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US prosecutors charge four purported crypto market makers, a handful of crypto projects, and over a dozen individuals with manipulating various crypto markets — Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted …
More: US Department of Justice, Reuters, Protos, Fortune, CoinJournal, crypto.news, Bloomberg, Decrypt, CoinGape, and The Block
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9 — Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …
More: Ars Technica, The Verge, The Register, PCMag, Engadget, Wired, Cybernews.com, and Cyber Daily
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange. X: @brewster_kahle, @brewster_kahle, @haveibeenpwned, @troyhunt, @in_marxist, and @clancynewyork
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/technology, r/privacy, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
FTC: Marriott agrees to pay a $52M penalty to 49 states and DC to resolve data security allegations, and, in another settlement, agrees to a new infosec program — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will require Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Dan Riccio, Apple's Vision Pro chief and former SVP of hardware engineering, is leaving in October; the Vision Pro team will now report to John Ternus — - Headset group will be overseen by hardware leader John Ternus — The retiring executive had worked at Apple for over 26 years
More: 9to5Mac, UploadVR, The Information, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, iClarified, MacRumors, and Patently Apple
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup, for the federal judge to consider in the Google Search antitrust case — - Antitrust officials also mull making Google share search data — Justice Department proposes multiple options in historic case
More: The Straits Times, Luxembourg Times, Benzinga, US District Court for the District of Columbia, CNBC, The Hindu BusinessLine, The Information, Financial Times, The Register, Proactiveinvestors UK, WAtoday, Politico, Spyglass, AV Club, The Wrap, Inc, The Times, New York Post, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, Livemint, Barron's Online, NZ Herald, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, Mumbrella, News/Media Alliance, InformationWeek, Chamber of Progress, New York Times, Business Times, Neowin, and Wall Street Journal
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Caroline Hyde, and Phil Rosen
Forums: r/law, r/wallstreetbets, and r/politics
| Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword: |
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Threads: @eshumarneedi. Bluesky: @paleofuture.bsky.social. X: @kamylbazbaz and @khushitavasant. LinkedIn: Dave Michaels
Forums: Hacker News, r/neoliberal, r/android_devs, r/Android, and r/OpenAI
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Amazon announces AI Shopping Guides, which show AI-generated descriptions and recommendations for 100+ product types on its US mobile website and in its US app — Amazon feeds its large language models vast quantities of retail data. It says its AI agents might someday be smart enough to buy you stuff without you even having to ask.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
More: About Amazon, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, GeekWire, Maginative, TechCrunch, Associated Press, and Reuters. X: @amazonnews
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Some Threads and Instagram users say their accounts are being deleted or restricted due to moderation failures; Adam Mosseri says he's “looking into it” — On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending. Some users complain their accounts are being deleted …
More: Social Media Today, Gadgets 360, and Absolute Geeks
Threads: @mosseri, @kylie.robison, @wario64, @tomwarrenuk, @karissabe, @georgebetak, @personality_of_colt, @renee.diresta, @bluesky_social, @georgescriban, @shayan86bbc, @bluesky_social, @mattnavarra, @tomwarrenuk, @bluesky_social, @ckt_bkr, @josh.bellwilson, @willoremus, @maryocontrary, @guillecummings, @nickrmartin, @mattnavarra, @thebrianpenny, @laura_brianna, @jendiagammon, @mattnavarra, @saramontourlewis, @dino.luck, @stuartathompsonnyt, @mattnavarra, and @mattnavarra
Bluesky: @wagatwe.com, @o.simardcasanova.net, @janetcivitelli.bsky.social, @serrata.org, @krisrabberman.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, and @batsandwires.bsky.social. X: @evacide. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
The Nobel in Chemistry goes to David Baker “for computational protein design” and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein structure prediction” — - Demis Hassabis, John Jumper share half the $1.1 million award — Remainder goes to David Baker for building new proteins
More: Nobel Prize, The Guardian, Inc, BBC, TechCrunch, PC Gamer, WVIA Public Media, Business Insider, Institute for Protein Design, Google DeepMind, SiliconANGLE, Gulf Today, Washington State Standard, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, Nikkei Asia, New York Times, BusinessLIVE, Wired, Maginative, TNW, UPI, CNET, 3 Quarks Daily, ENDPOINTS NEWS, The Register, LinkedIn News, FierceBiotech, The Verge, Financial Times, Royal Society of Chemistry, New York Times, Nobel Prize, and Bloomberg
X: @nobelprize, @pkedrosky, @arthur_spirling, @mustafasuleyman, @yoavgo, @wittednote, @rosettacommons, @erikbryn, @jacobtref, @nobelprize, @vprasadmdmph, @can, @nandodf, @elerianm, @mikeisaac, @luke_metro, @roysocchem, @edcumming, @arpitingle, @oriolvinyalsml, @armandjoulin, @uwproteindesign, @nobelprize, @organic_portal, @andrewyng, @roysocchem, @googledeepmind, @madhumita29, @parmy, @sundarpichai, @emollick, @nobelprize, @xie_tian, @nobelprize, @nobelprize, @cambridge_uni, @hsu_steve, @usembsweden, @natolambert, @ylecun, @benwansell, @kylecranmer, @chanzuckerberg, @tszzl, @mhbergen, and @jeffdean. LinkedIn: Sapna Chadha
Forums: r/biology, r/worldnews, and r/technology
| Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post: |
Russia's Roskomnadzor bans Discord, drawing ire from the Russian military, which has extensively used the app to coordinate units on the battlefield in Ukraine — The ban has also renewed a wider debate about how Russia's bureaucratic machine keeps frustrating the military effort.| Reuters: |
More: Agence France-Presse, Agence France-Presse, GamesIndustry.biz, Neowin, PhoneArena, Bloomberg, The Record, PocketGamer.biz, BleepingComputer, Türkiye Today, Reclaim The Net, and Turkish Minute
X: @mervenoyann and @carl_dong
Forums: r/privacy, r/worldnews, and Slashdot
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting its breach that led to the August 2024 SSN leak may impact “hundreds of millions” — In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people … | Anna Washenko / Engadget: |
Meta rolls out Meta AI in six more countries, plans to add 15 more countries over the coming weeks, and adds it to its Ray-Ban glasses in Australia and the UK — 15 more countries will get access over the coming weeks. — Meta AI is beginning a big international rollout.| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI plans to restructure as a public benefit corporation to defend itself from hostile takeovers and protect Sam Altman from outsider interference — ChatGPT maker considers largely untested company model to protect chief executive Sam Altman from outside interference| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
X updates its Creator Revenue Sharing program to pay creators based on engagement with their content from Premium users, not how many see ads in their replies — X is making a big change to how creators can earn money from the platform. Since last year, X has shared ad revenue with creators based …
More: TechCrunch, Social Media Today, and Mashable
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Docs: OpenAI's projections suggest it won't turn a profit until 2029, when its revenue would hit $100B; losses could hit $14B in 2026, nearly 3x its 2024 losses — OpenAI's newest investors have signed up for a bumpy and expensive ride. The company's projections suggest it won't turn a profit until 2029 … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Zoom plans to launch a feature in 2025 that lets users create an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar with a head and arms from a video they record of themselves — Zoom wants to turn you into an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar — but not until sometime next year.
More: Zoom, Engadget, Zoom, Cryptopolitan, servicenow.com, Zoom, Channel Futures, Zoom, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Zoom, and ComputerWeekly.com
| Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: |
The US GSA's Login.gov is giving government agencies access to its IAL2-compliant face recognition tech, which compares a user's live selfie with their photo ID — Agencies using the government-created service will have the option to incorporate new face-matching capabilities or stick with existing offerings.| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian insurance firm Star Health says it suffered a “malicious cyberattack”, about two weeks after hackers put 31M customers' alleged personal data on Telegram — Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of the largest health insurance firms in India, has confirmed it was the target of a …
More: Livemint, NDTV, The Economic Times, and Inc42 Media
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI says it has disrupted 20+ operations and deceptive networks in 2024 so far that tried to use its models, including four that had election-related content — OpenAI is increasingly becoming a platform of choice for cyber actors looking to influence democratic elections across the globe.
More: NBC News, Inc, Seeking Alpha, Times of India, CyberScoop, and OpenAI
X: @benimmo, @robertpszczel, @ridt, @lukolejnik, and @gabby_roncone
Forums: r/technology and r/politics
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