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After major Azure attacks, Microsoft launches the Secure Future Initiative, with plans to use AI and automation to identify vulnerabilities and respond faster — Microsoft has had a rough few years of cybersecurity incidents. It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago …
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Microsoft On the Issues, ZDNet, Bloomberg, CSO, Windows Central, CyberScoop, Wired, Thurrott, CRN, BleepingComputer, Neowin, MSPoweruser, The Messenger, SecurityWeek, and Petri IT Knowledgebase
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
US v. Google: Apple said “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed its privacy stance in a 2013 internal presentation sent from Eddy Cue to Tim Cook — - Apple's internal presentation from 2013 is part of new exhibits posted by the Department of Justice in the ongoing Google antitrust trial.
More: U.S. Department of Justice, The Verge, 9to5Google, PCMag, AppleInsider, Benzinga, Trusted Reviews, and Wccftech
Forums: Hacker News and r/Android
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More: MobileSyrup. Mastodon: @ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @epro.social. X: @vidushi_law and @vidushi_law. Forums: Slashdot
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More: Search Engine Land, Beyond Search, and The Verge
| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
The Office of Management and Budget releases draft rules for US federal agencies to assess AI in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential harms — Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement …
More: AI.gov, AI.gov, The Markup, Politico, FedScoop, FedScoop, Nextgov/FCW, CIO Dive, FedScoop, Politico, and The White House
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| Bloomberg: |
The FTC says Jeff Bezos personally ordered Amazon execs to accept more junk ads to boost profits; Amazon used disappearing Signal chats from June 2019 to 2022 — - FTC releases less redacted antitrust complaint against Amazon — Amazon counters that the FTC is ‘wrong on facts and the law’
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
US v. SBF: in closing statements, the US relied heavily on evidence to argue SBF is guilty and he was “greedy” while SBF's defense managed to make things worse — Mistakes aren't illegal, but fraud is — and Bankman-Fried's lawyers never made his defense land.
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
YouTube begins restricting how often US teens receive repeated video recommendations about sensitive topics like body image and plans to expand globally in 2024 — Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related …
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| Reuters: |
Boeing investigates a cyber incident that impacted its parts and distribution business, days after LockBit announced stealing “a tremendous amount” of its data — Boeing (BA.N), one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr release Now and Then, the first “new” Beatles song since 1995, created using AI and an old lo-fi John Lennon recording — Today marks the release of the first “new” song by the Beatles since 1995. “Now and Then” is available on streaming services …
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| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
PayPal discloses that the company received an SEC subpoena tied to its US dollar stablecoin, launched in August 2023 — Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin.| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Arm acquires a minority stake in Raspberry Pi, extending the long-term partnership between the two companies that has seen Arm CPUs feature in all Pi SoCs — Arm wants a slice of Pi — Arm Holdings plc today announced that it has made a strategic investment, a minority stake in Raspberry Pi Ltd …
More: Arm Newsroom, TechSpot, Hackster.io, and TechRadar
X: @whataintinside, @arm, @mbanzi, and @anujdeshpandey
Forums: Hacker News and r/hardware
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Brave releases its AI-powered assistant Leo to all desktop users, unveils $15/month Leo Premium, with access to faster and better LLMs and higher rate limits — Brave, a company building an alternative web browser, is releasing its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all desktop users.| Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: |
Apple's M3 series shows a return to core messaging themes around user human usability; producing three M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs — Earlier this week Apple unveiled the latest in its line of CPUs - the M3 family. There has been a lot of CPU news in the past weeks …
More: MacRumors, Computerworld, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, XDA Developers, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, and Notebookcheck
X: @rsgnl, @rsgnl, @tailosivetech, @sebaaltonen, @toniievych, @vadimyuryev, and @vadimyuryev. LinkedIn: Jay Goldberg
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at Fusus, which links town and city security cameras into one central hub and analyzes the feeds using AI, as its systems are deployed across the US — Hundreds of documents obtained by 404 Media show how Fusus, a system for linking a town's security cameras into one central hub … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
New York AG Letitia James says Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a combined $328M to settle allegations they withheld wages from drivers and did not provide sick pay — - Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a total of $328 million to settle allegations that they unlawfully withheld wages from drivers … | Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry: users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore, some experts complain it's harder to game Google's algorithm, and more — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
More: Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Roundtable, I Love SEO, and The Verge
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