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| Russ Cox / research!rsc: |
A timeline of the attack on open-source project XZ Utils, which began in late 2021 and led to a backdoor with RCE in Linux distros from Debian, Red Hat, others — Over a period of over two years, an attacker using the name “Jia Tan” worked as a diligent, effective contributor to the xz compression library …
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| Washington Post: |
The US Cyber Safety Review Board faults Microsoft for a “cascade of avoidable errors” that led to the 2023 Chinese hack of top US government officials' emails — The independent Cyber Safety Review Board's forthcoming report knocks the tech giant for shoddy cybersecurity practices …
More: Cybersecurity …, Reuters, The Register, CyberScoop, GeekWire, Department of Homeland …, Axios, WPRI.com, DataBreachToday.com, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Yahoo acquires the news app Artifact, shuts down its standalone app, and plans to use its technology on Yahoo News and other services in the coming months — Instagram's co-founders built a powerful and useful tool for recommending news to readers — but could never quite get it to scale.
More: Yahoo Inc., Engadget, Business Today, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Observer, New.blicio.us, Sandhill Report, Silicon Republic, On my Om, Silicon Valley Business …, Cryptopolitan, Thurrott, Spyglass, Tech Monitor, ZDNet, MobileSyrup, BGR, The Indian Express, Neowin, and San Francisco Business Times
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/artificial
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Amazon plans to remove Just Walk Out from most of its grocery stores and add more grocery stores with Dash Carts, which let shoppers scan items while they shop — Amazon's grab-and-go checkout system, Just Walk Out, has been a centerpiece of its ambitions to transform bricks-and-mortar supermarkets.
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LinkedIn: Martin Heubel, Erika Hall, Ariel Guersenzvaig, and Chris Weston
Forums: Hacker News, r/nova, and Slashdot
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
POTUS' official Threads account starts using Meta's ActivityPub integration to post on the decentralized networking protocol — POTUS puts the ‘fed’ in ‘fediverse.’ — The official US president Threads account, currently helmed by President Joe Biden, has begun using Meta's ActivityPub integration …
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Threads: @quillmatiq, @evanprodromou, @timothyjchambers, @timothyjchambers, @0xjessel, and @lilkioko. Mastodon: @anildash@me.dm
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and 200+ others sign a letter to AI developers and tech companies decrying “predatory” AI that steals voices, replaces artists, more — - Jen Jacobson, executive director at The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the trade group representing the artists signing the letter … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can automate support tasks via an “embodied AI character”, as part of larger Xbox AI efforts — Microsoft is currently testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can be used to automate support tasks.
More: Android Authority, Cryptopolitan, Metro.co.uk, Windows Central, BGR, Android Headlines, Decrypt, Tom's Guide, Game Rant, TweakTown, Mashable, Game Developer, Kotaku, ZDNet, Benzinga, MobileSyrup, Neowin, IGN, and XboxEra
Mastodon: @jann@twit.social. X: @sallyisadog, @destiny_thememe, @basicallilexi, @ethangach, @florian4gamers, @tomwarren, and @swiftonsecurity. Forums: r/technology
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic researchers detail “many-shot jailbreaking”, which can evade LLMs' safety guardrails by including a large number of faux dialogues in a single prompt — How do you get an AI to answer a question it's not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques …
More: Anthropic, SiliconANGLE, Marcus on AI, and Maginative
Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social. X: @anthropicai, @pmarca, @anthropicai, @jayelmnop, @paul_cal, @anthropicai, and @anthropicai
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google details Device Bound Session Credentials, a feature that aims to stop browser cookie theft and uses PCs' TPM chip, testing it in beta versions of Chrome — ‘Device Bound Session Credentials’ will tap the TPM chip in today's PCs. Google is testing it with some users running the beta version of Chrome.
More: Chromium Blog, SecurityWeek, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, and Android Police. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC plans to vote on April 25 to restore net neutrality rules and assume regulatory oversight of broadband internet that was rescinded under President Trump — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight …
More: The Verge. X: @galetstrong, @senmarkey, @thekenyeung, @davidshepardson, and @brendancarrfcc
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, and r/UpliftingNews
| Raymond Wong / Inverse: |
Apple debuts Spatial Personas in beta, letting up to five Vision Pro users participate together within compatible apps without being in the same physical space — Apple Vision Pro is above and beyond other mixed reality headsets, but even with the highest quality passthrough camera tech …
More: MacStories, Gizmodo, The Information, 512 Pixels, Himels Tech on YouTube, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, TechRadar, 512 Pixels, Spyglass, iPhone in Canada Blog, Six Colors, ZDNet, Trusted Reviews, Raleigh News & Observer, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, Redmond Pie, The Verge, iClarified, AppleInsider, iMore, BGR, Game Rant, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
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Forums: r/virtualreality, r/VisionPro, and MacRumors Forums
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
X promotes Kylie McRoberts to Head of Safety, after Ella Irwin left in June 2023, when Musk overruled a decision that limited the spread of an anti-trans video — Musk's heads of safety have traditionally attracted intense scrutiny. — Elon Musk's X said Tuesday it was appointing … | Christopher Kuo / New York Times: |
George Carlin's estate settles with the makers of Dudesy, who agree to remove their YouTube video and podcast they originally claimed used an “AI” George Carlin — The estate had accused two podcast hosts of infringing on its copyrights by training an A.I. algorithm on five decades of Mr. Carlin's work.| Simon Hendery / SC Media: |
The US NIST, which analyzed only 199 of the 3,370 CVEs the agency received in March, blames the backlog on a lack of “interagency support” — The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) blames a dearth of analysis affecting thousands of entries … Sponsor Posts
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