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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Wyze says ~13,000 customers could briefly see others' camera feeds, after a similar issue in 2023; Wyze blames glitches in rebooting systems after an AWS outage — It's, unfortunately, increasingly common for security cameras to have a glitch that exposes data from one user's system …
More: The Verge, Wyze Forum, BleepingComputer, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, KnowTechie, BetaNews, GeekWire, Neowin, Android Authority, HotHardware, TechSpot, PCMag, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Notebookcheck, and Mashable
X: @paul_reviews, @phil_kelly_nyc, @rsmck, @davezatz, @robleathern, @car0linehaskins, @tomwarren, @jp2e, @mattjay, @danwroc, @mhuletdev, @peter_skaronis, @dkulshitsky, and @brianfagioli
Forums: Hacker News, r/wyzecam, r/wyzecam, r/wyzecam, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Tech investors and founders are flocking back to San Francisco, which is undergoing an AI boom, after leaving during the pandemic for Miami and other US cities — In 2020, venture capitalist Keith Rabois urged startup founders to join him in ditching San Francisco for Miami …
More: PYMNTS.com, The Economist, and Daily Mail
Mastodon: @KarlBode@masto.ai, @jay@cuthrell.com, and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @paulg, @erikbryn, @joshuamarch, @richard_florida, @emollick, @awinston, @teddyschleifer, @ericnewcomer, @noahpinion, @harryhalpin, @can, @jason, @adampnathan, @pitdesi, @karrisaarinen, @pitdesi, @jowyang, @katie_roof, @kwekuoa, @theeconomist, @rexsalisbury, @robkhenderson, @theeconomist, @workmj, @carnage4life, @robleathern, @dflieb, @unpopularvc, @brice, @shakeelhashim, @jakozloski, @jspujji, @kimmaicutler, @thesafestspace, @pitdesi, @producercities, @wsjtech, @dadiomov, @garrytan, @zebulgar, @chrisyeh, @benioff, @rabois, @rosslazer, @pitdesi, and @hitsamty
LinkedIn: Allan Thygesen, Jeff Frick, Lili Balfour, Rob Kumer, Pat Kinsel, and Amar Aswatha
Forums: Hacker News, r/sanfrancisco, and Slashdot
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Law enforcement from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit gang and seize 11K domains used to facilitate ransomware — - Law enforcement from 11 agencies participated in operation — Ransomware websites used by hackers seized to thwart attacks
More: BleepingComputer, Reuters, Security Affairs, Axios, CyberScoop, Cybernews.com, DeviceSecurity.io, and ComputerWeekly.com
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange. X: @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @joetidy, and @vxunderground
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
The US awards $1.5B to GlobalFoundries from the $52B CHIPS Act, plus $1.6B in loans, to build a fab at its HQ in Malta, New York, and to expand its Fab 8 plant — The massive grant, part of the Chips Act, will help the U.S. establish a homegrown supply for some of the most critical components of modern life.
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X: @globalfoundries, @senschumer, @donal888, and @govkathyhochul
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple ~€500M in March for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify — Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
More: 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Guardian, Engadget, 동아일 …, games fray, Silicon Republic, Verdict, Fortune, Computing, TNW, SamMobile, TechCentral.ie, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, Mashable, MacRumors, Music Business Worldwide, Light Reading, Total Telecom, Daily Mail, Digital Music News, GSMArena.com, TelecomTV, Al Bawaba, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, The Overspill, TipRanks Financial, iThinkDifferent, Lowyat.NET, CNBC, iClarified, Business Insider, ABC News, TechPowerUp, Phandroid, Politico, iPhone in Canada Blog, Music Ally, SiliconANGLE, Barron's Online, Notebookcheck, Cord Cutters News, Gizchina, PhoneArena, NewsBytes, MarketWatch, PCMag, The Information, Neowin, Benzinga, Amwal Al Ghad, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Straits Times, City A.M., AppleInsider, The Indian Express, Supercharged, iMore, Reuters, Business Post, The Economic Times, and Channel NewsAsia
X: @stevesi, @mysk_co, @gartenberg, @florian4gamers, @florian4gamers, @florian4gamers, @geradinlaw, @ugambini, @carnage4life, @ellisitems, @moo9000, and @laurbjn
LinkedIn: Thomas Höppner and Damien Geradin
Forums: Hacker News, r/AppleMusic, r/europe, r/apple, Slashdot, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft fixes a bug that caused Edge to automatically import Chrome tabs and browsing data without consent, following months of complaints from some users — Microsoft has fixed an issue where its Edge browser was again misbehaving, this time by automatically importing browsing data and tabs from Chrome without consent.| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
MariaDB, which went public in December 2022 via a SPAC, receives an offer from K1 to take it private in a $37M deal, far below its $672M Series D valuation — MariaDB is the subject of another potential takeover bid, as the company behind the eponymous open source relational database management system …
More: SiliconANGLE, Business Wire, and K1 Investment Management
Mastodon: @blogdiva@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @andymoose@mastodon.social. X: @levie
| South China Morning Post: |
Meizu, which was acquired by Chinese automaker Geely in 2022, will no longer make smartphones, to pursue an “all in AI” strategy over the next three years — - Meizu said it is terminating all traditional smartphone projects to focus on developing artificial intelligence-enabled handsets| Will Knight / Wired: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on needing more than scale to get to AGI, developing AI agents, Gemini Pro 1.5, the UK AI Safety Institute, and more — In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple Store sources: Vision Pro returns are between average and above average compared to other products; some in-store demo conversion rates are 10% to 15% — The Apple Vision Pro has now been available for two weeks — and some of Apple's most dedicated customers are returning the device to get back their $3,500.
More: GSMArena.com, Laptop Mag, MobileSyrup, Fox News, MacRumors, HotHardware, Digital Trends, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, TweakTown, AppleInsider, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, On my Om, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, Neowin, Supercharged, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Cult of Mac, Spyglass, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @tina__nigro, @stevesi, @zollotech, @stevesi, @markgurman, and @rsgnl
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The European Commission opens an investigation into whether TikTok breached DSA rules meant to protect children, the second such investigation, after X's — The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against ByteDance's TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA) …
More: Engadget, The Information, European Commission, PYMNTS.com, B&T, Bloomberg, Investing.com, 9to5Mac, Business Times, PCMag, The Hill, lawsociety.ie, Euractiv, New York Times, Infosecurity, HotHardware, The Mirror, Tech Policy Press, TechCentral.ie, Silicon UK, WHDH-TV, iMore, Just The News, Hypebeast, and Brussels Signal
X: @thierrybreton, @davekeating, @verajourova, @5rightsfound, @lisdittmer, @vestager, and @eucyprus. LinkedIn: Veronique Ciminà
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/technews
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia mandates that Chinese tech companies like Alibaba and SenseTime invest in the kingdom and share technical expertise to secure huge deals — Alibaba and SenseTime secure huge joint ventures in Gulf Kingdom but agreements come with stringent requirementsSponsor Posts
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