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| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
HP says updates bricking printers with third-party cartridges protect users from possible embedded viruses, but security experts deem such a threat theoretical — “Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription.” — Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed …
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Forums: r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
MIT CSAIL study: only 23% of US wages for doing vision tasks would be economically attractive to automate with AI, due to large upfront and operating expenses — Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when? — That's the trio of questions a new research study …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as “free” unless they are actually free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads misleading — Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as …
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| CNBC: |
Netflix buys the exclusive rights to WWE programs like Raw, airing in 2025 in the US, Canada, Latin America, and more; filing: the 10-year deal is worth $5B+ — - Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air the WWE's flagship program Raw starting next year.
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Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Tencent-owned Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees globally, or about 11% of staff, saying Riot “more than doubled in headcount” over the past few years — The cuts, which amount to about 11% of staff, were announced Monday in a blog post and letter to employees.
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
A look at Palworld, a Pokémon-like game launched on January 19, which has sold 5M+ copies and is currently the most played game on Steam, amid plagiarism claims — The Pokémon-like has sold over 5 million copies in the three days since its early access launch.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft's Bing, Edge, and Advertising services are set to be exempt from EU's DMA, as an EU probe tentatively concluded they're not dominant enough — - EU probe comes ahead of March roll-out of Digital Markets Act — Apple's iMessage service is already expected to be exempt| Bloomberg: |
Samsung is exploring the development of noninvasive glucose monitoring and blood pressure checking, as part of a push to put health features in various devices — - Company's mobile health chief discusses plans in interview — Health push also includes new Galaxy Ring and future earbuds
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Apple releases iOS 17.3, which adds a Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple Music collaborative playlists, support for streaming to more hotel TVs, and more — iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that's supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Mortgage lender loanDepot says “sensitive personal information” of ~16.6M people was stolen in a January 6 ransomware attack that shut down some of its systems — Mortgage lender loanDepot says that approximately 16.6 million people had their personal information stolen in a ransomware attack disclosed earlier this month.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will pay up to 10% more per play in Apple Music royalties for tracks where a Spatial Audio version is available, starting with January's payouts — Apple Music is now encouraging artists with a financial incentive to make their music available in Spatial Audio, which offers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Attain: Boomers and Generation X consumers in the US shopped more frequently and spent more than Gen Z on Temu in 2023; Boomers shopped twice as much as Gen Z — - Boomers shopped twice as much on app as Gen Z consumers — Broad appeal lifts Temu's effort to take on Amazon in US| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The US SEC says the January 9 hack of its X account was via a SIM swap attack to reset its password; it had disabled 2FA in July 2023 over account access issues — - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that a SIM swap attack was to blame for the breach of its official account on X …
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| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
A bug in Ethereum's Nethermind client took down 8% of Ethereum's validators on January 21, raising concerns about Geth, which powers ~85% of the validators — The lion's share of Ethereum's validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.
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| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
An interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu about the R1's design, collaboration with Teenage Engineering, why he didn't want to make an app, and more — Few people knew who Jesse Lyu was when he posted a video of himself to X, standing in front of a black backdrop in a black T-shirt, holding a bright orange gadget.
X: @ctrlzee, @vkhosla, @altcap, @vkhosla, and @bharatvasan
LinkedIn: Mark Wilson, JR Dawkins, Gregor Berkowitz, and Matthew Price, Ph.D.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Silverfort, which provides identity threat protection tools, raised a $116M Series D led by Brighton Park Capital, sources say at an “around” $1B valuation — Silverfort, the Israeli/U.S. startup, takes an all-in view when it comes to identity security in an organization.
More: FinSMEs, Reuters, Globes Online, Silverfort Ltd, Silverfort, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, and SecurityWeek
X: @silverfort and @ingridlunden
| Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: |
Social networks' reduction in moderation, like a hands off approach to 2020 election lies and shuttering election integrity teams, is risky as AI content booms — - Burned by Covid controversies, social media giants step back — Meanwhile AI offers new possibilities to spread misinformation
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