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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024, that let users log in under specific circumstances with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters — The vulnerability is fixed now, but Okta said that for three months it could've been used to access accounts with usernames stretching at least 52 characters long.
More: Okta Trust, Engadget, Forbes, Mashable, and The Information
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval, “to reach an even wider audience” — Apple is acquiring the popular photo editing company Pixelmator. The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post …
More: Pixelmator Blog, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, The Shortcut, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, Hindustan Times, Moneycontrol, SchwarzTech, Redmond Pie, Neowin, mjtsai.com, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Six Colors, Cult of Mac, Pixel Envy, Daring Fireball, PetaPixel, Tech Startups, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, TechRadar, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, BGR, Bloomberg, Thurrott, Engadget, TidBITS, and BNN Bloomberg
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Forums: Hacker News, r/MacOS, r/macapps, r/photography, r/pixelmator, and Ars OpenForum
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Intel's CEO scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI chips in 2024, blaming slower uptake on Gaudi 2 to Gaudi 3 transition and software ease of use — Intel's (INTC.O) upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted …
More: The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Intel, Constellation Research, Benzinga, and TrendForce News
| Stephen Groves / Associated Press: |
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation …
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| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, a budget hawk who has been in the position for 11 years and is at the center of the company's AI spending spree — Amy Hood is at the center of Microsoft's bet-the-company dive into AI
Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @marceloplima, @modestproposal1, and @modestproposal1. LinkedIn: Jon Cherian
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February 2024; Intel joined the index in 1999 — - Intel, Dow Inc. are set to leave the 30-member index — Nvidia up 3.2% in post-market trading, while Intel is down 2%
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Forums: r/stocks, r/technology, r/AMD_Stock, and r/wallstreetbets
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku — - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube … | Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google researchers detail Project Big Sleep, formerly Project Naptime, which used an AI agent to discover a previously unknown and exploitable bug in SQLite — The company's experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.
More: Project Zero, WinBuzzer, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/programming, and lobste.rs
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules Parag Agrawal and other former Twitter executives can proceed with claims that Elon Musk terminated them to cheat them out of severance pay — A judge ruled late Friday that former chief executive officer Parag Agrawal and other high-ranking officers can proceed with claims … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Denmark's AI supercomputer Gefion, which has 1,528 H100 GPUs and was built using $100M from Novo Nordisk and state-owned Export and Investment Fund — The world's latest AI machine is powered by the success of two products: Nvidia's chips and Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs
More: NVIDIA, Novo Nordisk Fonden, and PharmTech
| Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis study based on first-time use of digital wallets from January 1 to October 8, 2024: Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones — - Some data signal USDT activity moved toward EMEA time zones — US officials are reportedly stepping up probes into the token
More: Cryptopolitan
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market — Self-described French trader says he bet more than $30 million on U.S. election after analyzing polls
More: CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Fortune, RedState, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga
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