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Microsoft confirms two zero-days in Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild; security firm GTSC suspects a Chinese threat actor — Microsoft has confirmed that two recently reported zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild.
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Report: Bruce Willis sold his “digital twin” likeness rights to Deepcake, for use in ads and possibly even movies; a Russian ad already used a Willis deepfake — Tech will allow Willis' doppelgänger to continue working despite language disorder diagnosis.
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SEC filing: Intel's self-driving car unit Mobileye files for an IPO and reports a H1 2022 revenue of $854M, up 21% from H1 2021 — Mobileye, Intel Corp's (INTC.O) self-driving unit, on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, revealing a 21% jump in revenue for the first half of the year.| Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios: |
Surveys of ~16,000 US adults per brand shows that 86% Gen Z adults have a “somewhat” or “very” favorable opinion of YouTube, 73% of Instagram, and 69% of TikTok — The youngest generation of adults is so crazy for tech companies that YouTube, Google …
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At Tesla AI Day, Musk shows an Optimus humanoid robot prototype that he claims shares AI software and sensors with Autopilot, and will “probably” cost <$20K — Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid “Optimus” robot that shares some AI software and sensors …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Singapore will not permit crypto ads at the track and in local areas at this weekend's F1 Singapore GP, underscoring a changing regulatory stance toward crypto — At Formula One's Miami Grand Prix in May, the dizzying displays of crypto companies sponsoring the sport were inescapable … | Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high danger and intervene — A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Meta says Facebook for Android will soon use its own Chromium-based in-app browser engine, citing security and stability as reasons for its WebView alternative — When you open a link while in another app, it usually launches in your browser (e.g., Chrome) or a Custom Tab.
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| Andy Baio / Waxy.org: |
Tech companies working with AI are shielding themselves from accountability by outsourcing data collection and model training to academic and non-profit groups — Yesterday, Meta's AI Research Team announced Make-A-Video, a “state-of-the-art AI system that generates videos from text.”
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| Emily Baker-White / Forbes: |
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm — Some of the ads include descriptions of sexual violence, paired with images of battered women and photos of male fitness influencers, which were used without permission.| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Ontario-based Avidbots, which makes autonomous floor cleaning robots for commercial settings, raised a $70M Series C, bringing its total funding to $107M — Kitchener-Waterloo startup Avidbots has secured $70 million USD in a Series C funding round to expand its fleet of floor scrubbing robots.| Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: |
NYC-based Grow Therapy, which offers tools for mental health providers to set up virtual practices, raised a $75M Series B, bringing its total funding to $90M — The new allocation will help the company expand its insurance coverage, including Medicare and Medicaid, across the U.S.
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A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition — Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.
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