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Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign potentially accessed US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen — AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July — - At the time, President Biden was still running for reelection. … - He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris …
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Forums: r/politics and r/KamalaHarris
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock — Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data.
More: Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Police, Digital Trends, Gizchina.com, Android Authority, and NewsBytes
| Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked …
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Bluesky: @scottevans.bsky.social. X: @jerrydunleavy, @tokamak137, @alansuderman, @gregotto, @lukolejnik, @johnaweiler, @pricefloyd, @ezraacohen, and @joshmeyerdc. Forums: r/news
| Ben Blanchard / Reuters: |
Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B, vs ~$55.4B est., on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including from iPhones, was flat YoY — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more — Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral for its AI-generated “deep dive” podcasts with two hosts — With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine. You won't believe your ears.
More: Wired, Hindustan Times, New York Times, Adjacent Possible, Forbes, Axios, Hard Fork on YouTube, Pocket-lint, MIT Technology Review, Barron's Online, and VentureBeat
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel 3D depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image — Apple's AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth …
More: GitHub. X: @snowclipsed, @_akhaliq, @nimazeighami, @jonstephens85, @_akhaliq, and @pcuenq
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/augmentedreality
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic — The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
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| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that would let users track conversations with their “favorite” users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more — The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects …
More: Pivot to AI. Bluesky: @vortexegg.regretfully.online and @frydawolff.bsky.social. X: @mack_ferg
| SemiAnalysis: |
A deep dive into “AI Neoclouds”, a new breed of cloud compute providers built to offer GPU rentals, like Crusoe, Lambda Labs, and CoreWeave, and their economics — H100 Rental Price Cuts, AI Neocloud Giants and Emerging Neoclouds, H100 Cluster Bill of Materials and Cluster Deployment …
X: @johannes_hage, @stasbekman, and @3thanpetersen
LinkedIn: Fiaz Mohamed, James Barr, SemiAnalysis, and Together AI
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google ramps up efforts to integrate AI across its products in India, where it has 700M to 800M users, including launching Gemini Live in nine Indian languages — Google is ramping up its artificial intelligence efforts in India to integrate AI across its products for Indians …
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| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
Meta announces Movie Gen, a suite of AI models for generating realistic video and audio clips; Movie Gen Video has 30B parameters and Movie Gen Audio has 13B — The next frontier in generative AI is video—and with Movie Gen, Meta has now staked its claim.
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LinkedIn: Mike Hollander, Siddharth Bhattacharya, Andrew Weld-Moore, and Emil Protalinski
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Threads: @reckless1280. Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews.bsky.social. X: @shellysheynin, @ahmad_al_dahle, @kimmonismus, @kurtwagner8, and @nearcyan. Forums: r/tech
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