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AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers — Stolen data includes millions of AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and location-related data.
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Sources: John Binns, a US citizen who has been incarcerated in Turkey and indicted for allegedly hacking T-Mobile in 2021, is linked to the AT&T data breach — John Binns, a U.S. citizen who has been incarcerated in Turkey, is linked to the massive data breach of metadata belonging …
More: Wired, New York Times, itprotoday, and Pixel Envy
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| Bloomberg: |
Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack that has affected other customers, including Ticketmaster and LendingTree — - Fallout from attack disclosed in May is still spreading — Ticketmaster, LendingTree among recent victims in crime spree| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election — - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts …
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Forums: r/politics and r/technology
| Reuters: |
An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known as Q*, which aims to improve its AI models' reasoning capabilities dramatically — ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” …
More: The Algorithmic Bridge, Cointelegraph, TechRadar, and itprotoday
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Forums: r/aiwars, r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Preliminary findings: the European Commission says X's paid blue checkmark deceives users and breaches the DSA; X could be fined up to 6% of its global revenue — Brussels regulators use new digital powers to threaten social media company with huge fines over transparency issues
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Threads: @joshuatopolsky. Mastodon: @Frederik_Borgesius …. X: @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @thierrybreton, @eric_seufert, @mathver, @lukolejnik, @paulg, @eu_commission, @micsolana, @balajis, @carnage4life, @lewis_crofts, and @digitaleu. Forums: r/technology
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for short story ideas finds it boosted creativity for some but reduced the collective diversity of novel content — A new study examines whether AI could be an automated helpmeet in creative tasks, with mixed results: it appeared …
More: Science, The Guardian, Decrypt, Tech Xplore, NPR, and MIT Technology Review
| The Information: |
Source: Meta plans to release the largest version of its Llama 3 model, expected to have 405B parameters and multimodal capabilities, on July 23 — Meta Platforms plans to release the largest version of its open-source Llama 3 model on July 23, according to a Meta employee.
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee — Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025 under an agreement announced Friday by the International Olympic Committee and the kingdom.
More: The International Olympic Committee, New York Times, Engadget, IGN, PC Gamer, Dexerto, The Verge, Semafor, PocketGamer.biz, Tech Xplore, and Deadline
X: @iocmedia, @slasher, @myra__davis, @lucas_shaw, @sonofpaint, and @fdotonline
LinkedIn: Jason Chung and Katia Serbina
Forums: r/Games and r/worldnews
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Three US senators introduce the COPIED Act, which aims to give journalists, songwriters, and artists tools to fight AI models using their work without consent — A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters, and journalists from having … | Financial Times: |
Qualcomm and Philips have sued Shenzhen-based Transsion, the world's fourth-largest smartphone maker, for alleged intellectual property violations — Western companies press smartphone maker over alleged patent infringements — Shenzhen-listed Transsion, the world's fourth-largest smartphone maker … | Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: |
A look at challenges indie video game devs face, as they struggle to survive due to lack of funding and studio closures, leading to talent loss in the industry — Big video game makers like Epic Games and EA have gone through substantial layoffs in the past year.
More: How-To Geek. X: @chhopsky, @merryh, @waterslicer, @megan_nicolett, @sonofbadru, @megan_nicolett, @megan_nicolett, and @ellaguro. Forums: r/Games
| Financial Times: |
Some developers remain optimistic as Apple seeks a Vision Pro “killer app”; Appfigures: the number of new Vision Pro apps has fallen since January and February — Tech giant is struggling to attract content from developers for innovative device that goes on sale in Europe this week
More: Dilmer Valecillos on YouTube, ExtremeTech, ZDNet, Cautious Optimism, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Benzinga, The Mac Observer, BGR, iMore, Silicon Republic, Sherwood News, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, The Independent, MobileSyrup, Bloomberg, and HotHardware
X: @chrisliter, @christianselig, and @benlovejoy
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
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X: @zsk, @supersaf, and @charlesarthur
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
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