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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 …
More: xzbot on GitHub, ongoing, research!rsc, Infosecurity, BleepingComputer, Firmware Security, Stratechery, and The Verge
Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world, @timbray@cosocial.ca, @rsc@hachyderm.io, @rsc@hachyderm.io, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @AccordionGuy@mastodon.cloud, @howelloneill@infosec.exchange, @juliank@mastodon.social, @josh@josh.tel, @jerod@changelog.social, @timbray@cosocial.ca, @specter@eattherich.club, @0xamit@infosec.exchange, @zarfeblong@mastodon …, @jwildeboer@social …, @venthur@mastodon.social, @tinker@infosec.exchange, @ravirockks@infosec.exchange, @irving@mastodon.social, @kurtsh@mastodon.social, and @0xamit@infosec.exchange
Bluesky: @flicknow.xyz and @accordionguy.bsky.social
X: @ffmpeg, @_mark_atwood, @0xcharlie, @fr0gger_, @mer__edith, @fr0gger_, @thegrugq, and @matthew_d_green. LinkedIn: Andreas Bogk
Forums: Hacker News, r/linux, and Lobsters
| 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 …, Department of Homeland …, Associated Press, Axios, DataBreachToday.com, The Register, GeekWire, CyberScoop, and Reuters
| 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 …
More: TechCrunch. Threads: @quillmatiq, @evanprodromou, @timothyjchambers, @timothyjchambers, @0xjessel, and @lilkioko
Mastodon: @anildash@me.dm and @carnage4life@mas.to
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google details Device Bound Session Credentials, a feature that aims to stop browser cookie theft and uses the PCs' TPM chip, in beta in some Chrome versions — ‘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: Web Incubator CG on GitHub, Chromium Blog, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer, Android Police, and ZDNet. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| 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, Maginative, and Marcus on AI
Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social. X: @anthropicai, @pmarca, @anthropicai, @jayelmnop, @paul_cal, @anthropicai, and @anthropicai
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
PitchBook and NVCA: US VC investments in Q1 2024 hit $36.6B, the lowest since 2017, across 2,882 deals, down from $51.6B across 4,026 deals in Q1 2023 — In the first quarter, deal value for U.S. VC investments hit $36.6 billion across 2,882 deals, down from $51.6 billion across 4,026 deals a year earlier, according to a new report.
More: PitchBook
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and 200+ others sign a letter to AI developers and tech firms decrying “predatory” AI that steals voices, replaces artists, and more — - Jen Jacobson, executive director at The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the trade group representing the artists signing the letter … | 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.
More: Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Engadget, TweakTown, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, Seattle Business Journal, Payments Dive, The Verge, Daring Fireball, ZDNet, PCMag, New York Daily News, Chain Store Age, Telegraph, and Finextra
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LinkedIn: Martin Heubel, Ariel Guersenzvaig, Erika Hall, and Chris Weston
Forums: Hacker News, r/Cyberpunk, r/nova, and Slashdot
| 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 …
X: @thekenyeung, @davidshepardson, @brendancarrfcc, @galetstrong, and @senmarkey
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, r/VoteDEM, and r/UpliftingNews
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Newzoo: PC and console game revenues grew 2.6% YoY to $93.5B in 2023, but average quarterly playtime hours fell 26% from Q1 2021 through Q4 2023 — The PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell during the year, according to the second annual report on the market-by-market researcher Newzoo.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel says its Foundry division had $18.9B in 2023 revenue, down 31% YoY, a $7B operating loss, up from $5.2B, and expects 2024 to be the peak of its losses — - In a change, company breaks out numbers for manufacturing unit — New Intel Foundry division is expected to break even by 2030
More: Reuters, SemiAnalysis, The Verge, guru3d.com, SiliconANGLE, Constellation Research, CNBC, and The Information
X: @thetranscript_, @markhachman, @ericjhonsa, @iancutress, and @ericjhonsa
Forums: r/hardware, r/AyyMD, and r/technology
| 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.| 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 Standard, Business Today, On my Om, PYMNTS.com, Observer, Sandhill Report, ZDNet, Spyglass, Silicon Valley Business …, New.blicio.us, Thurrott, San Francisco Business Times, Tech Monitor, MobileSyrup, and Neowin
Threads: @mgsiegler, @jlanzone, @simondowens, @eaustinj, and @parkerortolani. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
X: @pitdesi, @carnage4life, @parkerortolani, @mikeisaac, @artifact_news, @markstenberg3, @mjburnsy, @kerrymflynn, @mgsiegler, @ryanspoon, and @tomwarren
LinkedIn: Alicia Ciaccia and Andrew Machado
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/artificial
| Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: |
Boosted by Taiwan's 2024 elections, Threads has revived its popularity in the country; Sensor Tower says Threads is Taiwan's most downloaded social app — For most people around the world, Meta's text-based social network Threads is a platform that they haven't thought of for months.
More: Platformer. Threads: @mathonan, @mergesort, @crumbler, @goldman, @barbarakb, and @vaivain. X: @zeyiyang
| New York Times: |
An interview with Oren Etzioni, the former CEO of Allen Institute for AI, on his nonprofit TrueMedia.org, which offers free tools for identifying deepfakes — Oren Etzioni worries A.I.-generated fakes could overwhelm upcoming elections.Kyle Johnson for The New York Times
More: TrueMedia.org, TrueMedia.org, and GeekWire
X: @truemediadotorg, @truemediadotorg, @timfinin, and @toddbishop
| Jenna Scatena / Wired: |
A profile of Faruk Fatih Özer, the convicted CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, as he starts a 11,196-year prison sentence in Turkey for laundering assets — Faruk Özer just started a 11,196-year prison sentence. Did he almost get away with the biggest heist in Turkey's history …
Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/TrueReddit
| Callum Booth / The Verge: |
A first look at two third-party iOS app stores in the EU: the B2B-focused Mobivention and the upcoming AltStore, which takes ~12 screen interactions to install — DMA is about to unleash a brave new world of game emulators, clipboard managers, and uncertainty.
More: Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Inc.com, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and MacRumors. X: @wavesblog
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