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Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally found the malicious code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool, likely preventing thousands of infections — Yesterday's discovery of the xz backdoor was an accident. But what a fortunate accident it was.
More: oss-security, 404 Media, Gist, Sam James on GitHub, lcamtuf's thing, New.blicio.us, TechSpot, The New Stack, OSnews, HotHardware, The Verge, The Hacker News, Security Affairs, Cybersecurity Explained, openSUSE News, Help Net Security, The Register, Hackaday, SC Media, Dark Reading, The Stack, and LWN.net
Threads: @alex.stamos, @jasonkoebler, and @postmastron
Mastodon: @AndresFreundTec …, @AndresFreundTec …, @kde@floss.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @esther@strangeobject.space, @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange, @filippo@abyssdomain.expert, @carol@crabby.fyi, @AndresFreundTec …, @AndresFreundTec …, and @AndresFreundTec …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/ProgrammerHumor
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
AT&T confirms data dumped online appears to be from 2019 or earlier and has personal data of 7.6M current and 65.4M former account holders, resets passcodes — US telco giant takes action after 2019 data breach — Phone giant AT&T is reseting customer account passcodes after a huge cache …
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| John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
Demis Hassabis says the AI hype caused by a surge of money is clouding research; CB Insights: VCs invested $42.5B in 2,500 AI startup equity rounds in 2023 — British AI pioneer says the billions of dollars being poured into start-ups is obscuring scientific progress in the field| David Smith / The Guardian: |
A look at AI's impact on video game actors, as some fear their voices might be misused while others hope to collect extra payments on top of a base minimum — The increased use of AI to replicate the voice and movements of actors has benefits but some are concerned over how and when it might be used and who might be left short-changed| Heather Knight / New York Times: |
A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism — The tech investor Garry Tan has courted San Francisco's moderate Democrats and angered its progressives.Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times
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X: @mrp, @garrytan, @garrytan, @rohindhar, @sriramk, @terronk, @antoniogm, and @dannygroner
| Pranav Dixit / Engadget: |
How WhatsApp became the world's default communication app, including as a political propaganda tool, a business tool, and a private social network — What was once a texting platform now runs the lives, businesses and political machinery of billions. — In 2014, WIRED asked me to write …
More: The Economic Times, BGR, The Indian Express, WABetaInfo, Daring Fireball, OTV News, NewsBytes, Trak.in, Redmond Pie, and Android Police
Threads: @documentingmeta, @noise.in.vacuum, @shiraovide, @georgescriban, and @shenanigan.v. Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social
X: @pranavdixit, @wavesblog, @pranavdixit, and @androideducator
LinkedIn: Sherry Comes and Ankur Gupta
| Wall Street Journal: |
Discord plans to start showing gaming ads from next week, called Sponsored Quests and offering rewards for in-game tasks; users can turn them off in settings — The chat platform, which has long avoided advertising, is latest tech company to lean into paid promotions
More: TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, and Neowin
Threads: @thekenyeung. Bluesky: @thekenyeung.bsky.social. X: @wsj, @thekenyeung, @wsjbusiness, @joshuaogundu, @antoniogm, @qwik, and @moezulfi. LinkedIn: Ian Whittaker
Forums: r/technology and r/discordapp
| Katie Hafner / New York Times: |
Dan Lynch, founder of Interop, a computer networking equipment exhibition that helped accelerate TCP/IP adoption and internet commercialization, dies at age 82 — After working on the earliest version of the internet, he saw its potential and founded a conference on computer networking equipment.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dell, HP, and other US tech firms have asked their Taiwanese suppliers to boost production of AI-related hardware in Mexico to reduce reliance on China — Taiwan-based contract manufacturers step up investment south of the U.S. border for American clients| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
MrBeast's “retention editing”, which uses quick cuts and loud sounds, took over social media, but may fade away as the YouTuber shifts to slower, focused videos — The popularity of so-called retention editing made a generation of creators go viral, but when every video looks the same it's harder than ever to stand out| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
X says it is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her ex-employer Block, after being allegedly fired for her X posts about refugees and trans people — Happe accused Block of terminating her for expressing views Block didn't agree with. — X is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe …
More: PCMag, Mashable, and Reclaim The Net
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Shein had $2B+ of profit and ~$45B of GMV in 2023, ahead of a planned NY or London IPO; documents: Shein had $700M of profit in 2022 and $1.1B in 2021 — Fast-fashion group is seeking Chinese approval for IPO in New York or London — Online fast-fashion giant Shein has more than doubled … Sponsor Posts
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