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| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Biden admin preps an EO that aims to restrict the flow of sensitive data through intermediaries, like data brokers, to foreign countries like China — - Concern about countries accessing US data through legal means — White House worried about AI being used to mine information
More: Reuters and The Messenger
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Netflix buys the exclusive rights to WWE programs like Raw, airing in 2025 in the US, Canada, Latin America, and more; filing: the 10-year deal is worth $5B+ — - Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air the WWE's flagship program Raw starting next year.
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X: @tvgrimreaper, @netflix, @sarafischer, @edludlow, @ianjsilvera, @teamkaos1998, @tim_bays, @conorsen, @conorsen, @conorsen, @sherman4949, @tripleh, @buccocapital, @wwe, and @sherman4949
LinkedIn: David Giles and Amy Newton
Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
MIT CSAIL study: only 23% of US wages for doing vision tasks would be economically attractive to automate with AI, due to large upfront and operating expenses — Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when? — That's the trio of questions a new research study …
More: Bloomberg, MIT CSAIL, The Robot Report, CNN, Computerworld, and SiliconANGLE
X: @adamdraper, @profneilt, and @mitfuturetech
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Jerry Crisci, and Robert Neer
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as “free”, unless they are free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads were misleading — Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as …
More: CNN, The Verge, Intuit Blog, Silicon Republic, Federal Trade Commission, CIO.com, Reuters, Federal Trade Commission, MarketWatch, Federal Trade Commission, Forbes, SC Media, and The Hill
Forums: Hacker News and r/InfoSecNews
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
HP says updates that brick printers with third-party cartridges could protect users from embedded viruses, but security experts say such a threat is theoretical — “Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription.” — Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed …
More: HotHardware, 9to5Mac, CNBC Television on YouTube, BetaNews, TechSpot, and Pixel Envy
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X: @obiexyz and @clancynewyork
Forums: r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Tencent-owned Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees globally, or ~11% of its staff, saying Riot had “more than doubled in headcount” over the past few years — The cuts, which amount to about 11% of staff, were announced Monday in a blog post and letter to employees.
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
A look at Palworld, a Pokémon-like game launched on January 19, which has sold 5M+ copies and is now the most played game on Steam, amid IP infringement claims — The Pokémon-like has sold over 5 million copies in the three days since its early access launch.
More: IGN, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, Game File, Polygon, AUTOMATON WEST, Windows Central, Bloomberg, The Sun, Dexerto, IGN, Polygon, Decrypt, Garbage Day, Video Games Chronicle, and Windows Central
Threads: @stephentotilo. X: @palworld_en, @palworld_en, @dbakaba, @byofrog, @genepark, @dark1x, @genepark, @bucky_cm, @jezcorden, @repiteo, @byofrog, @jeffgrubb, @nightskyprince_, @bitnerd_, @shitpostrock, @genepark, @ign, @genepark, @genepark, @bucky_cm, @dominictarason, @genepark, @broderick, @cecianasta, @genepark, @teehallums, @ign, @covingtown, @genepark, @asmongold, @genepark, @jezcorden, @minimaxir, @chezi34, @winc_gaming, @paultassi, @genepark, @tomwarren, @palworld_en, @kriswolfheart, @bepdelta, @dexerto, and @a2zjirwinko
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft's Bing, Edge, and Advertising services are set to be exempt from EU's DMA, as an EU probe tentatively concluded they're not dominant enough — - EU probe comes ahead of March roll-out of Digital Markets Act — Apple's iMessage service is already expected to be exempt| Bloomberg: |
Attain: Boomers and Generation X consumers in the US shopped more frequently and spent more than Gen Z on Temu in 2023; Boomers shopped twice as much as Gen Z — - Boomers shopped twice as much on app as Gen Z consumers — Broad appeal lifts Temu's effort to take on Amazon in US| Bloomberg: |
Samsung is exploring the development of noninvasive glucose monitoring and blood pressure checking, as part of a push to put health features in various devices — - Company's mobile health chief discusses plans in interview — Health push also includes new Galaxy Ring and future earbuds
More: MacRumors, The Verge, PhoneArena, Sam Lover, Wccftech, Sammy Fans, TechRadar, and SamMobile
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Mortgage lender loanDepot says “sensitive personal information” of ~16.6M people was stolen in a January 6 ransomware attack that shut down some of its systems — Mortgage lender loanDepot says that approximately 16.6 million people had their personal information stolen in a ransomware attack disclosed earlier this month.
More: BleepingComputer, 9to5Mac, Business Wire, Security Affairs, Cybernews.com, and TechCrunch
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will pay up to 10% more per play in Apple Music royalties for tracks where a Spatial Audio version is available, starting with January's payouts — Apple Music is now encouraging artists with a financial incentive to make their music available in Spatial Audio, which offers …
More: Music Business Worldwide, Cult of Mac, Cybernews.com, Appleosophy, T3, Billboard, iMore, SamMobile, MIXED Reality News, PhoneArena, Engadget, TechCrunch, and MacRumors
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X: @bzamayo and @therockartist
LinkedIn: Andrew Melchior and Julie Blore-Bizot
Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Apple releases iOS 17.3, which adds a Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple Music collaborative playlists, support for streaming to more hotel TVs, and more — iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that's supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking …
More: Apple Support, The Hacker News, MacRumors, Apple Support, TechCrunch, Forbes, 9to5Mac, MacStories, Macworld, iMore, Tech.co, Help Net Security, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Fossbytes, Wired, TechRadar, Silicon Republic, Livemint, Ghacks, Mashable, Android Headlines, O'Grady's PowerPage, SamMobile, BGR, AppleInsider, zollotech on YouTube, MacRumors on YouTube, 9to5Mac, SecurityWeek, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, The Apple Post, Gearrice, Gearrice, Neowin, Cult of Mac, BGR, Forbes, The Apple Post, Wccftech, AppleInsider, BGR, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, and BGR
| Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
French's CNIL fines Amazon France Logistique $35M for an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system set up to monitor the performance of its staff — French regulator CNIL said on Tuesday it had fined Amazon France Logistique (AMZN.O) 32 million euros ($35 million) …
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
A bug in Ethereum's Nethermind client took down 8% of Ethereum's validators on January 21, raising concerns about Geth, which powers ~85% of the validators — The lion's share of Ethereum's validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.
More: Bankless Times, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily, Cryptonews, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, Unchained, Cointelegraph, and Cryptopolitan
X: @coinbasecloud, @0xcygaar, @0xwittgenstein, @0xpatches, @daddysether, @backthebunny, @ether_fi, @evan_van_ness, @cryptoquoc, @cryptoquoc, @icebergy_, @monetsupply, @0xpatches, @0xnirlin, @0xcygaar, @ethereumthaila1, @chainyoda, @orageux101, @daddysether, @zeneca, @llamaonthebrink, @iamdcinvestor, @ethereanmaximus, @chainyoda, @yorickdowne, @iamdcinvestor, @cryptoquoc, @ryanberckmans, @coinbasecloud, and @0xpatches. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
An interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu about the R1's design, collaboration with Teenage Engineering, why he didn't want to make an app, and more — Few people knew who Jesse Lyu was when he posted a video of himself to X, standing in front of a black backdrop in a black T-shirt, holding a bright orange gadget.
X: @ctrlzee, @vkhosla, @altcap, @vkhosla, and @bharatvasan
LinkedIn: Mark Wilson, JR Dawkins, Gregor Berkowitz, and Matthew Price, Ph.D.
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The US SEC says the January 9 hack of its X account was via a SIM swap attack to reset its password; it had disabled 2FA in July 2023 over account access issues — - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that a SIM swap attack was to blame for the breach of its official account on X …
More: Axios, SC Media, BleepingComputer, Finextra, Decrypt, PCMag, Wall Street Journal, TechRadar, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, Inside Bitcoins, Infosecurity, ComputerWeekly.com, Unchained, Bitcoin Insider, Coinspeaker, WinBuzzer, Cryptopolitan, SecurityWeek, CoinJournal, Cyber Daily, Engadget, The Record, PYMNTS.com, and The Verge. X: @jsrailton
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