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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft's disclosures about Chinese hackers accessing US government email accounts try to obscure the role of Microsoft's own vulnerabilities in the breach — Critics also decry Microsoft's “pay-to-play” monitoring that detected intrusions. — On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain …
More: Microsoft Security Blog, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, CRN, GeekWire, The Record, WinBuzzer, Reuters, and SiliconANGLE
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The US Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit denies the FTC's appeal for an injunctive relief to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard from closing — In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission's appeal …
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| Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: |
Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality — People who use ChatGPT to help with writing tasks are more productive and produce higher-quality work than those who don't, a study found.
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Some Reddit users report disappearance of their private messages from before 2023; Reddit says the move was announced on June 22 and is effective since June 30 — Many Redditors were caught off guard by the removal of their chat and message history. — The Reddit blackout protests …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In a Twitter Spaces chat, Elon Musk says xAI plans to collaborate with Tesla on silicon and AI software, use public tweets for AI training, and more — - During a live audio session on Twitter, owner and chairman Elon Musk said his new AI startup, xAI, will use Twitter data for training the …
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| Brendan Pierson / Reuters: |
A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower court order that sharply limited US government officials' and agencies' contacts with social media companies — A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials …
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
A look at Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which has 100M+ registered members, including 11M paid subscribers, as the anime streaming service looks to India for growth — - President says new anime markets like India will drive growth — Global expansion helps owner Sony boost entertainment content
More: Tech in Asia and Livemint
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Forums: r/television, r/boxoffice, and Slashdot
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter could descend into irrelevance if the trends driving Threads' early success, including network effects and Elon Musk's self-inflicted wounds, persist — Threads, from Instagram, has many distinct qualities that make it the first credible threat to Elon Musk's vision of what a social network should be
More: Fox Business, Los Angeles Times, Livemint, Android Headlines, and Gamereactor UK. Twitter: @wsj
| Matt Wales / Eurogamer.net: |
Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, Xbox's senior director of corporate communications, is leaving Microsoft after 22 years to “work on the next chapter of my career” — To “work on the next chapter of my career.” — Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, long one of the most recognisable presences …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Binance has fired over 1,000 people in recent weeks; the cuts are global, ongoing, and could result in the company losing more than a third of its staff — Crypto exchange reduces workforce as Justice Department investigation continues — Binance, the giant crypto exchange …
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Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @cz_binance, @dcsilver, @dylanleclair_, @cz_binance, and @adamscochran
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
The Ripple ruling implies securities laws protect only sophisticated investors, the opposite of the US stock market's rule, and seems likely to work out poorly — Crypto tokens are securities unless you are anonymously dumping them on retail investors.
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| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Updraft patches its AIOS WordPress plugin, used by 1M+ sites, after it logged plaintext passwords; Updraft didn't warn its users during the exposure period — The All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress security plugin, used by over a million WordPress sites, was found to be logging plaintext passwords …
More: Ars Technica, All-In-One Security …, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, RestorePrivacy, and TechRadar
Mastodon: @BleepingComputer …, @ArenaCops@infosec.exchange, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. Twitter: @updraftplus. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Reuters: |
Sources: the CEOs of Intel and Qualcomm are planning to meet US officials in DC next week to discuss China policy, export controls, market conditions, and more — The chief executives of Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy … Sponsor Posts
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