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| John Davidson / Australian Financial Review: |
Andrew Ng, who taught Sam Altman at Stanford and co-founded Google Brain, says Big Tech is lying about AI extinction to trigger heavier regulation of its rivals — Key Points — Big Tech wants tough AI rules that would make life hard for small competitors
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis pushes back on claims by Meta's Yann LeCun that he, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei are fearmongering to achieve AI regulatory capture — - Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis told CNBC that the company wasn't trying to achieve “regulatory capture” when it came to the discussion on how best to approach AI.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple's new M3 Pro has fewer performance and GPU cores than the M2 Pro and 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro — Apple's latest M3 Pro chip in the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro has 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro chips used in equivalent models from the two previous generations.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases a Windows 11 2023 Update that replaces Chat with Microsoft Teams (Free); big features like Copilot and AI-powered Paint arrived in September — Microsoft is releasing its Windows 11 2023 Update today, which was originally supposed to be one of the biggest updates to Windows 11.
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| Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
The US says 40 countries plan to sign a pledge to never pay a ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism — Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating …
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
The Guardian says its reputation was damaged after Microsoft Start placed an AI-generated poll about a woman's death next to the outlet's article about her — Publisher says poll speculating on cause of woman's death that appeared next to Guardian article caused ‘significant reputational damage’
More: The Verge, The Messenger, and Neowin
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Infoblox discovers a threat actor that has provided link shortening services to cybercriminals for over four years, registering ~75K domains since April 2022 — An actor that security researchers call Prolific Puma has been providing link shortening services to cybercriminals for at least four years …
More: Infoblox Blog, CircleID, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Dark Reading, and Cybernews.com. Mastodon: @knitcode@infosec.exchange
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks acquires Tel Aviv-based Dig Security, which helps organizations manage and protect data assets in the cloud, sources say for $400M — We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon.
More: PR Newswire, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, PaymentSecurity.io, CTech, and Globes Online. LinkedIn: Paz Menshes
| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Canada bans WeChat and Moscow-based Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices, as the apps “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security” — Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Chrome on iOS, but not Chrome on Android, with the option to let users move the address bar to the bottom of the screen, like Safari — Visually, Chrome on iOS is pretty different from the Android version. That disparity continues to grow today with the new ability to move … | Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Despite several video games with record sales in 2023 and strong overall sales, the industry is still facing layoffs, fewer job openings, and studio closures — We look at the data to analyse the video games industry's current contradictory crisis — Feature by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
More: Axios and The Verge
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian opposition leaders say Apple warned more than six of them of state-backed iPhone attacks; Apple confirms the notifications but didn't attribute the hacks — Apple has warned over a half dozen Indian politicians, other members of political parties and journalists of their iPhones …
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| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Health care automation startup Olive, which was valued at $4B in July 2021, plans to shut down and has sold parts of its business to Waystar and Humata Health — Olive AI, the healthcare automation company once valued at $4 billion, has sold itself off in pieces to healthcare companies Waystar …
| Reuters: |
Tesla wins its first US trial over allegations that Autopilot led to a death, in a jury trial in a California court, but faces more lawsuits and investigations — Tesla (TSLA.O) on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: new US rules may compel Nvidia to cancel $5B+ in 2024 chip orders by Chinese companies; Nvidia finished fulfilling its 2023 orders before the controls — Artificial-intelligence company scrapped plans to rush shipments to China this month before new restrictions were brought forward
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| Apple: |
Apple's 14" MacBook Pro with M3 starts at $1,599, the 14" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $1,999, and the 16" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $2,499 — 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 now starts at $1,599 — 14- and 16-inch models with M3 Pro and M3 Max are available in a gorgeous new space black finish
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| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
AMD Q3: revenue up 4% YoY to $5.8B, vs. $5.7B est., net income up 353% YoY to $299M, Data Center revenue flat at $1.6B, and Q4 revenue forecast below estimates — Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday … | Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
A US judge dismisses three artists' AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt but allows a direct claim against Stability AI to proceed — While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
A look at some of the creators who report and aggregate news on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and more, as people under 35 move away from traditional news outlets — One recent study concluded consumers are looking for news that “feels more relevant,” giving a boost to creators on social media
More: The Information, Washington Post, and CoinDesk
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Doc: a Dutch regulator ruled in July that Apple's fees on some app subscriptions violate EU antitrust laws, after Apple offered to drop its cut from 30% to 27% — - Watchdog issued confidential July decision on App Store abuses — Regulator previously warned Apple over in-app payment rules| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese lidar maker Hesai, which had a $192M US IPO in February 2023 and whose stock is down 55%+, pushes back against US national security and privacy concerns — Chinese lidar maker Hesai is fighting concerns about the technology that is crucial for next-generation vehicles and weapons
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils an M3 24-inch iMac that processes photos and produces videos up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, with Wi-Fi 6E and up to 24GB of RAM, for $1,299+ — Folks banking on the arrival of the iMac Pro will have to wait a bit longer. If you've been looking to upgrade your 24-inch all-in-one …
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| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $882M, vs. $880.6M est., paying users down 5% YoY to 15.7M, and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; MTCH drops 7%+ — Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast revenue for the fourth quarter below Wall Street estimates, anticipating continued weakness … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
YouTube says it “launched a global effort” to encourage users with ad blockers to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, after a “small experiment” earlier this year — YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” …
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