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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Meta revamping its content moderation systems with Community Notes is good, but Zuckerberg pretending it's about free speech is bad, and the timing is stupid — from the misinformation-about-disinformation dept — When the NY Times declared in September that “Mark Zuckerberg is Done With Politics …
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Forums: r/technology, r/KeepOurNetFree, and r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says Meta's moderation changes are “deeply troubling”, and Mastodon will take action on Threads accounts violating Mastodon's policies — Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday …
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| Philip Blenkinsop / Reuters: |
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Ivanti warns that a zero-day in its widely-used Connect Secure VPN service has been exploited to compromise the networks of its corporate customers — U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited to compromise the networks of its corporate customers.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple says it has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles and never sold it for advertising or other purposes, after paying $95M to settle a lawsuit — A Siri lawsuit settlement over privacy issues has dredged up old rumors about iPhone ad targeting, but Apple says it ‘has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles.’
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Daily Listen, which uses AI to generate a five-minute personalized audio overview of stories and topics that a user follows, to its mobile app — Google is kicking off a new experiment in Search Labs today called “Daily Listen.” It's a bit like NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, while there are also podcast parallels.| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
A look at AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi that have embedded always-on microphones to record conversations around the user and give actionable insights — The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
xAI is testing a standalone iOS app for its chatbot Grok in several countries, like the US, Australia, and India; Grok was available only to X users until now — Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now.| Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press: |
Japan says Chinese hacking group MirrorFace is linked to 200+ cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 targeting the country's national security and advanced tech data — Japan on Wednesday linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country's national security …
More: CSO, TechCrunch, TechRadar, CyberInsider, The Hacker News, The Register, Digital Journal, The Record, The Japan Times, and Kyodo News+. Forums: Beehaw
| Peter Eavis / New York Times: |
US dockworkers and shipping industry officials reach a tentative labor agreement, overcoming their differences over automated cargo-moving machinery at ports — Dockworkers and employers on the East and Gulf Coasts had until Jan. 15 to reach a new agreement that settled differences over automation.
More: The Boston Globe and NBC News
| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: |
| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
YL Ventures: Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4B in 2024, up 100%+ YoY from $1.89B, across 89 rounds, including 50 seed or early stage that totaled $400M — Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4 billion in 2024, more than double that of 2023, led by firms seeking to protect the cloud along …
More: YL Ventures, VCWire, YL Ventures, Forbes, Cybersecurity Dive, and Tech in Asia
LinkedIn: Barak Schoster Goihman and Ofer Schreiber
| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
Filing: the Northern District Court of California gives the US government final approval to sell 69,370 BTC, worth $6.5B, seized in its Silk Road investigation — The ruling does not ensure immediate liquidation of the seized Bitcoin, as federal asset forfeiture requires several administrative processes.| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Adam Mosseri says Meta is adding political content recommendations to Instagram and Threads; Threads' political content control setting will have three options — It's been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted to blocking recommendations of “political” content from accounts …
More: BBC, PhoneArena, Business Today, and Engadget
Threads: @mosseri, @mosseri, @zuck, @mosseri, @technologizer, @mommasgonecity, @hunterreesepena, @david_ingram, @guillecummings, @richardlawler, @celozaga, @peggykolm, @adisruptivekid, and @wongmjane. X: @maxwelltani
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank and its majority-owned Arm are weighing acquiring Oracle-backed Ampere, which designs ARM-based server CPUs; Ampere is exploring its options — Talks could still fall apart, the people cautioned. It's also possible Ampere could end up being bought by another suitor.Sponsor Posts
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