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A Hong Kong-based firm's employee was tricked into paying $25M to fraudsters who used deepfake tech to pose as the company's CFO and staff during a video call — A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Source: Microsoft's Bethesda considers bringing the new Indiana Jones game to PS5, months after Xbox and PC release, as part of a new multi-platform approach — Bethesda's upcoming Indiana Jones game is also tentatively set to launch on Sony's PlayStation 5 console.
More: Thurrott, Game World Observer, Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, XboxEra, Video Games Chronicle, Tom's Guide, T3, TechRadar, IGN, TrueAchievements, SamMobile, Gameranx, Pure Xbox, Press Start, Gematsu, Dot Esports, TweakTown, Stevivor, Dexerto, Game Rant, TheGamer, Wccftech, Aftermath, Neowin, Push Square, and GamingBolt
X: @tomwarren and @tomwarren
Forums: r/PS5, r/XboxSeriesX, r/Games, and r/gaming
| Charlie Sorrel / iFixit News: |
Apple Vision Pro teardown: not great repairability-wise, an unforgivable proprietary battery plug, and a lenticular lens layer that makes EyeSight look blurry — The strangest thing about the Vision Pro is also the thing that makes it most uniquely Apple: it's got a big shiny bubble glass front …
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LinkedIn: Nico Scapel and Alexis Filipe
Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and MacRumors Forums
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
UK's Reach strikes a deal with Amazon for “contextual” first-party data to target online ads, as the media industry responds to end of third party cookies — Media sector scrambles to deal with fallout from phase out of cross-website trackers — Tech giant Amazon has struck … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence — Board members have reaped hundreds of millions from stock awards and separate investments, even as some have done drugs with Musk …
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Forums: r/elonmusk and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
A look at UMG's TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok's role in the music industry — We're about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry. — Happy Grammy Sunday to those of you who celebrate.| Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg: |
Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including its popular search engine, to a group led by Yandex management in a deal valued at about $5.2B — - Dutch-registered firm reaches agreement to sell Russian unit — Fallout from the war in Ukraine forced tech giant to split up| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries — This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee.
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Washington Post: |
Amid mass tech layoffs, some workers with years of experience or deep technical expertise are having trouble getting hired again while some seek non-tech jobs — Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in 2022.
Threads: @beth4158. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @remotesynth@mastodon.xyz
Forums: r/csMajors, r/economy, r/technology, and r/Economics
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Oversight Board upholds Meta's decision to leave up a maliciously edited video of Biden but calls on Meta to update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy — However, the board said Meta should update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy.
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Oversight Board, Bloomberg, BBC, Financial Times, Silicon UK, and CBS News. Mastodon: @Laukidh@infosec.exchange
| Reuters: |
Sources: soaring appetite for its AI chips and manufacturing constraints have forced Huawei to prioritise AI and slow production for its premium Mate 60 phones — Soaring appetite for Huawei's (HWT.UL) artificial intelligence (AI) chips coupled with manufacturing constraints has forced … | Umar Farooq / ProPublica: |
US police departments are using AI software from Chicago-based Truleo and other companies to analyze millions of hours of unreviewed body-cam footage — Black Boxes: How Police Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras — Body-worn cameras were supposed to deliver a revolution in transparency and accountability to policing.
More: The Verge, New York Post, and New York Times
Forums: r/Futurology, r/privacy, r/singularity, and r/politics
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