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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 …
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Forums: Hacker News and 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 … | Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography says Musk cut off Starlink internet service access to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on a Russian fleet — Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast …
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Forums: r/worldnews and Ars OpenForum
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
| 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, The Drive, PCMag, SlashGear, Baseline, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, and BMW BLOG
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| 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, Insider, CNN, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, DeviceSecurity.io, Voice of America, and The Hill. LinkedIn: Amy Hogan-Burney
| 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.
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| 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, TechCrunch, CNBC, Engadget, The Verge, Public Knowledge, and Variety
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| 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.| 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| 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.| 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, SiliconANGLE, BigTechWire, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, Unite.AI, ZDNet, and Decrypt. Forums: r/singularity
| 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.| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Brand Engagement Network, which offers AI-powered chatbots and conversational AI tech to companies, agrees to go public via a SPAC merger at a $358M valuation — Artificial intelligence startup Brand Engagement Network (BEN) on Thursday agreed to go public through a merger …
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| 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 …
Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social. X: @taylorlorenz, @erinkwoo, @rmac18, @adamkovac, @bendreyfuss, @rothschildmd, @marmel, @rmac18, and @tomcoates
| 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.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
SAP acquires Germany-based startup LeanIX, which offers tools to help companies map their IT architecture, sources say for around $1.2B — As companies look to stave off technical debt, a process of aging systems limiting a company's ability to modernize, the first step is simply understanding the state of your architecture.
More: SAP News Center, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, CIO.com, and Constellation Research
| 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 …
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Threads: @tomwarrenuk. Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/nintendo, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gaming, r/Games, and r/NintendoSwitch
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at Microsoft's device-agnostic game streaming model; sources say Microsoft prototyped a cloud-focused Xbox handheld, but work on cloud gaming has slowed — With Steam Deck competitors on the rise, Microsoft has been focused on phones for Xbox Cloud Gaming so far.
More: Neowin. Mastodon: @AAKL@noc.social. X: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @joshthegamedev, @mattbdev, @zanejwickman, @thoughtlesstale, @mrorange303, @the_crapgamer, @knoebelbroet, and @kjseo. Forums: r/Games
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