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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
23andMe confirms that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack — 23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack.
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can't be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn't disclose the advertiser — The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads. — X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter …
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| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Source: Microsoft plans to unveil its first chip designed for data centers that train and run LLMs at its annual Ignite developer and IT conference in November — Microsoft next month plans to unveil the company's first chip designed for artificial intelligence at its annual developers' conference … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cloud software company Blackbaud agrees to pay $49.5M to settle an investigation by AGs from 49 US states into a May 2020 ransomware attack and data breach — Cloud computing provider Blackbaud reached a $49.5 million agreement with attorneys general from 49 U.S. states to settle … | Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: MGM Resorts refused to pay a hackers' ransom in the September cyberattack; filing: MGM estimates the hack will cost the company $100M+ in its Q3 2023 — Fallout will have a $100 million negative impact on quarterly earnings, Las Vegas-based company says| Reuters: |
The Delhi police accuse Xiaomi, Vivo, and others of helping transfer funds illegally to news outlet NewsClick, which is accused of spreading Chinese propaganda — Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Amazon updates its Luna cloud gaming service to let users buy individual games, starting with select Ubisoft titles; users must first link their Ubisoft account — Amazon Luna has been struggling to some extent with big library shuffles, but the cloud gaming platform is now introducing a big new feature - the ability to buy games.
More: Amazon Luna, The Verge, Neowin, Thurrott, AFTVnews, Android Headlines, and Game Developer
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LinkedIn: Benj Shasha and Mustafa Hakim
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and other companies say productivity spiked after they started using ChatGPT-like tools to answer prospective customers' RFPs — ChatGPT-style AI can tackle the drudge work of responding to RFPs faster than humans. Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and others say productivity is spiking.
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @datarobot, @richardkimphd, and @fgraillot
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Even though the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have the same Tensor G3 chip, features like Night Sight Video and enhanced Magic Eraser are exclusive to the Pixel 8 Pro — I can't believe Google finally did it. I'm still in disbelief. … It's unheard of. It's historic.
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Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Bloomberg: |
A look at SoftBank-owned PayPay, which holds a two-thirds share of the QR-code payments market in Japan and could be next in the conglomerate's IPO pipeline — - Firm chases gross merchant value growth of over 30% this year — PayPay seen to be next in SoftBank's arsenal of possible IPOs| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other prominent NFTs, restructures, lays off some US staff, and is still evaluating its international teams — Yuga Labs reveals a restructuring effort that has impacted U.S. employees as the $4 billion Bored Ape startup rethinks its priorities.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office issues a preliminary enforcement notice to Snap over its My AI chatbot possibly being a risk to children's privacy — Snap's AI chatbot has landed the company on the radar of the UK's data protection watchdog which has raised concerns the tool may be a risk to children's privacy.
More: Information Commissioner's …, The Record, The Guardian, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Investor's Business Daily, Tech Monitor, CNBC, Cryptopolitan, Engadget, The Messenger, BBC, The Verge, Metaverse Post, and Bloomberg
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