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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Microsoft: Russia, China, and Iran are stepping up cyber-influence efforts on the US election; China has focused on down-ballot candidates and Congress members — Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Recorded Future, The Hill, Associated Press, US News, Times Of India on YouTube, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Neowin, CBS News, Benzinga, Semafor, and Associated Press
X: @senatorheinrich, @recordedfuture, @irnaenglish, @msftissues, @brianjliston, @msftsecintel, and @msftsecintel. LinkedIn: Tom Burt
Forums: r/technology, r/ParlerWatch, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/inthenews, r/politics, and Slashdot
| Catherine Belton / Washington Post: |
Documents show direct ties between Russia's government and a former Florida deputy sheriff behind a network of fake news sites using AI and targeting US voters — Russian documents reviewed by The Post expose the workings of a Moscow network that has become a potent source of fake news targeting American voters.
More: Dark Reading. Threads: @brian.fishman.5. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social. X: @catherinebelton, @shayan86, @simonateba, and @nickkristof
Forums: r/politics and r/RussiaLago
| Ming-Chi Kuo: |
Kuo: Apple has cut iPhone 16 orders by ~10M units for Q4 2024 and H1 2025, mostly non-Pro models, and plans 8.6M iPhone SE 4 units from December 2024 to Q1 2025 — - iPhone 16 orders were cut by around 10M units for 4Q24-1H25, with most of the cuts affecting non-Pro models.
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X: @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @amitisinvesting, @deitaone, @spercharged, @htsfhickey, @neilcybart, @stockmarketnerd, @elg, and @susanlitv. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Six Colors: |
Apple releases iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 developer betas, with features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, and ChatGPT integration — Apple Intelligence just keeps on coming. — The first batch of features in Apple's much-hyped entry into the artificial intelligence boom …
More: Apple Developer, Business Standard, Business Today, MacRumors, Moneycontrol, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Livemint, CNBC, 9to5Mac, TechIssuesToday.com, 9to5Mac on YouTube, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, Anadolu Ajansı …, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Brandon Butch on YouTube, MacRumors, Andru Edwards on YouTube, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, Forbes, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, OS X Daily, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, Cult of Mac, WinBuzzer, PYMNTS.com, iClarified, 9to5Mac, The Shortcut, Apple « Gadget Hacks, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Spyglass, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, CNET, CNET, MacStories, TechRadar, BGR, BGR, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and Engadget
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple nears production of MacBook Airs with M4 for release in early 2025, slightly delays M4 Mac Studio, and plans new entry-level iPads for the spring — - Company slightly delays next Mac Studio desktop with M4 chip — Preparations in place to launch new MacBook Air early in 2025| Bloomberg: |
Roblox plans child-safety reforms, including a new type of account to let parents monitor their child's online activity and friends, starting in November — How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay … Hello World
More: The Verge, Engadget, and The Information
| Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google open sources SynthID Text, which lets developers watermark and detect text generated by AI models, available under the Apache 2.0 license — Google is making SynthID Text, its technology that lets developers watermark and detect text generated by generative AI models, generally available.| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
The US CFPB says Goldman Sachs and Apple will pay $89M following a long-running Apple Card investigation; Goldman must pay $64.8M and Apple must pay $25M — - Watchdog cites customer service breakdowns, misrepresentations — Goldman banned from new credit cards without ‘credible’ plan
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Forums: r/technology, r/AppleCard, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $14.97B, vs. $15.07B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $3B, up more than $1B QoQ — IBM shares moved 3% lower in extended trading on Wednesday after the hardware, software and services provider fell short of Wall Street's revenue expectations for the third quarter.| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Hugging Face announces an open source software offering aimed at lowering costs for building chatbots and AI tools, in partnership with AWS, Google, and others — Hugging Face on Wednesday said it is releasing a new open-source software offering with Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Fortinet discloses a critical FortiManager API flaw being exploited in 0-day attacks to steal sensitive files, after warning customers privately over a week ago — Fortinet publicly disclosed today a critical FortiManager API vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-47575, that was exploited …
More: Ars Technica, FortiGuard Labs, DoublePulsar, Security Affairs, Cyber Daily, Help Net Security, The Register, TechTarget, PaymentSecurity.io, The Record, Google Cloud Blog, Security Boulevard, SecurityWeek, BankInfoSecurity.com, CRN, The Stack, and Security Boulevard
Forums: r/fortinet, r/cybersecurity, and Ars OpenForum
| CNN: |
Sources: the US DOJ warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1M sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law — The Justice Department warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states …
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Threads: @esqueer_. X: @jason_kint, @marshallcohen, @sarahnferris, @josephpolitano, @electproject, @joycewhitevance, and @tomlobianco
| Margaux MacColl / TechCrunch: |
Police surveillance company Flock Safety buys drone startup Aerodome, sources say for $300M+; both are a16z-backed and have raised $680M+ and $28M respectively — Last week, police surveillance startup Flock Safety announced that it had bought drone startup Aerodome.| Washington Post: |
A profile of Nicole Shanahan, the ex-wife of Sergey Brin and a rising MAGA star; sources: Shanahan and Brin's marriage drove a wedge between Brin and Larry Page — With a massive divorce settlement from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the former Democrat and RFK Jr. running mate is remaking herself …
More: Yahoo News. Threads: @pkafka. X: @billkuchman, @merylkornfield, @bigmeaninternet, @seamushughes, @pkafka, @nkulw, @ashleyrparker, @nitashatiku, @wexler, and @_cingraham
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Fixify, which combines AI and human analysts to identify and fix IT problems, raised a $25M Series A co-led by Costanoa, Decibel, and Paladin Capital — Matt Peters has spent more than a decade working for cybersecurity vendors. He was a team lead at Check Point, climbed the corporate ladder …
More: SiliconANGLE, Unite.AI, Fixify, and Fixify
| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
UK-based Wayve, which develops AI software for vehicles, starts testing its driver-assistance system in San Francisco and opens a new office in California — - London-based startup opens new office in Sunnyvale, California — Company will conduct first road trials outside UK in Bay area
More: Wayve, Bloomberg Technology on YouTube, Wayve, TechCrunch, and Quartz
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto super PAC Fairshake, a rare bipartisan PAC, plans to deploy $40M+ in the final weeks of the 2024 US elections, after already deploying $140M — Fairshake is the rare political action committee that is backing both Democrats and Republicans — as long as they take crypto seriously.
More: Coinpedia Fintech News and Cryptopolitan
| Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Glassnode data shows the number of bitcoin whales, network entities holding at least 1,000 bitcoin, has jumped to 1,678, the highest level since January 2021 — Protocol Village: Blockchain Key Manager Cubist, Led by Carnegie Mellon Prof, Launches Bridge-Security System ‘Bascule’| Financial Times: |
Insight and Info: China's leading EDA companies for chip design, Empyrean Technology, Primarius, and Semitronix, had less than 2% of global market share in 2023 — Beijing pushes for a bigger share of the crucial electronic design automation market — Chinese companies are struggling …
Mastodon: @1br0wn@eupolicy.social
| The Information: |
Sources: Apple has sharply scaled back Vision Pro production since early summer, and could stop making the existing version entirely by the end of 2024 — Apple has sharply scaled back production of its Vision Pro mixed reality headset since the early summer and could stop making …
More: MacRumors, Reuters, TechEBlog, Digital Trends, The Daily Upside, Benzinga, The Tech Basic, ZeroHedge News, Business Insider, Tom's Guide, PYMNTS.com, Android Headlines, Silicon UK, Wall Street Pit, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Threads: @sanjaykmenon1. Mastodon: @festal@tldr.nettime.org. X: @dennycloudhead, @da_real_hugo, @gartenberg, @boredelonmusk, @intocryptoverse, @oswaldvalue, @amitisinvesting, @waynema, @ejzim, @paulroetzer, @zachdcarter, @wholemarsblog, @autismcapital, @yelix, @unusual_whales, @moonoverlord, @kantrowitz, @amir, @nkulw, @unusual_whales, @chrisharihar, @heaney555, @growing_daniel, and @rustybrick. LinkedIn: Benedict Evans
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