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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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| Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: |
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 — - Telegram to provide user data in response to legal requests — Durov faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app
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| 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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| 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 …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Cloudflare rolls out Bot Management, a suite of free AI auditing tools meant to help monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping bots, to all its customers — “The path we're on isn't sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping.| Bloomberg: |
Memo: an arbitrator awards full severance package to an ex-Twitter employee, who was laid off when Elon Musk took over, first such resolution of 2K+ complaints — Elon Musk lost a legal fight over unpaid severance to a former Twitter employee who was laid off when he took over the social media platform …
More: Wccftech. Threads: @kurtwag8, @kurtwag8, and @karaswisher. Bluesky: @carljanderson.bsky.social
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the Phone-Free Schools Act, which will require schools to restrict cellphone use during school hours by July 1, 2026 — Calls for crackdowns have mounted with reports of cyberbullying and studies indicating that smartphones are harmful to children's mental health.| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised a $100M round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M — - The organization behind the modular blockchain network has raised $100 million in a round led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing its total financing to $155 million.| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key for its Meta AI chatbot at Connect this week — Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) is planning to announce this week that it has secured deals with actors including Judi Dench …
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| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
A teardown of Huawei's popular Qingyun L540 laptop, which relies on some foreign tech, reveals the challenges ahead for China's tech self-sufficiency efforts — A look inside the bestselling Qingyun L540 shows how the campaign to use locally made components is progressing
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| Astha Rajvanshi / TIME: |
Q&A with Vinod Khosla on investing in AI and OpenAI, AI risks, the impact of AI in the labor market, regulation, dominance within the global AI race, and more — When Vinod Khosla had a skiing accident in 2011 that led to an ACL injury in his knee, doctors gave conflicting opinions over his treatment.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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.
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| 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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Forums: r/cars, r/electricvehicles, r/technews, r/worldnews, and r/Polestar
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Analysis: major crypto companies, executives, and investors have spent $38M+ recently to help Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno's campaign for the US Senate — The industry has spent over $38 million on ads touting Bernie Moreno, the GOP candidate, as it looks to send new allies to Washington in 2024
More: Cryptonews
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and China are using AI tools to boost US election influence efforts, with Russia's efforts being the most aggressive — American intelligence officials say Moscow's efforts, aimed mostly at undermining Harris, are the most aggressive.
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