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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August, ~8x larger than the previous record, due to a new bug; Google was able to mitigate it — Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability.
More: Google Cloud Blog, The Cloudflare Blog, Amazon Web Services, The Cloudflare Blog, PCMag, The Verge, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, Security Boulevard, Phoronix, and Help Net Security
Mastodon: @Tarah@infosec.exchange and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @johnhultquist, @ryanaraine, @cloudflare, @eastdakota, @menscher, @rseroter, @nixcraft, @menscher, and @lukolejnik
LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco, Gianluca Varisco, and Taylor Lehmann
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
As X fails to moderate Israel-Hamas misinformation, Meta has an opportunity to make real-time news a pillar of Threads and give the app an existential purpose — Three months into its existence, the app's purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
More: The Verge, CNN, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Wired, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, The Messenger, Media Matters for America, The Messenger, Hindustan Times, The Information, CNBC, Morning Brew, Social Media Today, Telegraph, Variety, Politico, and Forbes
Threads: @taylorlorenz, @vocino, @alex.stamos, @carnage4life, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, @parkert, @technicallymims, @jaketapper, @drewharwell, @exhaustedfemalefounder, @reporterzoe, @azdataguru, @jason_whitman, @mollyjongfast, @alex.stamos, @mattbinder, @carnage4life, @mattbinder, @therealhoarse, @davidfrenchjag, @andykaczynski, @oliverdarcy, @freedom_official_p, @buccocapital, @timothyjchambers, @crumbler, @reporterzoe, @robertgarcialb, @malcontentmenttango, @ianbremmer, and @matthewfacciani
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @Newmy@writing.exchange, and @mimsical@mastodon.social
X: @shayan86, @dnvolz, @oneunderscore__, @daithaigilbert, @shayan86, @kevinmkruse, @kevinmkruse, @stevanzetti, @rothschildmd, @oneunderscore__, @clarajeffery, @mattbinder, @shayan86, @shayan86, @oneunderscore__, @anneapplebaum, @shayan86, @shayan86, @edzitron, @onthemedia, @shayan86, @jakemgrumbach, @daveyalba, @shayan86, @daveyalba, @shayan86, @nxthompson, @benedictevans, @rakeshlobster, @shayan86, @ianbremmer, @shayan86, @penamerica, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, and @shayan86
LinkedIn: Mark Little and Tomer Poran
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, and r/TheMajorityReport
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: X shut down a tool for identifying coordinated disinformation campaigns in recent months, as the company moved services off Google Cloud to cut costs — Elon Musk's X, in the months before conflict erupted in Gaza, ceased utilizing a software tool used to identify organized misinformation …
More: Ars Technica, Insider, Fast Company, Silicon Republic, and Associated Press
X: @safety, @erinkwoo, @taliaotg, @chrisharihar, and @oalexanderdk
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google starts prompting users to create a passkey for their account by default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot” — Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast … | Wired: |
As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism for both sides, supported by outside groups, including DDoSing Israeli government sites — Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks …
More: TechCrunch, Metacurity, The White House, Security Affairs, Washington Post, NBC News, CircleID, Cointelegraph, Cybernews.com, New York Times, Hackread, Analytics India Magazine, SecurityWeek, and Reuters
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. X: @jerusalem_post, @bushidotoken, @bushidotoken, @aejleslie, and @bushidotoken
Forums: r/InfoSecNews, r/2ndYomKippurWar, and Ars OpenForum
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity CEO John Riccitiello resigns in the wake of the company's fee controversy; Unity names former Red Hat President and CEO James Whitehurst as interim CEO — John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, has resigned from the company in the wake of a pricing controversy that left developers in open revolt.
More: Unity Technologies, The Verge, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, Game Developer, Gizmodo, TechSpot, KNSD-TV, Barron's Online, Fortune, Polygon, Destructoid, Kotaku, 9to5Mac, Cryptopolitan, GameSpot, Variety, WRAL TechWire, Bloomberg, New York Times, Video Games Chronicle, TrueAchievements, TechStartups, BBC, The Register, San Francisco Business Journal, Push Square, TechPowerUp, Game Rant, SiliconANGLE, MobileSyrup, Engadget, Press Start, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamereactor UK, PC Gamer, CNBC, TweakTown, Wired, Reuters, Windows Central, PC Games Insider, TechCrunch, IGN, Neowin, MarketWatch, Stock Market News, GamingBolt, The Messenger, Nintendo World Report Updates, Pocket Gamer.biz, and Blue's News
Threads: @carnage4life and @alexheath
X: @trentkusters, @migueldeicaza, @tomwarren, @kriswolfheart, @ethangach, @aakashg0, @stephentotilo, @dmc_ryan, @thegameawards, @economyapp, @paultassi, @josephjacks_, @kellen_browning, and @amgsheena. LinkedIn: Bryan Saftler
Forums: Hacker News, r/Unity3D, r/gamedev, r/Gamingcirclejerk, r/gaming, r/technology, r/Unity3D, and Beehaw
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU regulators send out questionnaires asking customers and competitors whether Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing should be regulated under the DMA — EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's (MSFT.O) users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules …
More: Fortune, AppleInsider, OnMSFT.com, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, Ghacks, BigTechWire, Silicon UK, BGR, Benzinga, Seeking Alpha, and ChinaTechNews.com
X: @fosspatents, @fosspatents, and @idevicehelpus
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| IDC: |
Global PC shipments fell 7.6% YoY to 68.2M in Q3 2023; among the top five vendors, Apple experienced the largest decline, down 23.1%, and only HP grew, up 6.4% — The downward spiral for PC shipments continued during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) as global volumes declined 7.6% year …
More: Gartner, 9to5Mac, The Messenger, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, The Register, MSPoweruser, Canalys, ComputerWeekly.com, TechRadar, Ghacks, Tech Monitor, WRAL TechWire, Neowin, Dow Jones Newswires, InfotechLead, channelweb.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and Barron's Online
X: @idc, @wolfofharcourt, and @bryanbma
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
X now lets users block unverified accounts from replying to their posts, potentially limiting how the community can push back on misinformation — The latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts.
More: Fortune, Engadget, Gizmodo, Mashable, Memeburn, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, BigTechWire, and PCMag
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. X: @x, @elonmusk, @agoldmund, @zhugeex, @jarvis, @eve6, @mnateshyamalan, @ggooooddddoogg, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/Twitter
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
AMD plans to acquire Santa Clara-based Nod.ai, which specializes in deploying open-source AI software and has raised ~$36.5M, per PitchBook — AMD said on Tuesday it plans to buy an artificial intelligence startup called Nod.ai as part of an effort to bolster its software capabilities.
More: AMD, CRN, Crunchbase News, HotHardware, Phoronix, VentureBeat, CNBC, KitGuru, Tom's Hardware, insideHPC, Wccftech, and TechStartups
| Gavin Bade / Politico: |
A look at the stalled efforts to ban TikTok in the US as defense officials, who want an outright ban, clash with economic officials who back a compromise — The administration is throwing its weight behind a new bill after previous legislative and national security efforts faltered.| New York Times: |
In the first week of Sam Bankman-Fried's trial, Judge Kaplan repeatedly admonished SBF's lawyers, disrupting the questioning, in an ominous sign for the defense — In the first week of Mr. Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan repeatedly admonished the former crypto mogul's lawyers, in an ominous sign for the defense.
More: The Block, Bitcoinist.com, CNBC, Cryptonews, CoinDesk, and Decrypt
X: @innercitypress and @innercitypress
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