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How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; Microsoft published a report detailing a litany of efforts to target the election — Hack of Trump campaign has led some to accuse Tehran just weeks after U.S. officials believed Russia posed bigger threat| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
PUBG publisher Krafton acquires former Xbox game studio Tango Gameworks and its Hi-Fi Rush IP; in May 2024, Microsoft announced plans to close Tango Gameworks — Tango Gameworks will live on, thanks to Krafton — Krafton, the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds and The Callisto Protocol …
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After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands of attendees, Donald Trump falsely claimed the crowd was “fake” and “she 'AI'd” a picture of it — The former president has also falsely accused his opponents of paying people to attend their rallies
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's plans: the iPhone 16 lineup, a new iPhone SE, a thin “Air” model in the iPhone 17 lineup, and a plastic, kid-friendly Watch SE in bold colors — Apple's iPhone 16 will keep sales stable until more innovative models are ready next year.
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A researcher finds 15K+ hardcoded secrets and 66K vulnerable websites, including details on accessing Stanford's Slack, by searching overlooked data sources — Security researcher Bill Demirkapi found more than 15,000 hardcoded secrets and 66,000 vulnerable websites—all by searching overlooked data sources.
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Thomas White, who served five years for administering Silk Road 2.0 and possessing images of CSAM, claims to have co-founded activism organization DDoSecrets — A co-founder of transparency activism organization Distributed of Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) was a dark web drug kingpin who ran …
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As 19+ Chinese cities run robotaxi and robobus tests, safety and job loss concerns grow in China due to the rapid pace of permits issued for autonomous vehicles — Liu Yi is among China's 7 million ride-hailing drivers. A 36-year-old Wuhan resident, he started driving part time this year … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, partners with AI search engine Perplexity to show news summaries and with Tako to make AI visuals — Prediction marketplace Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, is partnering with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to display news summaries of events.| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications — False claims about Taylor Swift among outdated and misleading information in news-style notifications from video-sharing app| Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD releases updates to mitigate the “Sinkclose” vulnerability but has no plans to update older Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 or Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs — AMD says some chips fall outside of the software support window. — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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| Gabriel Moss / IGN: |
PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter review: a robust VR experience, but the setup is a headache, especially with the Bluetooth dependency and the lack of included cables — PC VR2 — Until now, the otherwise excellent-on-paper PlayStation VR2 headset has seen its loyal fans relegated to an underwhelming selection of games.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Replika founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda on AI chatbots, marrying chatbots, Replika's therapy app Tomo, friendship chatbots, LLMs, open source, and more — The head of chatbot maker Replika discusses the role AI will play in the future of human relationships.
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