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Arm closes up 24.69% to $63.59 in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at $65.24B, after Arm priced shares at the upper end of its expected $47 to $51 range — - Arm Holdings has started trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker “ARM.” — The chip design company is valued at a steep premium relative … | Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used help desk calls to get passwords and planned to hack the slot machines — Person claiming to represent cybercriminals explains techniques used to evade detection by casino resort company
More: Engadget, Reuters, Ars Technica, Dark Reading, Cybernews.com, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNBC, BleepingComputer, Hackread, Infosecurity, Bloomberg, Insider, TechRadar, IT Brew, PYMNTS.com, SecurityWeek, ComputerWeekly.com, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, WANE-TV, and Forbes
Mastodon: @racheltobac@infosec.exchange, @brett@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @da_667@infosec.exchange, and @hn50@social.lansky.name
X: @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @_sn0ww, @vxunderground, @racheltobac, @vxunderground, and @vxunderground
LinkedIn: Michael DaGrossa, Christina Lekati, and Noah Stanford
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Caesars confirms the casino operator was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: Caesars paid a ~$15M ransom — Caesars is second major casino operator hit by hackers in recent weeks — paid roughly half of a $30 million ransom …
More: BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, Fortune, NBC News, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, Axios, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Cybersecurity Dive, SecurityWeek, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Gizmodo, CyberScoop, The Register, New York Post, Reuters, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dark Reading, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Fox 5 Las Vegas, iTnews, Casino.org, Reuters, and InfoRiskToday.com
Mastodon: @megazone@infosec.exchange, @brett@infosec.exchange, @brett@infosec.exchange, and @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @waxmonkey.bsky.social and @mranthropology.bsky.social
X: @andrewshikiar, @carlypage_, @vitalvegas, @rotopat, @williamturton, @bushidotoken, @hackinglz, @mikko, @vxunderground, @snlyngaas, @mcgrewsecurity, and @williamturton. LinkedIn: Frank Sargent
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/vegas, and r/technews
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Unity cancels a town hall and closes two offices after receiving what the company says was a credible death threat, following its controversial install fee news — Management announced a controversial pricing decision two days ago — Unity Technologies Inc. canceled a planned town hall …
More: The Verge, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Engadget, The Hill, Dexerto, Dot Esports, San Francisco Business Journal, PC Gamer, Kotaku, GameSpot, Game Rant, Neowin, Polygon, TheGamer, TechSpot, Destructoid, Ars Technica, Eurogamer.net, GamesIndustry.biz, and Game Developer
LinkedIn: David Lähner and Shannon Loftis
Forums: Hacker News, r/gamedev, r/gaming, and r/Unity3D
| Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: |
Sources: Unity offered a 100% Runtime Fee waiver to studios using its LevelPlay mediation platform and 80% to 100% waivers to developers switching from AppLovin — Unity is quietly offering developers a Runtime Fee waiver if they switch to its LevelPlay mediation platform, we're told.
More: Eurogamer.net and Tom's Guide
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, r/gaming, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gachagaming, and r/gamedev
| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
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Forums: r/gamedev, r/pcmasterrace, and r/PS5
| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to offer Chromebook software updates for up to 10 years, starting in 2024, so no current device expires within the next two years, to help schools — With the change, no existing Chromebook will have to expire within the next two years — Google is working to push …
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Bluesky: @dustinsherrill.bsky.social and @johnmnwoods.bsky.social
| Bloomberg: |
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle” — Hi all, it's Tom Giles in San Francisco and Davey Alba in Washington.
More: Ars Technica and Android Headlines
Mastodon: @AAKL@noc.social. X: @csilvanet, @sachalouise, @sarahfrier, @daveyalba, and @tech_oversight
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and Ars OpenForum
| Washington Post: |
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Mastodon: @deceptivepatterns …. X: @jbsdc, @econliberties, @daveyalba, and @ddayen. LinkedIn: Adam Heimlich. Forums: Slashdot
| Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, letting customers run Oracle workloads natively in Azure data centers — The new level of collaboration reflects how technology and customer demand have fostered more cooperation among software companies| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
HP unveils the $5,000+ Spectre Fold, an OLED foldable PC that can be used as a 17-inch tablet, a 17-inch laptop, or a 12.3-inch laptop and weighs less than 3lbs — Over the past few years, companies across the PC space have been engaged in a slow, but steady race to build a foldable laptop that people might actually want to buy.
More: HP Press Center, Ars Technica, HP on YouTube, BGR, BigTechWire, Tabletmonkeys, ExtremeTech, TechEBlog, KnowTechie, MSPoweruser, HotHardware, TechPowerUp, CNET, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, and VentureBeat
X: @benlovejoy, @thegalox_, @cnet, and @hp
Forums: r/gadgets and Ars OpenForum
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
| Bloomberg: |
How Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both renowned Stanford scholars, opened doors for their son, Sam, and provided a halo effect for FTX before its implosion — Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both renowned Stanford scholars, opened doors for their son and provided a halo effect for his company.
More: New York Times, New York Post, Bitcoinist.com, and Decrypt
X: @0xnccb, @chafkin, @kaleekreider, @mike_eckel, and @notchasecoleman
LinkedIn: John P. Davidson and Beth Williams Liou
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic releases ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress, letting fediverse users follow WordPress blogs on apps like Mastodon and receive replies as blog comments — In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include … | Bloomberg: |
The US Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national security issues raised by Elon Musk's denial to extend Starlink to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russia — The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk's decision not to extend … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023 — - New hires will be split among sales, engineering, data cloud — Many hires will be boomerang employees, CEO Benioff says
More: MarketWatch
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users' location for commercial gain even after they opted out — Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices.
More: The Hill, CNN, TechCrunch, State of California, The Guardian, Associated Press, BigTechWire, and Android Headlines
X: @swiftstories and @agrobbonta
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and Android in early access, and rolling out to iOS “in the coming weeks” — Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality. The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets …
More: Meta, Social Media Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, and Mashable
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
DoorDash plans to transfer its listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq and begin trading on September 27, 2023, under the same symbol DASH — - DoorDash will transfer its listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq, the food delivery company announced Thursday.| Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS pauses a lower court's order limiting the White House, FBI, and public health agencies from making social media requests, hours after the DOJ's request — - Administrative stay lets government keep communicating freely — Alito order comes hours after Justice Department filed request| BBC: |
Greater Manchester Police confirms a ransomware attack on its ID supplier, potentially exposing officer identities, one month after a breach in Northern Ireland — Police officers' personal details have been hacked after a company was targeted in a cyber attack.Sponsor Posts
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