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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for security errors, its business in China served US interests, and more — Microsoft President Brad Smith faced the the House Homeland Security Committee amid sharp criticism the company's practices put government clients at risk.
More: Axios, CNBC, House Committee on Homeland Security, CNN, Microsoft On the Issues, ProPublica, The Record, GeekWire, New York Times, The Register, NBC News, GovInfoSecurity.com, Wall Street Journal, The Information, iTnews, Axios, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, Nextgov/FCW, SC Media, Quartz, Reuters, and C-SPAN.org
X: @bdsams, @axios, @reptomsuozzi, @bradsmi, @ddimolfetta, @gossithedog, @jordannovet, @gossithedog, and @econliberties
Forums: r/technology, r/microsoft, and Slashdot
| ProPublica: |
Ex-employee Andrew Harris says Microsoft for years dismissed his warnings of an Active Directory flaw that led to the 2021 SolarWinds hack; Harris left in 2020 — Microsoft hired Andrew Harris for his extraordinary skill in keeping hackers out of the nation's most sensitive computer networks.
More: CyberScoop, Politico, The Information, Runtime, PCMag, CRN, MSPoweruser, and Metacurity
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LinkedIn: Maya Yepez, Rich Mogull, Andrew Jaquith, and Michelle Eggers
Forums: Hacker News, r/The_Mueller, r/politics, r/pcmasterrace, r/technology, and Beehaw
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Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding — After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down.
Threads: @goldman, @normative, @darksideofthemat, @parkert, @wongmjane, @reporterzoe, and @crumbler. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in — Microsoft is planning to launch its new Copilot Plus PCs next week without its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on these new laptops.
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Forums: r/privacy, r/Windows11, r/technology, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Apple says it doesn't use users' private data or user interactions to train its models, and uses both licensed materials and publicly available online data — At WWDC on Monday, Apple revealed Apple Intelligence, a suite of features bringing generative AI tools like rewriting an email draft … | Nathan Lambert / Interconnects: |
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Filing: Clearview AI proposes to settle a class action suit by collectively giving a 23% company stake worth ~$52M to Americans whose faces are in its database — The facial recognition start-up doesn't have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity …
More: Ars Technica and Reuters
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Luma debuts Dream Machine, an AI model to generate high-quality videos from text and images, and plans to release APIs and plugins for popular creative software — Luma AI, a San Francisco artificial intelligence startup, today announced the release of Dream Machine, a powerful new AI system capable …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/midjourney, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, and r/aiwars
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which will focus on early-stage crypto projects; it previously launched a $2.5B crypto fund in November 2021 — - Venture capital firm raised a $2.5 billion fund in 2021 — The new fund will invest in early-stage crypto projects
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI adds retired US Army General Paul Nakasone, who led the NSA and US Cyber Command, to its board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee — - Nakasone, who led the military's Cyber Command in addition to his time atop the NSA, brings cybersecurity and national security expertise to the board.
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, Washington Post, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Maginative, Fast Company, The Information, The Verge, Bloomberg, and Financial Times
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
US authorities arrest and charge the founder and the head doctor of telehealth company Done Global for an alleged scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions — The founder and clinical president of Done Global allegedly orchestrated a scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions
More: US Department of Justice, The San Francisco Standard, Gizmodo, NBC News, The Verge, Fierce Healthcare …, New York Times, San Francisco Business Times, and Media Matters for America
Mastodon: @triketora@mastodon.social. X: @tysonbrody, @devahaz, and @luke_metro. LinkedIn: Fritz Scanlon
Forums: Hacker News, r/pharmacy, and r/medicine
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Apple's WWDC demos, with the integration of generative AI across its products, show the value of seeing AI as a feature rather than a standalone app or device — Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple's demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.
More: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Daring Fireball, Baseline, Bloomberg, Max Tech on YouTube, sdw space, Quartz, Business Insider, Six Colors, Forbes, Spyglass, Fast Company, Stratechery, GfxSpeak, PCMag, Spyglass, and Financial Times
Threads: @ethank, @engineerscodex, @abcdefghijoe, @singletary, @bud.gibson, @parkert, @console.log_wolf, @apfelofmyeye, @eshwarnag, @sung.kim.mw, @nrose, @barbarosozturk, @rwgordon, @jwherrman, @thatchriscarley, @charles.wiltgen, @pmarquees_, @thatchriscarley, @stalman, @benedictevans, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @SteveThompson@mastodon.social
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US hospital operator Ascension says a May ransomware attack was caused by an employee downloading a malicious file, and has no proof data was taken from its EHR — Ascension, one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems, revealed that a May 2024 ransomware attack was caused by an employee …
More: About | Ascension, Cyber Daily, DeviceSecurity.io, The Record, SiliconANGLE, HackerNoon, The Detroit News, Michigan Public, and KBSL-TV. X: @jgreigj
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Adobe Q2: revenue up 10% YoY to $5.31B, vs. $5.29B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $3.91B, Digital Experience revenue up 9%; ADBE jumps 14%+ after hours — Adobe shares jumped 17% in extended trading on Thursday after the design software maker reported earnings and revenue that topped estimates and lifted full-year guidance.| Owen Walker / Financial Times: |
A UK judge lays out how Greek payments company Viva Wallet should be valued, ending a legal battle between its CEO and part-owner JPMorgan — Bank and Haris Karonis had taken action against each other over their shared ownership of payments business Viva Wallet| Keith Bradsher / New York Times: |
How China is testing more driverless cars than any other country, with 16+ cities letting 19+ companies test vehicles on public roads, aided by government help — Assisted driving systems and robot taxis are becoming more popular with government help, as cities designate large areas for testing on public roads.
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @baidu_inc, @panndder, @paulnovosad, and @arpitrage. LinkedIn: Michael Campbell. Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars
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