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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.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Metacurity, CSO, Associated Press, TechRadar, Fox Business, Cybernews.com, Associated Press, Recorded Future, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, US News, Times Of India on YouTube, India Today, Newsweek, Politico, Benzinga, CNN, CBS News, and Semafor
X: @senatorheinrich, @msftissues, @recordedfuture, @brianjliston, @irnaenglish, @msftsecintel, and @msftsecintel. LinkedIn: Tom Burt
Forums: r/technology, r/ParlerWatch, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/inthenews, r/politics, and Slashdot
| 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.
More: Dark Reading. Threads: @brian.fishman.5. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social. X: @shayan86, @simonateba, @catherinebelton, and @nickkristof
Forums: r/RussiaLago, r/craftofintelligence, and r/politics
| 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.
More: MacRumors, Apple Developer Documentation, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Tom's Guide, and Daring Fireball
| 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 …
More: 9to5Mac, Apple Developer, Android Authority, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, CNBC, The Hindu, 9to5Mac on YouTube, Neowin, Business Today, Wccftech, NewsBytes, TechIssuesToday.com, Cult of Mac, Emojipedia, Mashable, Business Standard, Moneycontrol, Livemint, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, OS X Daily, Andru Edwards on YouTube, Ars Technica, Brandon Butch on YouTube, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, Spyglass, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, The Shortcut, Anadolu Ajansı …, MacRumors, Macworld, iClarified, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, CNET, MacStories, TechRadar, BGR, BGR, AppleInsider, and Engadget
| 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.
More: Raspberry Pi, Tom's Hardware, Raspberry Pi, TechCrunch, Hackster.io, CNX Software, The Verge, Phoronix, and XDA Developers
| 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.
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| 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 …
More: FortiGuard Labs, DoublePulsar, Ars Technica, SC Media, Security Affairs, CSO, BleepingComputer, Google Cloud Blog, SecurityWeek, WinBuzzer, The Register, TechTarget, Cyber Daily, TechRadar, The Hacker News, Help Net Security, Help Net Security, Security Boulevard, SecurityWeek, BankInfoSecurity.com, The Record, PaymentSecurity.io, CRN, The Stack, and Security Boulevard
Mastodon: @catc0n@infosec.exchange. X: @mandiant, @uk_daniel_card, @richi, @dinosn, @s0ufi4n3, and @ryanaraine
Forums: r/fortinet and r/cybersecurity
| Bloomberg: |
Roblox plans child safety reforms, including a new type of account to let parents monitor their child's online activity and friends, starting in November 2024 — How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay … Hello World| 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
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| 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
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| Financial Times: |
Secondhand fashion site Vinted raised €340M led by TPG at a €5B valuation, as the profitable startup plans to expand beyond clothes into electronics and more — Latest TPG-backed funding round values profitable Lithuanian start-up at €5bn — Second-hand fashion site Vinted plans … | Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Glassnode data shows the number of bitcoin whales, network entities holding at least 1,000 bitcoin, has jumped to 1,678, the highest level since January 2021 — Protocol Village: Blockchain Key Manager Cubist, Led by Carnegie Mellon Prof, Launches Bridge-Security System ‘Bascule’| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Hugging Face announces an open source software offering aimed at lowering costs for building chatbots and AI tools, in partnership with AWS, Google, and others — Hugging Face on Wednesday said it is releasing a new open-source software offering with Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) …
More: SecurityWeek, The Decoder, and Hugging Face
| 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 …
More: The Philadelphia Inquirer, New Jersey Online, Cryptopolitan, New York Times, The Guardian, Reuters, Bloomberg, NBC News, CNBC, Gizmodo, USA Today, and 24sight News
Threads: @esqueer_. X: @josephpolitano, @electproject, @joycewhitevance, @tomlobianco, @jason_kint, @sarahnferris, and @marshallcohen
| 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.| Sara Ruberg / New York Times: |
As Kroger and Walmart roll out electronic shelf labels, US lawmakers worry that the tech could allow for dynamic pricing; both deny plans to add dynamic pricing — Some members of Congress have expressed concerns that stores will monitor customers and raise prices.
More: Eater NY and Chain Store Age
| Financial Times: |
General Catalyst raised $8B, the most by a US VC since March 2022, and will put $4.5B in its core funds, $1.5B in creating startups, and $2B in other businesses — General Catalyst has raised $8bn, the largest amount by a US venture capital group in more than two years …
More: TechCrunch, Tech Funding News, and General Catalyst
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA opens a formal probe into Google's Anthropic partnership, sets a December 19 deadline; Google planned to invest $2B in 2023 and signed a cloud deal — Google's partnership with AI firm Anthropic is at risk of being derailed in the UK after the competition watchdog called …
More: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, GOV.UK, Android Central, City A.M., and WinBuzzer
| Margaux MacColl / TechCrunch: |
Police surveillance company Flock Safety buys drone startup Aerodome, sources say for $300M+; both are a16z-backed and have raised $680M+ and $28M, respectively — Last week, police surveillance startup Flock Safety announced that it had bought drone startup Aerodome.| Financial Times: |
Insight and Info: China's leading EDA companies for chip design, Empyrean Technology, Primarius, and Semitronix, had less than 2% of global market share in 2023 — Beijing pushes for a bigger share of the crucial electronic design automation market — Chinese companies are struggling …
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