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November 24, 2023, 11:00 AM

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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Denver-based healthcare software provider Welltok reports a July 2023 data breach exposed ~8.5M US patients' data, making it the second largest MOVEit breach  —  Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Some Pixel 8 Pro owners notice circular bumps on the screen; Google says they are “impressions from components” and don't impact durability or performance  —  Some Pixel 8 Pro owners have noticed circular bumps in several places on the screen that look to be the result …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error”  —  Ubisoft is blaming an unspecified “technical error” for a fullscreen pop-up ad that appeared in Assassin's Creed Odyssey this week.
Bloomberg:
Automotive tech company Valeo sues Nvidia after an Nvidia engineer accidentally shared data he stole from ex-employer Valeo on a video call between both firms  —  - Oops moment happened during video conference call with Valeo  — Nvidia said in letter that it had tried to protect Valeo's IP
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
A Montenegro court approves the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon; the justice minister will decide if he will go to South Korea or the US  —  Minister will decide if Kwon will be extradited to the U.S. or South Korea.  —  Register Now  —  A court in Podgorica …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Alibaba overhauls its cloud computing unit, with an emphasis on public cloud, hybrid cloud, and cloud infrastructure divisions, after scrapping the unit's IPO  —  - Alibaba has begun an overhaul of its cloud computing unit, bringing in veterans to new leadership positions …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway sold its shares in the Paytm-parent firm One97 Communications, booking a loss of about 40% on its 2018 investment of ~$260M  —  Berkshire Hathaway sold its shares in the Paytm-parent firm One97 Communications Friday, booking a loss of about 40% on the investment it made more than five years ago.
Bloomberg:
Foxconn founder Terry Gou drops out of Taiwan's presidential race, saying “I choose to sacrifice myself for the greater good”  —  - Tech tycoon had languished in fourth place in opinion polls  — Beijing signaled concern Gou would split China-friendly vote
Ian Hickson / Hixie's Natural Log:
Reflecting on 18 years at Google: early Google had a vision, but its culture has eroded, morale is at an all-time low, and healing requires changes at the top  —  I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later.  Last week was my last week at Google.
NBC News:
US lawmakers scramble to enact measures to punish people targeting women with AI-generated nudes, amid a rise of such cases involving teen girls worldwide  —  The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.

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