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| Joe Warminsky / The Record: |
Apple releases macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS updates to address two zero-day flaws that Citizen Lab says were used to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus spyware — Apple released software updates on Thursday to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that researchers said were used …
More: The Citizen Lab, Apple Support, TechCrunch, Security Affairs, BleepingComputer, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Reuters, Hackread, 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, Metro.co.uk, Decipher, Dark Reading, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, Forbes, Supercharged, CNET, 9to5Mac, SecurityWeek, Macworld, and OPP.Today
X: @jsrailton, @tomwarren, @billmarczak, @maddiestone, @jsrailton, @msuiche, @citizenlab, @billmarczak, @evacide, @billmarczak, and @jsrailton. Forums: r/apple
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The US and the UK sanction 11 more alleged Trickbot ransomware gang members, and the US DOJ unseals indictments against nine alleged Trickbot and Conti members — Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments … | Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to US campaign finance and money transmitting charges and will forfeit $1.5B+ as part of the deal — Salame admitted to being a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates while Bankman-Fried donated to Democrats.
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, US Department of Justice, BBC, The Information, The Block, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, Unchained Crypto, Decrypt, The Verge, Cryptopolitan, CNBC, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, Financial Times, Bitcoinist.com, United States District Court Southern District of New York, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, Fortune, Insider, Bitcoin News, and The Daily Hodl
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google releases its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox in general availability, making them available in Chrome without browser flags or trials — Google's Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024.
More: Ars Technica, The Privacy Sandbox, The Register, Search Engine Land, AdExchanger, Freestar, Gizmodo, and 9to5Google
X: @paulg, @eric_seufert, @baekdal, and @vkw
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: The Keyword, Thurrott, Android Authority, Android Police, AndroidGuys, Android Central, Engadget, SlashGear, Chrome Unboxed, Lifewire, OnMSFT.com, Mashable, Neowin, TechRadar, Digital Trends, About Chromebooks, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, Droid Life, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCWorld, BigTechWire, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, and XDA Developers
X: @markhachman and @tomwarren
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The FBI says North Korea-linked Lazarus Group was responsible for the theft of $41M in crypto from online casino and betting site Stake around September 4, 2023 — - The FBI said North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group was responsible for a $41 million theft this week from crypto-based sports betting platform Stake.com.
More: Federal Bureau …, VICE, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, Decrypt, and crypto.news. X: @brian_laverdure
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft commits to defending customers of its AI Copilots from copyright infringement lawsuits, as long as they've “used the guardrails and content filters” — The software giant also will pay related fines and settlements, so long as customers follow its rules.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, OnMSFT.com, PCMag, iTnews, Reuters, The Verge, The Register, TechRepublic, Stack Diary, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, BigTechWire, and Financial Times
X: @tomwarren and @bradsmi
LinkedIn: Chris Barry, Antony Cook, and Judson Althoff
| Alistair Charlton / Forbes: |
BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions — BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car.
More: Autocar, The Verge, TechCrunch, PCMag, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Baseline, Gizmodo, Engadget, and BMW BLOG
Forums: Hacker News, r/BMW, and r/gadgets
| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Source: at Gamescom in August, Nintendo demoed the Switch 2 running a souped-up Breath of the Wild to developers; the console is expected to launch in 2024 — Ahead of widely-expected launch next year. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — In Cologne last month …
More: Video Games Chronicle, PC Gamer, KnowTechie, For The Win, Android Headlines, Notebookcheck, ExtremeTech, Neowin, KitGuru, SlashGear, Game Developer, Gameranx, Polygon, Kotaku, GameSpot, WhatIfGaming, BGR, Thurrott, Destructoid, Engadget, Android Authority, Ars Technica, T3, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechPowerUp, MobileSyrup, Gizmodo, and The Verge
Threads: @tomwarrenuk. Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/nintendo, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gaming, r/Games, and r/NintendoSwitch
| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft says Chinese state-affiliated hackers are using AI to generate content designed to “go viral across social networks in the US and other democracies” — Chinese state-affiliated hacking groups are become more adept at using artificial intelligence to generate content designed to …
More: Microsoft On the Issues, CNN, The Hill, CNBC, and Voice of America. LinkedIn: Amy Hogan-Burney
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China plans to expand its ban on iPhones in sensitive departments to government agencies and state companies, an unprecedented blockade; AAPL drops ~3% — - Beijing begins by banning the devices from certain bodies — It could deal blow to Apple and amplifies a self-reliance push
More: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Verge, Reuters, MacRumors, Reuters, The Messenger, Insider, CNBC, Above Avalon, Financial Times, Reuters, Axios, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, The Guardian, NBC 7 San Diego, CNBC, Stock Market News, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Benzinga, CNBC, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, Business Times, CNBC, CNN, PCMag, New York Times, Forbes, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Barron's Online, Financial Times, BGR, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Reuters, Light Reading, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, Insider, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, The Register, MarketWatch, iThinkDifferent, PetaPixel, OSnews, CNBC, Cult of Mac, and MSPoweruser
Mastodon: @GaryRLundberg@newsie.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @divestech, @dnystedt, @macastel3, @sino_market, @vadimyuryev, @jchengwsj, @carlquintanilla, @thinking_panda, @gurgavin, @carlquintanilla, @dancollins2011, @deitaone, @jojjeols, @dnystedt, and @htsfhickey. LinkedIn: Emmanuelle Subar Litvinov
Forums: r/China, r/technology, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024's E3 will not be held there — E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B| Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless: |
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority — Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
More: Ars Technica, Washington Post, PCMag, TechCrunch, CNBC, Engadget, GovTech, Deadline, and The Verge
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Anthropic debuts a paid tier of its Claude chatbot in the US for $20/month and the UK for £18/month, offering priority in busy times, early features, and more — Anthropic, the AI company backed by Google, has launched a paid version of its Claude chatbot in the US and UK.
More: Anthropic, PYMNTS.com, Unite.AI, BigTechWire, ZDNet, The Decoder, Mashable, Decrypt, and TechCrunch. Forums: r/singularity
| Forbes: |
Inside Apple's impossible war on child exploitation, as the company scrapped its on-device CSAM scanning system and key team members behind the initiative left — Apple spent years trying to design a system that would stop the spread of child sexual abuse material on iPhones and iCloud.| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
An IMF and Financial Stability Board paper warns jurisdictions against blanket crypto bans, recommending targeted restrictions and sound monetary policy instead — The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions “may transmit volatility more abruptly” than other crypto.
More: Financial Stability Board, Reuters, Reuters, Unchained Crypto, Cryptonews, and Reuters
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta expands Threads' keyword search to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and the UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand — Instagram's Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely.
More: Android Police, Engineering at Meta, Social Media Today, Robots.net, Dexerto, Engadget, BGR, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @zuck, @tb_99999, @oliverdarcy, @solid.verse, @carnage4life, @chris, @conorsen, @cwarzel, @noahchestnut, @travismckie, @jyarow, @owenjmcgrath, @newyorkminion, @newyorkerwalking, and @paulmoreira_
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
eBay rolls out an AI tool for sellers that can generate a product listing, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo, initially on iOS — eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
More: eBay Tech Blog, The Verge, and Voicebot.ai
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later — Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
X Head of Brand Safety Elyana Thierry left in June per her LinkedIn page, months after being elevated to the role after the previous head resigned in the summer — The head of brand safety at X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has left the company, according to her LinkedIn page …
More: Observer. Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social. X: @adamkovac, @taylorlorenz, @rmac18, @rothschildmd, @marmel, and @rmac18
| CNBC: |
Riot Blockchain reports earning $31.7M in energy credits from Texas' power grid to curtail its usage in August, dwarfing the ~$8.9M in bitcoin the company mined — - Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms raked in $31.7 million in energy credits from Texas power grid operator ERCOT in August.
More: Gizmodo, Decrypt, Bitcoin News, Cryptonews, The Register, and Futurism
X: @riotplatforms, @bitcoinpierre, and @ohitsstuart
Forums: Hacker News, r/texas, r/politics, r/centrist, r/conservativeterrorism, r/inthenews, and r/energy
| Lane Brown / Vulture: |
How Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, an important metric in entertainment, became erratic and reductive as some PR firms hack its score by paying obscure “critics” — In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley.
More: 9to5Mac, ScreenGeek, IGN, The Wrap, SlashFilm, Screen Rant, IndieWire, and ComingSoon.net
Mastodon: @jonathanreed@techhub.social. X: @themanfromrio2, @nick_field90, @walthickey, @katiewalshstx, @sonnybunch, @moviedeathblows, @boringdrew, @ipreferpi314, @nathanpester, @chrisecrowley, @hamrahrama, @tomilaffly, @huginspl, @sicrook, @milkman__dead, @samuelaadams, @projectseestra, @leask, @luke_winkie, @seanmburns, @_zeets, @mikeryan, @bealoayza, @mattzeitlin, and @leadergrev
LinkedIn: Sergio Acevedo and Kevin Ervin Kelley
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
TikTok's Shop marketplace goes live for some US users, presenting a feed of “recommended” random products, including several counterfeit Chinese goods — The social app's Shop marketplace, key to its growth strategy, is so far hard to navigate.| Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com: |
Molly Holzschlag, aka “mollydotcom”, a longtime advocate for a more open web and accessible, inclusive online design standards, died at 60 on September 5 — Pioneer of online design & accessibility — Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed …
More: Bruce Lawson's personal site. Threads: @jkottke. Mastodon: @davidroessli@mastodon.social, @ourmaninjapan@mastodon.cloud, @mattmay@mstdn.social, @rem@front-end.social, @markboulton@typo.social, @olivierlacan@ruby.social, @sjvn@mastodon.social, @lemay@mastodon.social, @triptych@social.yesterweb.org, @fraying@xoxo.zone, @redcrew@mstdn.social, @boagworld@mastodon.social, and @glightly@mastodon.social
X: @flyosity, @mholzschlag, @cackhanded, @film_girl, @antiheroine, @simplebits, @codepo8, @accessibleweb, @toddlibby, @brianalvey, @brucel, and @photomatt
LinkedIn: Michael Spellacy, Pete Gaughan, and Johnathan Williamson
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content — Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar … | Bloomberg: |
The co-founders of shuttered AV startup Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup Stack AV, backed by $1B+ from SoftBank, per a Pittsburgh official's estimate — - SoftBank said to provide more than $1 billion to Stack AV — Founders of defunct Argo AI aim to automate long-haul trucking
More: FreightWaves, SoftBank, SiliconANGLE, The Robot Report, Tech Startups, Technical.ly, and TechCrunch
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