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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Zoom updates its terms to let the company train its AI models using customer data, Zoom says only for users who consented, but doesn't offer a way to opt out — - Zoom's terms of service update establishes the video platform's right to use some customer data for training its AI models.
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Mastodon: @mwl@io.mwl.io, @GoTakeAKnapp@anti …, @Lazarou@mastodon.social, @mimsical@mastodon.social, @davidseidl@mstdn.social, @SecurityWriter@infosec …, @pharnzwurth@aus.social, @Ryan@mstdn.ca, @emilygorcenski@indieweb …, @andy@bell.bz, @glassbottommeg …, @jeridansky@sfba.social, @LeslieBurns@legal.social, @ben@werd.social, @gvwilson@mastodon.social, and @mfriess@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @schmutzie.com, @valerieblaise.bsky.social, and @ruchowdh.bsky.social
X: @panekkkk, @gaborgurbacs, @iohk_charles, @andercot, @matthew_d_green, @nathanbenaich, @rustybrick, @briannawu, @haydenfield, @mrinaldesai, and @lessin
LinkedIn: Eric S. Yuan, Smita Hashim, Jorge G. Lopez, and Nikolas Badminton
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/cybersecurity, and r/ArtistHate
| Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: |
PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually — - PayPal USD will be pegged to dollar, issued by Paxos Trust — Stablecoins have yet to take off in consumer-payment sector
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Mastodon: @misc@mastodon.social. X: @ryansadams, @divine_economy, @matthew_d_green, @paoloardoino, @ryansadams, @koeppelmann, @andy_bromberg, @neerajka, @twobitidiot, @paypal, @warobusiness, @functi0nzer0, @milesdeutscher, @nic__carter, @ki_young_ju, @degenspartan, @justinsuntron, @danawrey, @mikeseligesq, @mud2monarch, @nic__carter, @mud2monarch, @campbelljaustin, @pashovkrum, @poppunkonchain, @adamscochran, @djohnson_cpa, @jcoviedo6, @danheld, and @acityinohio
| Emma Goldberg / New York Times: |
Zoom, known for helping millions of people work from home, asks its employees living within 50 miles of an office to work in person at least two days per week — The tech company that helped millions of people work from home is finally tired of its employees being far away.
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Bluesky: @werty.bsky.social, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com, @epro.social, and @folletto.bsky.social
X: @arrington, @dhh, and @emmabgo
LinkedIn: Dennis Ramdeen, Ryan Anderson, and Scott Monty
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
UK researchers train a deep learning model that can steal passwords and more by decoding keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with an accuracy of 95% — A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using …
More: arxiv.org, The Register, Gizmodo, PCMag, Hackaday, Decrypt, Ars Technica, ExtremeTech, TechRadar, HotHardware, HackRead, 9to5Mac, Security Boulevard, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, The Hacker News, Pocketables, gHacks Technology News, TweakTown, DataBreaches.net, PC Gamer, and iTnews
Mastodon: @lrz@mastodon.cloud, @airadam@mastodon.me.uk, @karim@geiger.ee, and @Haste@mastodon.social
X: @levie, @p3b7_, @nearcyan, @nagatodharma, and @nearcyan
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and Slashdot
| Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: |
OpenAI details GPTBot, which the company uses to crawl the web for data to improve its AI models, and how site admins can opt out using robots.txt — Learn more about OpenAI's web crawler, GPTBot, and how to restrict or limit its access to your website content.
More: The Verge, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Roundtable, ITPro, The Decoder, and Cryptopolitan
Threads: @lessin and @carnage4life
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
How a false facial recognition match led to Detroit police wrongfully arresting a Black woman for carjacking and robbery, the first such known case for a woman — Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking.
More: Insider, NBC News, Ars Technica, Forbes, Washington Post, Agence France-Presse, PetaPixel, AI News, New York Post, and The Verge
X: @evan_greer, @peterdaou, @openrightsgroup, @arielbogle, @kashhill, @dancow, @kashhill, @laurenkrisai, @kashhill, and @kashhill. LinkedIn: Andrew Barber🦖
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technology, r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut, and r/Detroit
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says Bing Chat, which is only available in products like its Edge browser and Bing app, is coming “soon” to third-party browsers, including on mobile — In late July, Microsoft confirmed its ChatGPT-like Bing Chat was testing in third-party browsers like Chrome and Safari … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Developer logs: Apple is testing an M3 Max chip with a 16-core CPU, a 40-core GPU, and 48GB of RAM, in a MacBook Pro that's expected to debut in 2024 — - The chip has 16 central processing cores and 40 for graphics — Company is testing flurry of new Macs as it seeks sales boost
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, TweakTown, iMore, Wccftech, and iThinkDifferent
X: @parkerortolani, @vadimyuryev, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Reuters: |
Researchers: North Korean hackers placed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for at least five months in 2022 to see emails and more — An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months …
More: SentinelOne, BleepingComputer, HackRead, The Record, Security Affairs, UPROXX, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, Associated Press, CNN, and Bloomberg
X: @tomhegel, @kimzetter, @michellenichols, @tomhegel, @pearswick, and @tomhegel
Forums: r/news, r/cybersecurity, r/worldnews, and r/UkrainianConflict
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple has a deal where TSMC effectively eats the cost of chip defects, saving billions for Apple, which will get 3nm chips about a year before rivals — When Apple's next iPhone goes on sale in September, its upgraded core processor will be more powerful than that of any rival smartphone.
More: Ars Technica, Macworld, MacRumors, Supercharged, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, and The Verge
| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup Elon Musk co-founded, raised a $280M Series D led by Founders Fund, after a reported ~$5B valuation in June 2023 — Elon Musk's brain chip startup Neuralink has raised $280 million in a funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund …
More: The Information, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, San Francisco Business Journal, Fortune, and CNBC
X: @neuralink and @zebulgar
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Black Twitter has become a “digital diaspora” after Elon Musk's takeover, with users in search of alternatives, like Mastodon, Threads, Spoutible, and Fanbase — The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a “digital diaspora” in search of a new home.| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The White House unveils cyber initiatives to bolster K-12 schools' defenses, including up to $200M over three years from the FCC, amid rising ransomware attacks — The Biden administration on Monday will announce a host of federal and private industry initiatives to strengthen the digital defenses … | Guy Chazan / Financial Times: |
Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements — Industry concerned rise of anti-immigration movements in state of Saxony will hinder efforts to attract foreign talentSponsor Posts
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