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September 23, 2023, 2:50 PM

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Reuters:
A look at Scattered Spider, which experts say is a group of 17- to 22-year-old native English speakers likely behind MGM and 52+ other hacks since March 2022  —  About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren't the norm for cybercriminals.
Bryant Francis / Game Developer:
Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024  —  Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
Washington Post:
Researchers and US agencies are overhauling or ending the study of political and medical misinfo due to pressure from Rep. Jim Jordan and other conservatives  —  An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at chip equipment makers, like Applied Materials, pushing the boundaries of sculpting materials at the atomic level, in a quest to make chips faster  —  Few people outside of semiconductor manufacturing have ever heard of Applied Materials and its competitors—but what they do is more essential …
Paresh Dave / Wired:
A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ's Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations through social media and newsletters  —  A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search.  A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.
Louise Matsakis / Semafor:
Sources: The White House is weighing requiring cloud companies to disclose when a client buys computing resources above a set threshold, as part of an EO on AI  —  The White House is considering requiring cloud computing firms to report some information about their customers to the U.S. government …
Vauhini Vara / Wired:
A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite's novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature  —  Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.
Reuters:
Sources: India will delay its import license requirement for laptops and tablets by a year and instead plans a simpler import registration process from November  —  India will defer an import licence requirement for laptops and tablets, two government officials said, a policy U-turn …
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Sanket Vijayasarathy / 91mobiles:
A leaked promo video for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro reveals camera features, including an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, manual controls, and more  —  - A new promo video focuses on the many camera features of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.  — Both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will get a 50MP primary camera.
Ed Bott / ZDNet:
A look at Microsoft's Surface business as device revenue plunged in FY 2023 after growing steadily since FY 2014, as a major correction hits the wider PC market  —  Do you like roller coaster rides?  Do you crave those steep drops where the car plunges more than a thousand feet at an insane angle …
Forums: r/Surface

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