveals ongoing challenges in the young esports industry—including VC bubbles, layoffs, and ageism—and where it's going.

X: @decryptmedia and @iamhodler_

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg:

Alibaba and JD.com reported YoY sales increases for Singles Day, but neither company provided overall revenue figures for the event for the second straight year — China's Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com reported sales increases for Singles' Day, after the e-commerce giants offered steep discounts …

More: Reuters and South China Morning Post

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

AP warns Lee Enterprises that Lee's attempt to end its deal with AP early, on April 26 instead of December 31, could lead to breach of contract consequences

April Roach / CNBC:

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposes to acquire Amsterdam-listed Universal Music Group for €56B in cash and stock, form a merged company, and list on the NYSE

New York Times:

Journalist Shelly Kittleson, abducted in Iraq by an Iranian-aligned militia, has been freed after a week in captivity, per the militia and two Iraqi officials

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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

London-based Monument, a digital bank focused on mass affluent clients, raised a $50M Series B, a source says at a £150M+ pre-money valuation

More: Tech.eu, BusinessCloud, FinTech Futures, Financial IT, FinSMEs, and AltFi

X: @markkleinmansky. LinkedIn: Ian Rand and Monument

Steph Batalis / Foreign Policy:

Chatbots can lower the information barrier to help malicious actors build a bioweapon, making guardrails during chatbot development a good step for biosecurity

More: CoinStats. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @clementdelangue, @kevinallison, and @foreignpolicy. LinkedIn: Steph Batalis

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Humane's Ai Pin is a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps seems extremely limiting, and $699 is too high compared to other wearables

More: Mashable, Hackaday, Humane, Supercharged, Insider, ExtremeTech, GeekWire, Android Headlines, Pocketnow, and Digital Trends

Threads: @seyitaylor, @ericflo, @alexanderbellgram, @kbode, @ryancoleman, @prakashm14, @neil.cybart, @katienotopoulos, @craiggrannell, @jason_tiernan, @jbruck, @chris, @jseibert, @crumbler, @seyitaylor, and @donaldrichard

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LinkedIn: John Miner, Marc Calamia, Scott C. Lemon, and Timo Kissel. Forums: Ars OpenForum

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:

A profile of Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones, who succeeds Whitney Wolfe Herd and is charged with turning around a company whose stock is down ~80% since its 2021 IPO

More: BBC and Insider

Reuters:

EC official: X had just 2,294 EU content moderators, versus 16,974 at YouTube and 6,125 at TikTok, according to reports submitted by the companies in September

More: Gizchina, TechCrunch, and RTHK. X: @xavierdegraux

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

A look at custom chatbots, or GPTs, which are tailored for specific tasks and represent an important step in OpenAI's strategy of “gradual iterative deployment”

More: Decrypt, ChinaTechNews.com, Financial Times, and Insider

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Rolling Stone:

SAG-AFTRA's deal would require studios to get consent before making digital replicas of living and deceased actors, disclose their use, and pay actors for them

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