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Amit Yoran, the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable, passed away after a battle with cancer; he previously held a number of roles, including president of RSA — Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed away Friday after a battle with cancer.
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A look at India's draft DPDP Rules, which require platforms to verify the age and identity of a parent when obtaining consent to process data of users under 18 — The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age …
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India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, meant to enforce the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments — The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, lay out the tentative terms of enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which was passed in Parliament in 2023
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Analysis of social media posts, AI art, Spaces comments, biographical details, and more suggests Adrian Dittmann is a German fan of Elon Musk living in Fiji — An Elon Musk fan in Fiji tricks the world — The AI avatar for the Adrian Dittmann X account, left, and Adrian Dittmann appearing …
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How China-linked Volt Typhoon hackers breached local utilities and the US DOD's sensitive networks in Guam, a US territory vital for defending Taiwan militarily — Small-scale telecommunications networks and utilities on a remote Pacific island are up against what US intelligence agencies say is an unprecedented Chinese cyberwar plan.| The Verge: |
What to expect at CES 2025: TVs with AI features, laptops built around Nvidia's new 50-series discrete GPUs, Matter smart home devices, and more — It's time for the biggest tech show of the year. CES 2025 officially kicks off next week, with most of the industry's biggest names gathering … | Bismah Malik / Inc42 Media: |
Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M — SUMMARY — Dunzo cofounder and CEO Kabeer Biswas as per our sources is leading talks with high net worth individuals and family offices for an acquisition deal| Max Levy / Denver Post: |
Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tim Gill, who founded the publishing software company Quark before becoming an influential LGBTQ+ activist — “He has helped lead the fight against HIV-AIDS, laid the groundwork for marriage equality and so much more”| Financial Times: |
Industry insiders hope the success of Black Myth: Wukong, which earned ~$1.1B from nearly 25M copies, will rekindle Chinese gaming investments after a crackdown — As Beijing eases regulations, developers are tooling up to produce big-budget titles with international appeal| Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: |
Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its executive suite — Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. — But it was chaos for thousands … | Stephen Morris / Financial Times: |
An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on rolling out AI tools without upsetting creators, and more; YouTube has paid $70B to partners in the past three years — Veteran executive seen as a potential Google CEO must tackle threats from Trump to tech rivals| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Religious leaders are experimenting with AI, spurring an industry of faith-based tech companies that offer AI tools to do theological research and write sermons — Rabbi Josh Fixler at Congregation Emanu El in Houston worked with a data scientist to create his experimental “Rabbi Bot.”
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