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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
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Mastodon: @racheltobac@infosec.exchange, @brett@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @da_667@infosec.exchange, and @hn50@social.lansky.name
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LinkedIn: Michael DaGrossa, Christina Lekati, and Noah Stanford
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
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Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/vegas, and r/technews
| CNBC: |
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 …
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| 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 …
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LinkedIn: David Lähner and Shannon Loftis
Forums: Hacker News, r/gaming, r/gamedev, and r/Unity3D
| Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: |
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| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
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| Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters: |
Apple plans a software update for iPhone 12 in France to address radiation concerns, says “this is related to a specific testing protocol” used by the regulator — Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France, in what seemed to offer …
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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: CIO, Reuters, Tech in Asia, and MarketWatch
| 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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| Victor Tangermann / Futurism: |
Microsoft's Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42” — “AI should not be writing obituaries.” — Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away unexpectedly at the young age …
More: The Overspill, Windows Central, New York Daily News, and Forbes
| 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: State of California, The Hill, TechCrunch, Cybernews.com, Associated Press, Android Headlines, The Guardian, CNN, and BigTechWire
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature — Discussions are at an early stage and include possible subscription fee, say people familiar with the matter
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X: @wcathcart and @edzitron
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, as the company nears a launch of the GPT-4 rival — Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software …
More: Livemint, Metaverse Post, BigTechWire, and Reuters
| 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 … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Playtika agrees to acquire Innplay Labs, a mobile game studio in Israel, for an upfront fee of $80M and as much as $300M in total — Playtika has agreed to acquire Innplay Labs, a mobile game studio in Israel, for an upfront fee of $80 million and as much as $300 million.
More: Globes Online
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft unveils EvoDiff, a novel protein-generating AI framework that the company says can help create enzymes for new therapeutics and drug delivery methods — Proteins, the natural molecules that carry out key cellular functions within the body, are the building blocks of all diseases.
More: Microsoft on GitHub, bioRxiv, Robots.net, BigTechWire, and Microsoft Research
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