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Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022 — Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
PlayStation Network has been experiencing a multi-hour outage, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and Direct website — PSN has been experiencing a multi-hour outage. You might have trouble loading purchased digital games or seeing which friends are online.
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Filing: Kash Patel, Trump's nominee to head FBI, was allotted Shein shares of $1M to $5M in exchange for consulting services; he has no plans to divest them — Donald Trump's pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK used Snoopers' Charter to send a “technical capability notice” to Apple; notice recipients aren't allowed to warn users of weakened security — Bid to tap customers' accounts could weaken security for iPhone users all over the world
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| Fei-Fei Li / Financial Times: |
Three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking: have a clear view of reality, be pragmatic instead of ideological, and empower the AI ecosystem — It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on| Punchbowl News: |
Sources: Trump has tasked JD Vance and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz with overseeing a potential sale of TikTok — Vance is in charge of “quarterbacking a deal to save TikTok,” according to a source familiar with the matter. Waltz and the National Security Council are in charge … | Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: |
A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country — Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized.| CNBC: |
Sources: Anduril is in talks to raise up to $2.5B, led by Founders Fund with a $1B commitment, at a $28B valuation; Anduril's revenue in 2024 doubled to ~$1B — WATCH NOW — Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, has signed a term sheet to raise capital at a $28 billion valuation …
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X: @duderichy, @packym, @ceoondas, and @palmerluckey
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| Reuters: |
SolarWinds says it will go private in a $4.4B deal with buyout firm Turn/River Capital; SWI closes up 21.8% — SolarWinds (SWI.N) said on Friday it would go private in a $4.4 billion deal with buyout firm Turn/River Capital, the latest sign debt-funded deals were set to rebound this year as borrowing costs decline.
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Stripe competitor Rapyd is in talks to raise $300M from investors at a $3.5B valuation, a dramatic decline from its valuation of around $9B in 2021 — The high-profile startup is in talks for a funding round that would shave billions off its value.| Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: |
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot often hallucinates URLs in citations and admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and paywall policies — The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors?| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Island, which makes secure browsers for businesses, is raising money at a $4.5B valuation in a round led by Coatue; it was valued at $3B in April 2024 — Valuation jump shows VCs are still enthusiastic for cybersecurity deals. — Enterprise software and security startup Island Technology Inc … | Thomas Germain / BBC: |
An Adalytics report shows how ad systems run by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others inadvertently placed ads on a website that hosts CSAM — Some of the biggest tech companies in the world served ads on a website featuring images of child abuse, helping to fund its operations.| James Hunt / The Block: |
Nikkei: Japan's financial regulator asks Apple and Google to remove apps from Bybit, MEXC Global, LBank Exchange, KuCoin, and Bitget; Apple has removed the apps — - Japan's Financial Services Agency has reportedly requested Apple and Google to block five unregistered overseas crypto exchange apps in the country.| Hideaki Ryugen / Nikkei Asia: |
MediaTek reports sales up 22.4% YoY to ~$16.2B in 2024 and net profit up 38.2% YoY to ~$3.24B, posting its first sales and profit growth in two fiscal years — TAIPEI — Major Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek looks to apply its low-power design know-how to products geared toward artificial intelligence …
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