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April 12, 2024, 9:25 AM

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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
CISA is investigating a breach at business intelligence company Sisense; sources: the attackers copied several terabytes of customer data, including credentials  —  The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today it is investigating a breach at business intelligence …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says it is discontinuing its Google One VPN due to a lack of use; Google's free Pixel VPN that debuted in 2022 with the Pixel 7 will remain unchanged  —  Back in October of 2020, Google One introduced a VPN that later became available on all plans and platforms.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple nears production of M4 chips with AI upgrades and memory improvements, coming to new MacBook Pros, Mac minis, and iMacs starting in late 2024  —  - Company working on rapid transition to the new processors  — Revamp will bring AI capabilities and memory improvements
The Information:
Sources: TikTok is testing an AI feature that generates a virtual influencer and a script for a video ad based on prompts submitted by advertisers  —  TikTok touts itself as a platform where creators can stand out and build a following.  But the company has begun discussing with advertisers …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Researchers say they haven't found “strikingly novel compounds” after analyzing a subset of the 2.2M new crystals DeepMind claimed its AI tool GNoMe discovered  —  “In the DeepMind paper there are many examples of predicted materials that are clearly nonsensical.”
Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China asked its largest telecom carriers, including China Mobile, to phase out foreign chips from their equipment by 2027, in a blow to Intel and AMD  —  Beijing's move is the latest installment in a U.S.-China technology war that is splintering the global chip industry
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
OpenTable plans to display members' first names and profile photos on all reviews, including past reviews, starting May 22 in a bid to provide more transparency  —  Restaurant reservation platform OpenTable says that all reviews on the platform will no longer be fully anonymous starting …
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Virtual physical therapy service Hinge Health lays off ~10% of its workforce; Hinge had an estimated 1,700+ employees, and was valued at $6.2B in October 2021  —  Hinge Health, a 9-year-old company that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions …
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
Google releases Android 15 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, with edge-to-edge app scaling by default, OS-level support for app archiving and unarchiving, and more  —  Google LLC today announced the release of the first beta test version of Android 15, opening up the upcoming operating system for both developers and early adopters to test out.
Reuters:
Sources: Sam Altman and other OpenAI executives pitched ChatGPT Enterprise to hundreds of Fortune 500 companies this month, including some Microsoft customers  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has hosted hundreds of Fortune 500 company executives in San Francisco, New York and London …
Wall Street Journal:
In his annual shareholder letter, Andy Jassy says GenAI “may be the largest technology transformation since the cloud” and Amazon is committed to cost-cutting  —  In his letter to shareholders, Andy Jassy says generative AI could usher in the largest tech transformation since the Internet
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