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November 24, 2023, 4:25 AM

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Bloomberg:
Automotive tech company Valeo sues Nvidia after an Nvidia engineer accidentally shared data he stole from ex-employer Valeo on a video call between both firms  —  - Oops moment happened during video conference call with Valeo  — Nvidia said in letter that it had tried to protect Valeo's IP
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Denver-based healthcare software provider Welltok reports a July 2023 data breach exposed ~8.5M US patients' data, making it the second largest MOVEit breach  —  Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Some Pixel 8 Pro owners notice circular bumps on the screen; Google says they are “impressions from components” and don't impact durability or performance  —  Some Pixel 8 Pro owners have noticed circular bumps in several places on the screen that look to be the result …
Ian Hickson / Hixie's Natural Log:
Reflecting on 18 years at Google: early Google had a vision, but its culture has eroded, morale is at an all-time low, and healing requires changes at the top  —  I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later.  Last week was my last week at Google.
NBC News:
US lawmakers scramble to enact measures to punish people targeting women with AI-generated nudes, amid a rise of such cases involving teen girls worldwide  —  The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.
Lee Yeon-Woo / The Korea Times:
South Korea plans to start a digital currency pilot in Q4 2024; 100K people will be able to use deposit tokens issued by commercial banks in the form of CBDC  —  One hundred thousand Koreans will be able to utilize deposit tokens based on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) next year …
Alan Baldwin / Reuters:
FIA, which runs F1, plans to use computer vision tech to tackle track limits breaches at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, using shape analysis to count pixels  —  Formula One's governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
NewsGuard:
An analysis of 30 posts on X from large accounts with false or misleading claims on the Israel-Hamas war found 200 ads from 86 brands and others below 24 posts  —  NewsGuard identified ads for 86 major advertisers — including top brands, educational institutions, governments, and nonprofits …
Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk  —  Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
Jon Victor / The Information:
Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern  —  One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
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