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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
1Password detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance for managing employee-facing apps but “found no compromise of user data or other sensitive systems” — 1Password CTO says investigation found no compromise of user data or sensitive systems.
More: 1Password Blog, 1Password, Forbes, Metacurity, The Hacker News, CRN, Digital Trends, CNBC, 9to5Mac, Tech Monitor, iTech Post, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, TechStartups, TechRadar, BGR, Cybernews.com, BetaNews, Investor's Business Daily, iPhone in Canada Blog, and RestorePrivacy
Mastodon: @isotopp@chaos.social, @AnnemarieBridy@mastodon …, and @grissallia@aus.social
X: @insiderphd, @c7five, @jfslowik, @attrc, @jfslowik, @syndrowm, @xillwillx, @dagrz, @dcuthbert, @citcsmobile, @ejcx_, @r0wdy_, @kn0wmadic, @mattjay, and @1password. LinkedIn: Dave Strickler
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/1Password, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia has begun designing ARM CPUs for Windows PCs, and AMD also plans to build ARM chips; source: Nvidia and AMD could start selling them in 2025 — Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel's longtime stronghold of personal computers.
More: Business Today, Engadget, PCWorld, Digits to Dollars, Dexerto, PCMag, SlashGear, TechRadar, MarketWatch, DigiTimes, SamMobile, PC Gamer, TechSpot, NewsBytes, Stock Market News, Ghacks, Cryptopolitan, Phandroid, MSPoweruser, IG, guru3d.com, iTnews, Thurrott, NBC 7 San Diego, The Register, Wccftech, Liliputing, The Messenger, SiliconANGLE, XDA Developers, Sammy Fans, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, Neowin, Bloomberg, OSnews, The Verge, CNBC, VideoCardz.com, and Tech in Asia
X: @stevesi, @stevesi, @ericjhonsa, @krewell, @joshdwalrath, @ericjhonsa, @chernandburn, @stevesi, @stevemoser, @chernandburn, and @tomwarren
LinkedIn: Jonathan Lishawa, Cesar Berardini, Stephen Nellis, and Shun YAO
Forums: Hacker News, r/pcgaming, r/wallstreetbets, r/hardware, r/nvidia, r/AMD_Stock, r/NVDA_Stock, and Beehaw
| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data — A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online …
More: Engadget, Cryptopolitan, arXiv.org, Mashable, VentureBeat, Bitcoin Insider, and Gizmodo
X: @itzmoepi, @jasonappledp, @katriaraden, @theglazeproject, @neilturkewitz, @rahll, @theglazeproject, @theglazeproject, and @palomamcclain
LinkedIn: Ana Brzezińska, James Bentley, Ursula O'Connor, Dr. Kobi Abayomi, Mike Jackson, Alan Berkson, and Christopher Bretz
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/IsaacArthur, r/artificial, and r/ArtistHate
| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Google disables live traffic conditions in Israel and the Gaza Strip for its Maps and Waze apps, a source says at the request of the Israel Defense Forces — - Israeli army asked tech giant to limit real-time information — Google took similar action in Ukraine during war with Russia
More: Engadget, CNN, AppleInsider, The Hill, PhoneArena, Livemint, autoevolution, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, Globes Online, Gizmodo, CTech, The Messenger, and The Verge
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Automattic plans to acquire Texts, a $15 per month messaging app that works with WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more, for $50M — Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind …
More: MacStories and WordPress.com News
| Benedict Evans: |
A Twitter user since 2007 reflects on leaving due to Elon Musk swapping stasis at the company for chaos, his constant bullshitting, and spreading toxic content — Twitter always used to look a lot like Craigslist. It stumbled into something that a lot of people found very useful …
More: Pixel Envy. Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @ben@werd.social and @kentindell@mastodon.social
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
AI experts share a paper ahead of the UK's AI summit in Bletchley Park warning of worrying capabilities in current AI systems and seeking urgent governance — Authors and academics also warn development of advanced systems ‘utterly reckless’ without safety checks
More: Managing AI Risks, Metaverse Post, and Reuters
X: @jbmccrea, @frankrhutter, @markelazeneli, @frankrhutter, @frankrhutter, @alexvoica, and @frankrhutter. LinkedIn: Jeff Clune
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at POSSE, a decade-old idea that a user should Publish (on your) Own Site and Syndicate Elsewhere, and the challenges of building a system based on that — The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody.
More: Tantek Çelik and Scripting News
Threads: @rockatalic and @chris
| Kenza Bryan / Financial Times: |
EU environmental groups criticize Apple branding new Apple Watches as “carbon neutral” and using credits to cancel out the 7kg to 12kg of emissions per unit — iPhone maker flags credentials of its latest Watch products as EU seeks to clamp down on ‘greenwashing’| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Sources: many people inside Apple do not believe its own AI/ML team can deliver on generative AI, and worry that the company will only use its own team's output — Speaking of Mark Gurman, he has an interesting bit about Apple's AI efforts in his latest Power On column:
More: CNBC, Fortune, Android Authority, MySmartPrice, Wccftech, Coinspeaker, TechRadar, Macworld, TechCrunch, Supercharged, KnowTechie, TechStartups, and Ghacks
Threads: @jlwardx, @fernbyfilms, @fernbyfilms, @engineerscodex, @carnage4life, @vladfau, @fongandrew, @ledatru, @carnage4life, @colin.hemphill, and @arunsees. X: @lexnfx
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Xreal, formerly Nreal, announces the $399 Xreal Air 2 and $449 Air 2 Pro glasses with brighter Micro OLED displays, shipping in November in the US and the UK — Xreal is opening preorders for its latest generation of augmented reality glasses, the Xreal Air 2 and Air 2 Pro …
More: Engadget, VentureBeat, Windows Central, XDA Developers, PR Newswire, TechRadar, Video Games Chronicle, CNBC, AndroidGuys, Stuff, Digital Trends, and GSMArena.com. Forums: r/gadgets
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
After Unciphered created a hack for an old IronKey USB drive to recover 7,002 bitcoin, the owner refuses their help because he agreed to work with other experts — Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them.
Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @Weld@infosec.exchange, and @couts@mastodon.social. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, Premium users up 16% YoY to 226M, and a €32M profit, beating estimates of a €44.6M loss — Spotify Technology SA, the music-streaming giant, reported third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts' projections …
More: The Verge, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, Music Ally, Deadline, Spotify, and Hollywood Reporter
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
Q&A with FTC Commissioner and digital privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya on the agency hiring child psychologists to understand social media's impact on children — I saw and I heard stories from parents about the mental health issues that their children were experiencing and how both the parents and … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta is “listening to feedback” after some users noticed the company is cross-posting Threads posts to users' Facebook feeds without offering an opt-out option — The company said it's “listening to feedback” about the feature. — Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics …
More: The Messenger, Neowin, and The Indian Express
Threads: @threads, @carnage4life, @armnaleg, @mstrkapowski, @mstrkapowski, @jaypetersplus, @guillecummings, @mikehos3, @parkert, @jw, @williamjo.se, @daveleebbg, @jeremyburge, @liahaberman, @karissabe, @jw, @sdw, @chris, @dawnbierschwal, @guillecummings, @kixes, @jw, @jw, and @__________lx_
| Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution: |
Tyler Cowen announces econgoat.ai, the first “generative book” that lets readers query the material and create more content, derived from a 100K-word manuscript — I am pleased to announce and present my new project, available here, free of charge.
More: goatgreatesteconomistofalltime …, EconForEverybody, and Kevin Drum
X: @anecdotal, @tylercowen, @apwlay, @modeledbehavior, @sajithpai, @sebasbensu, @pwang, and @elidourado
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Hands-on with DALL-E 3: suggests more detailed prompts, restrictive, denies art requests in the style of living artists, and shows how quickly AI is improving — To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator — Earlier this month … | NBC News: |
The White House designates 31 communities across the US as regional Tech Hubs that can compete for $40M to $75M each in grants, under the CHIPS and Science Act — The hubs are located in 32 states and Puerto Rico and will be able to compete for $40 million to $75 million each in grants.
More: The White House, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Economic Development …, Android Headlines, Letters from an American, SlashGear, CBS News, Digital Trends, Bloomberg, Route Fifty, GeekWire, Gizmodo, FedScoop, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown …, Engadget, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Press Herald, eeNews Europe, Business Wire, UPI, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania, WPRI on YouTube, The Boston Globe, Maine.gov, eeNews Europe, Reuters, The Messenger, and WRAL TechWire
Forums: r/technology, r/Spokane, r/WhatBidenHasDone, and Slashdot
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Streaming services, including Hulu, Peacock, and Max, are increasingly showing “pause ads”, which appear a few seconds after a viewer pauses the programming — Time for a different sort of commercial break. — Any subscriber to the ad-supported version of Hulu is bound …
More: TechRadar and ComingSoon.net
Forums: r/technology, r/television, r/cordcutters, and r/popculturechat
| Reuters: |
Taiwan VP Lai Ching-te criticizes China's Foxconn investigation; sources say China disclosed the move for political reasons tied to Taiwan's January elections — Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday hit out at China over its probe of major Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) … | Dr. Ian Cutress / More Than Moore: |
Sources: RISC-V chip designer SiFive, which has raised $365M+, lays off 100 to 300+ employees, mostly in its engineering team, and guts its product portfolio — A quick one for you. I have received reports, now from multiple sources, that the major torch bearer of the RISC-V platform … Sponsor Posts
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