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| Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: |
Google agrees to pay $700M and make app store changes, like offering an alternative billing system, to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit by 36 US states and DC — Agreement with coalition of states resolves antitrust litigation related to app store — Google parent Alphabet agreed …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Epic Games, TechCrunch, CNN, GeekWire, Livemint, gamedeveloper, 9to5Google, Forbes, Silicon Valley Business …, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, The Messenger, Associated Press, Cryptopolitan, Cord Cutters News, Thurrott, Neowin, Hartford Courant, SamMobile, New York Post, New York Times, Variety, MobileSyrup, BGR, The Register, Business Insider, Digital Trends, Mashable, Pocket Gamer.biz, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Droid Life, Metaverse Post, Beyond Search, iThinkDifferent, Phone Scoop, Sammy Fans, RTÉ, Android Authority, NPR, The Information, Axios, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, and GSMArena.com
Threads: @crumbler. X: @timsweeneyepic, @lutherlowe, @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @florian4gamers, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, and @timsweeneyepic. Forums: r/Android
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
In Google's $700M settlement for Utah et al v. Google, an estimated 102M eligible US Android users will split $630M, leaving $70M for other related claims — Google will pay consumers from all 50 states to settle a lawsuit over its app store practices — Tens of millions of U.S. consumers … | Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
The FBI, the UK, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Australia seize ransomware gang ALPHV's dark web leak website; the US also seized “several websites” run by ALPHV — An international group of law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the notorious ransomware gang known as ALPHV, or BlackCat.
More: US Department of Justice, BleepingComputer, Reuters, CyberScoop, Cybersecurity Dive, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, The Messenger, PCMag, The Record, The Register, The Record, BleepingComputer, Cybernews.com, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Hackread, and ITPro
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Comcast's Xfinity says hackers breached one of its Citrix servers in October 2023, two weeks after Citrix issued a patch, and stole data on 35,879,455 people — Comcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, disclosed on Monday that attackers who breached one of its Citrix servers …
More: Comcast, Maine.gov, TechCrunch, Associated Press, SC Media, Cybersecurity Dive, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Mashable, TechStartups, TechRadar, Baseline, Deadline, The Record, Engadget, Cybernews.com, ITPro, DataBreaches.net, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @SteveD3@infosec.exchange
X: @lorenzofb and @vxunderground
| David Hollingworth / Cyber Daily: |
Hackers post 1.67TB of Insomniac Games' internal data, including for an upcoming Wolverine game, HR files, Slack screenshots, and a Marvel-Sony X-Men agreement — The Rhysida ransomware gang publishes 98 per cent of leaked data minutes after the ransom deadline passes - Wolverine game files included.
More: Video Games Chronicle, Axios, PCMag, GamesIndustry.biz, Decrypt, Windows Central, gamedeveloper, HotHardware, Bloomberg, Insider Gaming, The Messenger, Game World Observer, Club386, Reuters, Cybernews.com, Engadget, Aftermath, VentureBeat, IGN, Digital Trends, Gameranx, Polygon, iPhone in Canada Blog, Push Square, Gizmodo, Gamereactor UK, Destructoid, The Verge, Dot Esports, Forbes, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, Al Bawaba, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Wccftech, PC Gamer, Game Rant, TheGamer, Neowin, GameSpot, GameRevolution, Kotaku, TechSpot, GamingBolt, 9to5Toys, Pure Xbox, Press Start, and Notebookcheck
X: @bromojumbo, @youtheremehere, @tamoorh, @andy_vgc, @paultassi, @phiweber, @stirpicus, @lordbalvin, @pc_focus_, @platinumequinox, @mdsveritas, @evanfilarca, @playstationsize, @pure_ps, @chellaramanan, @patrician_tv, @dannynanni, @jorraptor, @vslayerv, @ghost_motley, @bigrebo, @pawesasko, @jordanmaison, @thegamersjoint, @chitogaminglive, @iantothemax, @peter5tewart, @elysivms, @discussingfilm, @vslayerc99, @postup_sog, @sweetpeachgames, @stephentotilo, @vaultofdaedalus, @squared_nation, @tomwarren, @redgamingtech, @colleen_sculpts, @pc_clown, @vslayerv, @tha_rami, @vslayerv, and @mylesdyer
LinkedIn: David Hollingworth and Jack Chapman
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, and Slashdot
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail a MITM attack on SSH that can break the integrity of the protocol, the first “practical attack of its kind”; fixes face compatibility issues — Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
More: BleepingComputer and Terrapin Attack
Threads: @nixcraft. Mastodon: @drahardja@sfba.social, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
A US judge approves a previously announced settlement between Binance and the CFTC, asking Binance to pay $2.7B and Changpeng Zhao to pay $150M to the regulator — A U.S. court entered an order against crypto exchange Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, approving billions of dollars … | Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Okta is acquiring Israeli cybersecurity company Spera, which raised a $10M seed in March 2023; source: the deal is worth ~$100M-$130M, contingent on milestones — The American identity and access management giant is making its first purchase in Israel. Spera, which raised $10 million …
More: TechCrunch
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a software fix to avoid an Apple Watch ban in the US over Masimo's blood oxygen patents; Masimo says “the hardware needs to change” — - Company submitting software workaround to customs agency — Apple engineers are racing to develop fixes for patent issue
More: Forbes, The Verge, PCMag, Thurrott, The Messenger, Moneycontrol, New York Times, Australian Financial Review, TechRadar, MacStories, PYMNTS.com, CNET, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, MacDailyNews, Macworld, Tom's Guide, Mashable, BGR, Android Headlines, MarketWatch, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, WRAL TechWire, Supercharged, The Register, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Business Today, Pixel Envy, Android Authority, USA Today, The Independent, BBC, WEYI, and Fierce Biotech
X: @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @pitdesi, @markgurman, @idevicehelpus, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Evan Zimmerman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Matthew Connatser / Tom's Hardware: |
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads unveils the MTT S4000, which lags Nvidia's 2020-era Ampere, working with China's Lenovo and others to boost its KUAE ecosystem — Beefy clusters with 200 petaops of AI compute. — Chinese GPU manufacturer Moore Threads announced the MTT S4000 …
More: VideoCardz.com, TechPowerUp, and Wccftech
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta updates its OpenXR extension with tongue tracking, letting developers use the feature in the Quest Pro, but hasn't added support to the Meta Avatars SDK — Quest Pro's face tracking now includes your tongue. — In our review of Quest Pro last year, we pointed out how sticking …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, and The Verge
Threads: @mattnavarra. X: @the_real_nagia, @amarchare, @makofukasametv, @sadlyitsbradley, and @naeruruu
| Stefanie Dazio / Associated Press: |
A US judge orders a Tesla driver to pay $23K+ for a 2019 crash that killed two, likely the first US felony case involving a partially automated driving system — A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb … | Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Meta's Oversight Board says Meta erred in removing two Israel-Hamas war videos as they were valuable to understanding human suffering, its first expedited cases — Meta Platform's (META.O) Oversight Board said on Tuesday that the social media company erred in removing two videos depicting hostages … | Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Andrew Ng, a Google Brain co-founder, Stanford professor, ex-Baidu executive, and investor, on AI models, training, regulatory capture, and Biden's EO — The computer scientist says it's a mistake to fall for the doomsday hype on AI — and that regulators who do will only benefit vested interests
X: @per_thorn, @anastasiabekt, @hoofnagle, and @drcolinwplewis
| Bloomberg: |
Adobe's failed Figma acquisition leaves Adobe with ~$6B in cash, likely to be used for AI investment and stock buybacks; ADBE jumped 75%+ in 2023 on AI interest — - Startups like Canva, Figma and OpenAI remain a risk to growth — Investors banking on AI to boost Adobe's customers and sales| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on returning as CEO after firing Dave Clark, buying Deliverr and Convoy, Amazon, Vision Fund, growing the company, and more — His replacement got the boot barely a year into the job. What brought Petersen back? … Today, I'm talking with Ryan Petersen.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Interpol: a global law enforcement operation led by South Korea has seized $300M and led to the arrest of 3,500 cybercrime suspects between July and December — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects …
More: INTERPOL and Cybernews.com
| Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press: |
NetChoice, which represents TikTok, Meta, X, Snap, and others, sues Utah over its laws requiring kids and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media — A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children …
More: The Hill, ABC4 Utah, Salt Lake Tribune, Axios, NetChoice, Deseret News, and 9to5Mac. X: @netchoice
| Bloomberg: |
TSMC Chair Mark Liu plans to retire in 2024, to be replaced by CEO C.C. Wei, set to become one of the most influential tech executives, if shareholders confirm — - C. C. Wei will become chairman of Apple's chipmaking partner — Wei is poised to lead the world's most advanced chipmakerSponsor Posts
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