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A look at Chinese hackers' attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached — Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing … | Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
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.
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Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's and ChatGPT's first few years, his removal as CEO, OpenAI's structure, AGI, AI safety, nuclear fusion, Trump, Musk, and more — On Nov. 30, 2022, traffic to OpenAI's website peaked at a number a little north of zero. It was a startup so small and sleepy … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Italy is in advanced talks for a €1.5B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe's largest such project — - Starlink would provide secure internet for Italian government — Prime Minister Meloni met with Trump in Florida on Saturday
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An 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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| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue of ~$64.6B, up 15% YoY vs. est. of a 13% rise, boosted by data center spending, with December 2024 bringing in ~$19.8B, up 42% YoY — - Company sees significant sales growth for the first quarter — December sales NT$655 billion up 42% on strong AI server sales
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Amit Yoran, the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable, passed away after a battle with cancer; he was once RSA's president, NetWitness' CEO, and In-Q-Tel's CEO — Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed away Friday after a battle with cancer.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: AI startups building medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, up from $390M in 2023, as Microsoft, Amazon, and others compete for market share — Investment in the apps has doubled as Big Tech and start-ups compete to grab share of market — Investment in artificial …
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| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
CrowdStrike, whose botched software update caused a global IT outage in July 2024, has more than recovered the $30B in market value it shed after the crisis — Cyber security company has more than recovered the $30bn in market value it shed after the crisis| Financial Times: |
Malaysia's environment minister says global tech companies should expect to pay a premium for access to energy and water to serve data centers in the country — Investment in ‘oil of the 21st century’ will support country's development of renewable power — Global tech companies should expect … | Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
How Huawei is flourishing despite harsh US sanctions, demonstrating the resilience of a company at the center of a worsening cold war between the US and China — China's biggest telecommunications manufacturer drew tough U.S. sanctions. It is still flourishing, but globalization is on the ropes.
More: South China Morning Post, Notebookcheck, Moneycontrol, iLounge, and Huawei Central
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Douyin, Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu vow to improve their algorithms after China's three-month campaign from November 2024 to fix “typical issues with algorithms” — ByteDance's Douyin, PDD's Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu have promised to address issues related to the misuse of algorithmsSponsor Posts
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