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| Reuters: |
Sources: Alphabet cautions staff not to enter confidential info into chatbots, including Bard, or directly use AI-generated code, following Amazon and others — Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets …
More: Android Authority, Gizmodo, Analytics Insight, Tech News Outlet, Engadget, Mashable, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @jldastin, @hare_brain, and @hdevreij
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve releases its Steam update announced in April 2023, offering a big UI makeover, unifying its Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck codebases, and more — While much of that has been available in beta, today's the day it goes wide with a full stable release. So if your Steam is looking rather different, that's why!
More: Steam on YouTube, Steam Community, AppleInsider, HotHardware, XDA Developers, PCWorld, Dexerto, Lifewire, Polygon, MobileSyrup, Candid.Technology, Destructoid, TweakTown, TechRadar, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechEBlog, TechPowerUp, Gamereactor UK, Techlusive, Press Start, PC Gamer, Game Rant, Neowin, Blue's News, Kotaku, and Phoronix
Forums: r/gamernews and r/Games
| Mandiant: |
A look at Barracuda's Email Security Gateway zero-day exploited by a China-linked actor since at least October 2022 to spy on companies and governments globally — On May 23, 2023, Barracuda announced that a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway …
More: TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Cybersecurity Dive, The Record, The Hacker News, Krebs on Security, CRN, The Hill, Cybersecurity …, SecurityWeek, SC Media, GovInfoSecurity.com, and ComputerWeekly.com
LinkedIn: Andrew Kopcienski. Tweets: @johnhultquist, @siedlmar, @sixdub, and @big_bad_w0lf_. Forums: Slashdot
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel changes its chip naming scheme: drops the “i”, opts for a more straightforward Core 3, 5, and 7 structure, and puts its premium chips under an Ultra brand — As first hinted at by Intel back in late April, Intel is embarking on a journey to redefine its client processor branding …
More: Intel, The Verge, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, PCWorld, Thurrott, Macworld, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, MobileSyrup, Digit, Neowin, Windows Central, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, KitGuru, Guru3D.com, Wccftech, Club386, ExtremeTech, ZDNet, Engadget, Techlusive, Phoronix, VideoCardz.com, and Notebookcheck.net
Bluesky: @epro.social and @dogaker.bsky.social
Tweets: @jeffveillette, @edzitron, @vnchocotaco, @mattpaulsonsd, @mjholthaus, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
CISA confirms “several” US federal government agencies “experienced intrusions” in the hack of Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool and is providing support to them — “Several” US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software.
More: NBC News, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Nextgov, Bloomberg, and CircleID. Tweets: @gossithedog
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop lists its first victims targeted via Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool since May 2023, including US banks and universities — Researchers say the newly discovered security flaw was exploited as far back as 2021 — Clop, the ransomware gang responsible …
More: The Record, Financial Times, Cybersecurity Dive, BleepingComputer, and ComputerWeekly.com
Tweets: @gossithedog, @malbertnews, and @alexmartin
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins selling replacement Surface components via the Microsoft Store, including displays, batteries, and SSDs, for “out-of-warranty, self repair” — Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices. The software giant now supplies replacement parts …
More: Windows Blog, CNET, The Register, PCWorld, Tech News Outlet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, TechSpot, Pureinfotech, Club386, OnMSFT.com, Digital Trends, BetaNews, Ars Technica, TechPowerUp, BigTechWire, Thurrott, Neowin, and Windows Central
LinkedIn: Cory Ebert. Mastodon: @kevin_hardiman@mastodon …. Tweets: @hoorge and @repaircoalition. Forums: Slashdot
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft details Cadet Blizzard, a GRU hacking group behind the WhisperGate data-wiping attacks in Ukraine carried out a month before Russia's 2022 invasion — Microsoft has linked a threat group it tracks as Cadet Blizzard since April 2023 to Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU).
More: Ars Technica, Microsoft Security Blog, The Hacker News, The Record, CyberScoop, Infosecurity, Security Affairs, Microsoft On the Issues, Metacurity, C4ISRNET, International Business Times, Dark Reading, InfoRiskToday.com, SC Media, and SecurityWeek
LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman. Tweets: @msftsecintel, @bradsmi, @msftissues, @julianbarnes, @crispinburke, @vasujakkal, and @securepeacock
Forums: r/worldnews, r/InfoSecNews, and Ars OpenForum
| Matt Walsh / @mattwalshinbos: |
[Thread] After the US SEC approved Prometheum's SPBD for digital assets, a look at CEO Aaron Kaplan's bizarre congressional testimony and issues with the SPBD — This Prometheum storyline has got to be the strangest thing I have seen in awhile in this industry. Has anyone actually looked into this? Beyond bizarre...
More: SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Unchained Crypto, Watcher Guru, Inside Bitcoins, Bitcoinist.com, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @alexandergrieve, @adamscochran, @rssh273, @collins_belton, @mtcoppel, @mattwalshinbos, @sgjohnsson, @luigygt, @cameron, @cameron, @tyler, @mattwalshinbos, @ntmoney, @mattwalshinbos, @mayazi, @jchervinsky, @tayvano_, @panekkkk, @coinbureau, @dystopiabreaker, @mattwalshinbos, @mrjasonchoi, @tyler, @mdudas, @danielsloeb1, @mattwalshinbos, @bitfinexed, and @adamscochran
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch launches a Partner Plus tier offering a 70/30 revenue split to streamers who have at least 350 recurring paid subscriptions for three months in a row — Twitch is introducing a new “Partner Plus” program that will give streamers an increased 70 percent of the share of their subscription revenues …
More: blog.twitch.tv, Game Developer, TechCrunch, Engadget, Variety, Dexerto, Game Rant, Kotaku, and GameSpot
Tweets: @twitch, @supergirlkels, @kurtbenkert, @hamb1no, @rumblevideo, @andreneves, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/Twitch
| Chris Vallance / BBC: |
Meta's Yann LeCun says experts' fears of AI threatening humanity are “preposterously ridiculous” and keeping AI research “under lock and key” would be a mistake — One of the three “godfathers of AI” has said it won't take over the world or permanently destroy jobs.
More: Ars Technica, CNBC, Neowin, TechSpot, Insider, The Times, Digital Trends, Fortune, and BBC
Tweets: @sashamtl, @elinecmc, @hpc_guru, @rajeshbahn, and @ylecun
| Financial Times: |
Sources: at a May 2023 meeting, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority pushed HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Bank of China to take on crypto exchanges as clients — Regulators are pushing for banks to accept more exchanges as clients in quest to develop digital assets industry
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Cryptonews, Inside Bitcoins, Fortune, Blockworks, Coinpedia Fintech News, Coinspeaker, The Block, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, Forkast, Tech in Asia, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, and Reuters
LinkedIn: James Lloyd. Tweets: @iamashchild, @degenspartan, @parrotcapital, @kayewiggins, @nic__carter, @benjaminqiu, @coinbureau, @joonian, @nischalshetty, and @financialtimes
| Nick Perry / Associated Press: |
New Zealand sentences two men who ran the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to over two years in prison, ending an 11-year US extradition battle — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
More: NZ Herald, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, TorrentFreak, Stuff.co.nz, Dexerto, NZ Herald, RNZ, and Reuters
Tweets: @rothken, @chriskeall, @reasther, and @johnsonthought1
Forums: Hacker News and r/worldnews
| Christina Warren / Inverse: |
A look at Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K-lines-of-code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming — At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS.
More: Forbes, MacStories, HotHardware, MacDailyNews, The Verge, Macworld, and Six Colors
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chipmaker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and others still buy chips from its subsidiary — The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China's military.| Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought ads on Uber in Q1, up from 315K in Q4 — The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on Uber Eats, Drizly and its ride-hailing app
More: Engadget, Beet.TV, SlashGear, iMore, and Supercharged
LinkedIn: Kristen Korab and Freddy Porges
Tweets: @pt, @modestproposal1, @patrickcoffee, @silvermanjacob, @keithdsouza, @richard_normal, and @rupertmyers
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Applied Materials sues Chinese-owned, California-based rival Mattson over an alleged 14-month effort to steal IP, including staff poaching and design transfers — Applied Materials Inc. is suing a Chinese-owned rival over what it says was a 14-month effort to steal some of its most valuable secrets … | Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters: |
The White House says Live Nation and Ticketmaster plan to start showing consumers upfront all-in pricing in September 2023, as part of a “junk fees” crackdown — Live Nation and Ticketmaster will soon offer consumers all-in pricing on their popular ticket platforms …
More: The Verge, Engadget, The White House, The Hill, Axios, New York Times, NPR, Variety, Fortune, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, NBC News, New York Post, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, TechSpot, and Semafor
Bluesky: @nohomers.bsky.social. Mastodon: @ukuku@mstdn.social. Tweets: @zandarvts, @jkarsh, @zwal93, @mikeisaac, @mattmcgee, @scottmonty, and @palafo
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches its “Hey Disney!” voice command for most Echo devices in the US, featuring 20+ characters, the first Alexa Custom Assistant for customers' homes — Amazon and Disney announced Thursday that “Hey Disney!,” the new voice assistant built on Alexa technology … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Epic releases MetaHuman Animator, which lets Unreal Engine users capture a facial performance with an iPhone and apply the animation to a character in “minutes” — Today, Epic is releasing a new tool designed to capture an actor's facial performance using a device as simple …
More: Unreal Engine, VentureBeat, and Unreal Engine on YouTube. Mastodon: @williamgunn@mastodon.social
| Jules Roscoe / VICE: |
Invidious, an open-source “alternative front-end” for YouTube that removes tracking, says YouTube sent a cease-and-desist letter over API violations — Invidious lets users browse YouTube without being tracked. Its developers say they won't make changes until they have to.
Tweets: @julesaroscoe
| Kari Paul / The Guardian: |
The CCDH estimates Google made $10M in two years from anti-abortion organizations' ads misdirecting users to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not provide care — Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms
More: Wired, Gizmodo, The Hill, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @arodericks.bsky.social. Tweets: @ccdhate. Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoXChromosomes, and r/technology
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to post fake proof-of-concept zero-day exploits that push Windows and Linux malware — Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero …
More: SiliconANGLE, VulnCheck, SecurityWeek, TechRadar, SC Media, Tech Monitor, CSO, Infosecurity, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @alvierid, @jgamblin, @seanwrightsec, and @vulncheckai
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