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September 25, 2024, 11:55 AM
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Google files an EU antitrust complaint alleging Microsoft engages in unfair cloud practices and is “exploiting” its customers' reliance on products like Windows  —  Search giant seeks antitrust probe of Big Tech rival over dominance of Azure platform
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing it of tracking Firefox users on websites without consent  —  Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority …
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
A look at Caroline Ellison's motivations in the FTX fraud, including her relationship with SBF; the judge said he had “never seen” a cooperator like Ellison  —  The story of Sam Bankman-Fried was obvious enough: a Shakespearean level of arrogance that led to tragedy.
Brady Dale / Axios:
Caroline Ellison, a key witness in prosecuting FTX cofounder and ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried, is sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the scandal
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Google's Mandiant says dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers in a scheme, active since 2018, operated by group UNC5267  —  It's difficult to imagine a bigger hiring blunder.  —  Google said it has been contacted by several major U.S. companies recently …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Sony announces seven more games that the $700 PS5 Pro, arriving November 7, will enhance via AI-powered “PSSR” upscaling, taking the total to 20 Enhanced games  —  Sony has just revealed seven additional games that'll get enhanced by its PS5 Pro, coming November 7th, on top of the games it previously revealed.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Automattic sends a cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, alleging unauthorized use of the WordPress trademark, after WP Engine sent a C&D letter on September 23  —  The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
US federal court records: the DOJ has been investigating SAP, Carahsoft, and others for potentially conspiring to overcharge government agencies over a decade  —  - DOJ investigating billions in purchases from SAP over a decade  — Other companies under scrutiny in civil False Claims Act probe
Tim Starks / CyberScoop:
CrowdStrike SVP Adam Meyers apologizes before Congress over the company's faulty update that caused a global IT outage, to largely sympathetic House lawmakers  —  House lawmakers struck a sympathetic tone toward the company at a hearing where they nevertheless said nothing like that could happen again.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
How a security researcher used a now-fixed flaw to store false memories in ChatGPT via indirect prompt injection to exfiltrate all user input in perpetuity  —  Emails, documents, and other untrusted content can plant malicious memories.  —  When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported …
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk took over; X took action on 2,361 accounts over hateful content in H1 2024, down from 1M in H2 2021  —  In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.
Will Knight / Wired:
The Allen Institute for AI debuts Multimodal Open Language Model in 1B- to 72B-parameter sizes, the most capable open-source AI model with visual abilities yet  —  A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way.
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Book excerpt: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime, once the video game industry's unstoppable pair, had a falling out from 2013  —  Bobby Kotick and Mike Morhaime were the video game industry's unstoppable pair, until they fought each other.  An excerpt from the new book Play Nice.
Politico:
Biden plans to sign a new bill that weakens some environmental rules on federally funded chip projects, breaking with environmental groups and House Democrats  —  The White House's environmental and manufacturing goals are now on a collision course, after Congress voted and Biden approved …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA asks members to stop work on League of Legends, filing an NLRB complaint against producer Formosa Interactive and others for refusing “fair AI terms”  —  The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around …
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia sign a partnership to integrate Samsung's SmartThings IoT platform with future car infotainment systems developed by Hyundai and Kia  —  Samsung and fellow South Korean giants Kia and Hyundai have struck up an IoT alliance that will see cars drive home appliances …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google updates its Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, brings Street View to four new locations, and sharpens Google Earth and Maps satellite imagery  —  Google is updating Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at ABC News' 24-hour Fourth of July programming marathon for the US' 250th anniversary, which it calls “the longest commercial broadcast in history”

Peter Walker / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she and her department will stop using X because the site favors “abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
A look at the UK's role in the Paramount-WBD merger: Paramount has said it remains confident of avoiding a “ticking fee” that would start at the end of Q3

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Reece Rogers / Wired:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Stability AI says filmmaker James Cameron has joined its board of directors; Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju was previously CEO of VFX company WETA Digital
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
MoneyGram, the world's second largest money transfer company, blames an unspecified “cybersecurity issue” for an ongoing days-long outage affecting its users
Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US DOJ sues Visa, alleging it has an illegal monopoly over debit network markets and has tried to unlawfully crush competitors, including PayPal and Square
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI adds five voices to Advanced Voice Mode, which is now rolling out to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users and, next week, to enterprise and education users
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