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October 24, 2024, 9:35 AM

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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Microsoft: Russia, China, and Iran are stepping up cyber-influence efforts on the US election; China has focused on down-ballot candidates and Congress members  —  Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Documents show direct ties between Russia's government and a former Florida deputy sheriff behind a network of fake news sites using AI and targeting US voters  —  Russian documents reviewed by The Post expose the workings of a Moscow network that has become a potent source of fake news targeting American voters.
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple now lets third-party browsers add web apps to an iPhone's Home Screen using their own custom engine in the EU in iOS 18.2 beta 1  —  Apple last year introduced the ability for third-party web browsers to add web apps to the iOS Home Screen, a feature that was previously exclusive to Safari.
Six Colors:
Apple releases iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 developer betas, with features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, and ChatGPT integration  —  Apple Intelligence just keeps on coming.  —  The first batch of features in Apple's much-hyped entry into the artificial intelligence boom …
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi unveils the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ in 13 and 26 TOPS versions in partnership with Hailo, after announcing branded SSDs, micro SD cards, and a bumper  —  Raspberry ‘AI’  —  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Ming-Chi Kuo:
Kuo: Apple has cut iPhone 16 orders by ~10M units for Q4 2024 and H1 2025, mostly non-Pro models, and plans 8.6M iPhone SE 4 units from December 2024 to Q1 2025  —  - iPhone 16 orders were cut by around 10M units for 4Q24-1H25, with most of the cuts affecting non-Pro models.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Fortinet discloses a critical FortiManager API flaw being exploited in 0-day attacks to steal sensitive files, after warning customers privately over a week ago  —  Fortinet publicly disclosed today a critical FortiManager API vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-47575, that was exploited …
Bloomberg:
Ian Curran / The Irish Times:
The Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn €310M over using personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted ads under GDPR, after a 2018 complaint  —  Penalty relates to social media platform's processing of its members' data for targeted advertising
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU's Court of Justice sides with Intel over a once-record €1.06B antitrust fine, ruling that regulators failed to prove it gave illegal rebates to PC makers  —  - Top court sides with chipmaker in landmark EU competition case  — Separate appeal over a revised EU penalty is still ongoing
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple nears production of MacBook Airs with M4 for release in early 2025, slightly delays M4 Mac Studio, and plans new entry-level iPads for the spring  —  - Company slightly delays next Mac Studio desktop with M4 chip  — Preparations in place to launch new MacBook Air early in 2025
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $14.97B, vs. $15.07B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $3B, up more than $1B QoQ  —  IBM shares moved 3% lower in extended trading on Wednesday after the hardware, software and services provider fell short of Wall Street's revenue expectations for the third quarter.
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
The US CFPB says Goldman Sachs and Apple will pay $89M following a long-running Apple Card investigation; Goldman must pay $64.8M and Apple must pay $25M  —  - Watchdog cites customer service breakdowns, misrepresentations  — Goldman banned from new credit cards without ‘credible’ plan
CNN:
Sources: the US DOJ warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1M sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law  —  The Justice Department warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states …
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Both the Harris and Trump campaigns are using TikTok to reach Gen Z; CredoIQ: viral conservative content surpassed progressive content at the start of October  —  Both campaigns are using the short-video platform to try to reach Gen Z  —  A seven-second TikTok video posted this month …
More: Wired
Bloomberg:
Q&A with Vinod Khosla on Elon Musk, AI, climate tech, Harris and Trump, the US economy, tech regulation, Silicon Valley's Trump supporters, taxation, and more  —  “Climate debt is much harder to pay off than economic debt,” Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, says on this week's episode of Zero.

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