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Telegram says it will give users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests, changing its ToS to deter criminal activity — An Outsider Critiqued Meta's Smart Glasses. Now She's in Charge of Them — Microsoft CEO to Cyber Team: Don't Tell Me How Great Everything Is| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
US customers of Kaspersky antivirus find that UltraAV was installed remotely to replace Kaspersky on their PCs, after a Kaspersky deal with UltraAV owner Pango — Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software … | Financial Times: |
The US Commerce Dept. proposes banning Chinese and Russian internet connected car software and hardware in US; the software ban would start with 2027 model cars — Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars
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Google TV Streamer review: excellent UI, Google Assistant, fast controls, smart home hub, and handy Find My feature, but not a huge speed bump and only Wi-Fi 5 — With more storage, a (slightly) faster processor, and some proper smart home chops, Google's new take on the Chromecast is its best attempt at a streaming device yet.
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Cloudflare rolls out Bot Management, a suite of free AI auditing tools, to all of its customers to help monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping bots — “The path we're on isn't sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping. Here's his plan to course-correct.
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Microsoft releases a progress report on its efforts to make security its top priority, which began in November 2023 after a scathing report from the US CSRB — Microsoft made security its No. 1 priority for every employee earlier this year, following years of security issues and a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board.| Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
Kaspersky researchers find a new Necro malware version in Google Play apps with 11M+ total downloads; in 2019, Necro was found in Play apps with 100M+ downloads — The Necro trojan was found in two Android applications in Google Play with a combined downloads count of over 11 million.
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is a “cancer to WordPress” and profits off the confusion between the WordPress project and WP Engine's paid services — Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.”
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok rolls out its redesigned Subscription feature, which lets creators offer three tiers, to eligible creators in select regions, including the UK and the US — TikTok announced on Monday that its redesigned “Subscription” monetization offering is rolling out to eligible creators in select regions … | Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sonos staff and report: technical debt was partly responsible for the app debacle, and Sonos lacked urgency in fixing it; sources: a reorganization caused chaos — Ignoring “tech debt,” disregarding employee warnings and cutting costs combined to create a crisis that the high-end audio company is still struggling to recover from.| Sam Altman: |
Sam Altman claims “deep learning worked”, superintelligence may be “a few thousand days” away, and “astounding triumphs” will incrementally become commonplace — In the next couple of decades, we will be able to do things that would have seemed like magic to our grandparents.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI arrests and charges two people in Miami over a conspiracy to steal and launder 4,100+ BTC, worth $230M+; ZachXBT says they targeted a Genesis creditor — Two suspects were arrested in Miami this week and charged with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency using crypto exchanges and mixing services.
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