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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple built Ajax, a framework for building LLMs, created a chatbot app that some engineers call “Apple GPT”, and is planning an AI announcement in 2024 — - Company builds large language models and internal chatbot — Executives haven't decided how to release tools to consumers
More: Business Today, International Business Times, Engadget, Supervised, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Verge, Huawei Central, CNBC, ZDNet, Quartz, Tech in Asia, Daring Fireball, Reuters, CoinGape, The Hill, Gizmodo, TweakTown, Tom's Hardware, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Insider, TechRadar, iThinkDifferent, Laptop Mag, BGR, Tom's Guide, Search Engine Journal, CryptoSlate, Fast Company, Cointelegraph, Macworld, Wccftech, MacDailyNews, MobileSyrup, Tech Startups, Investing.com UK, Redmond Pie, The Information, SlashGear, Android Authority, Dexerto, Decrypt, Digital Trends, Mashable, BigTechWire, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
Twitter: @flyosity, @scobleizer, @bilawalsidhu, @stevesi, @manan, @joannastern, @newsynick, @rachelmetz, @mgsiegler, and @markgurman
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Kevin Mitnick, a hacker best known for his crime spree in the 1990s, who later became a consultant, writer, and public speaker after leaving prison, dies at 59 — Mr. Mitnick, best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers, died from pancreatic cancer.
More: Dignity Memorial, Boing Boing, SecurityWeek, The Verge, Pixel Envy, and The US Sun
Bluesky: @ahess247.bsky.social. Mastodon: @MikeElgan@mastodon.social, @tprophet@defcon.social, @jacob@social.jacobian.org, @mdhughes@appdot.net, @ernie@writing.exchange, @film_girl@mastodon.social, @riskybusiness@infosec …, @ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social, @ahess247@mastodon.world, @vmstan@vmst.io, @Kye@tech.lgbt, @sysop408@sfba.social, @andybaio@xoxo.zone, @ajroach42@retro.social, and @campuscodi@mastodon.social
Twitter: @bryanthemapsguy, @arvidkahl, @unhealthytruth, @_d3f4ult, @insegar, @panopticonomy, @sehnaoui, @ihackbanme, @unhealthytruth, @kimzetter, @trevmckendrick, @mikeelgan, and @kevincollier
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
| Or Goren / Cord Busters: |
Netflix removes its most affordable $10/month ad-free Basic tier in the US and UK, charging new and rejoining members £10.99/month or $15.49/month for no ads — This post may contain affiliate links* — Breaking: In a major shakeup of its pricing model, Netflix, the global streaming giant …
More: The Verge, The Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Engadget, IGN, Variety, Thurrott, Wall Street Journal, TechRadar, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, Washington Times, Looper, Sky News, New York Post, AFTVnews, USA Today, ZDNet, Game Rant, Livemint, MacRumors, MarketWatch, Android Central, USA Today, The A.V. Club, Android Police, Collider, Bloomberg, Polygon, and The Mirror
Twitter: @tvgrimreaper, @deggans, @alexweprin, @mrcaptaincrash, @tidalcap, and @richlightshed
Forums: r/technology, r/cordcutters, r/netflix, Beehaw, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Lisa Richwine / Reuters: |
Netflix Q2: revenue up 2.7% YoY to $8.2B, vs. $8.3B est., net income up 3.3% YoY to $1.5B, 5.9M net new subscribers, vs. 1.9M est., and a Q3 forecast below est. — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) handily beat Wall Street earnings forecasts on Wednesday as a password-sharing crackdown …
More: Netflix, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Deadline, Reuters, NPR, CNN, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Information, GameSpot, MarketWatch, The Wrap, Investor's Business Daily, Benzinga, The Desk, NBC 7 San Diego, Seeking Alpha, The Streamable, Thurrott, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Bloomberg, Android Central, Shacknews, Associated Press, Barron's Online, Neowin, and CNBC
Twitter: @tvgrimreaper, @karlbode, @sarthakgh, @karlbode, @juicethousand, @karlbode, @lucas_shaw, @bluthcapital, @lucas_shaw, @reigncoates, @joerussotweets, and @loudmouthjulia. Threads: @carnage4life
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
More: Business Today, Associated Press, Silicon Valley Business …, Livemint, Times of India, NDTV, Moneycontrol, MySmartPrice, India Today, News18, BGR, Livemint, Light Reading, The Information, Digital Trends, The Hollywood Reporter, The Economic Times, Los Angeles Times, Adweek, Financial Times, Engadget, PCMag, Fast Company, Variety, Fortune, and City A.M.
| Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter: |
| C. Scott Brown / Android Authority: |
Google launches Nearby Share for Windows, letting users transfer files between PCs and Android devices close to each other, after debuting a beta in March 2023 — Anyone can download Nearby Share for Windows now, but your future laptop might come with it pre-installed. — • — TL;DR
More: The Keyword, PCWorld, Techlusive, BetaNews, Google Help Center, Android Headlines, TechSpot, BigTechWire, Engadget, Android Central, Phone Scoop, Pocketables, SlashGear, Liliputing, Droid Life, Phandroid, The Windows Club, Chrome Unboxed, Windows Central, and TechCrunch. Twitter: @mishaalrahman
| Arun Padmanabhan / Moneycontrol: |
In Llama 2's commercial terms, Meta says companies with 700M+ MAUs must request a license, and users are prohibited from utilizing Llama 2 to improve other LLMs — Although Meta has announced that it will open-source its LLM and allow free usage for commercial and research purposes …
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, The Guardian, VentureBeat, Fortune, CIO Dive, Windows Central, Insider, Android Headlines, and Meta. Twitter: @quinnypig
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Adobe releases an emergency ColdFusion security update which fixes a zero-day RCE flaw used in the wild, after its July 11 fix was marked incomplete by Rapid7 — Adobe released an emergency ColdFusion security update that fixes critical vulnerabilities, including a fix for a new zero-day exploited in attacks.
More: Adobe Help Center, iTnews, The Hacker News, Rapid7, Infosecurity, and Ars Technica
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
A study claims GPT-4's outputs grew worse from March to June, but some experts aren't convinced by the results and urge OpenAI to be less opaque about AI models — Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture. — On Tuesday, researchers …
More: arXiv.org, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Fortune, AI Snake Oil, Simon Willison's Weblog, Tom's Hardware, Insider, Search Engine Journal, Digital Trends, Windows Central, ZDNet, MakeUseOf, and Gizmodo
Mastodon: @mmitchell_ai@mastodon.social. Twitter: @npew, @random_walker, @stevesi, and @stevesi. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers identify 200K+ OpenAI credentials for sale on the dark web in the form of stealer logs, as hackers show an increased interest in generative AI tools — Threat actors are showing an increased interest in generative artificial intelligence tools, with hundreds of thousands … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
France designates Société Générale's blockchain unit Forge a digital asset service provider, issuing the country's first license under its new crypto rules — - Forge awarded permissions to act as custodian, trade crypto — License will help meet demand from institutional clients: CEO
More: SG FORGE, AMF, Inside Bitcoins, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoSlate, crypto.news, and Ethereum World News
Twitter: @whalecointalk, @richadams0x, @cryptomichnl, and @cointelegraph
| New York Times: |
Sources: Google is testing an AI-powered tool to produce news stories, pitching it to news orgs including NYT, WaPo, and News Corp as a helpmate for journalists — The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard agree to extend the finalization of their merger agreement to October 18, pending the outcome of negotiations with the UK CMA — Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have agreed to extend their merger agreement pending the outcome of negotiations with UK regulators.
More: Activision Blizzard, SiliconANGLE, IGN, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, Dexerto, Gizchina, Wccftech, Eurogamer.net, Press Start, Neowin, The Information, TechSpot, Engadget, Variety, and CNBC
LinkedIn: Joost Rietveld. Twitter: @XboxP3, @BradSmi, @lulumeservey, @fxshaw, @deeketweak, @tomwarren, @GeorgeOsborn, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @leah_nylen, @tomwarren, and @leah_nylen
Forums: r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/XboxSeriesX, r/XboxGamePass, and r/xboxone
| Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft plans to give 31 security logs to its lower-cost cloud service licensees for free in September 2023, after its China hack disclosures drew criticism — Company says it will make security logs available to customers with lower-cost cloud services — Microsoft said it plans …
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Cybersecurity …, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, iTnews, and Neowin
LinkedIn: Vasu Jakkal and C. Kelly Bissell
Twitter: @teroalhonen, @ericgeller, and @rootsecdev
| Matthew Humphries / PCMag: |
Intel grants Asus a non-exclusive license to its NUC designs; Asus plans to make, sell, and support 10th to 13th gen systems and can develop new system designs — The agreement covers existing NUCs and allows Asus to design new models. … , Asus is granted a non-exclusive license …
More: Intel, The Verge, AnandTech, ServeTheHome, Wccftech, CNX Software, Windows Central, ITPro, AppleInsider, and ExtremeTech
Twitter: @asuspressroom, @tomwarren, @intelnews, and @lamw
| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
In an earnings call, Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing its FSD software and hardware to other carmakers and is “already in discussions” with a major OEM — “We're not trying to keep this to ourselves” ~ Tesla CEO Elon Musk. — In a surprise announcement during Tesla's …
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Twitter: @tashaark, @lorakolodny, and @fredericlambert
| Jay Jacobs / Cyentia Institute: |
Analysis: tweets about CVEs, which peaked before Elon Musk took over, show a steep decline in recent months, suggesting the infosec Twitter community has shrunk — “Infosec twitter” has been used to describe the vibrant, active and often enthusiastic community of security practitioners working in and around the industry.
LinkedIn: Javvad Malik. Bluesky: @weld.bsky.social, @evacide.bsky.social, and @cuducos.me
Mastodon: @juandesant@astrodon.social, @simplenomad@rigor …, @masukomi@connectified.com, @JoeUchill@mastodon.social, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @bkeegan@hci.social, and @eric_capuano@infosec.exchange
Twitter: @fredericjacobs, @oxbloodruffin, @matthew_d_green, @soatokdhole, @themckenziest, @jayjacobs, @jgamblin, @into_thefuture, and @franksec42. Threads: @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News and r/cybersecurity
| Bloomberg: |
Researchers say hate speech and misinformation on Twitter are up; CEO Linda Yaccarino says that's “incorrect” and touts improvements, like ad placement controls — Since Musk's takeover, a number of researchers see a rise in hate speech, violent content
More: Deadline and Designing Tomorrow
Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social. Twitter: @twitterbusiness, @lindayacc, @mattnavarra, @parmy, @ttp_updates, @bradstone, @csmap_nyu, @sarahfrier, and @aishacounts. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Gijong Lee / The Elec: |
Sources: Samsung has begun the development of a smart ring, the so-called Galaxy Ring, using circuit boards made by Japan's Meiko — Device to offer health information to wearers Samsung has started the development of a new smart device that will come in the form of a ring, TheElec has learned.
| Emmy Lucas / Forbes: |
Los Angeles-based Karat Financial, which offers creators banking and credit card services, raised a $70M Series B, split as $40M in equity and $30M in debt — The creator economy is booming: Goldman Sachs estimates its total addressable market to be $250 billion today.
More: The Information, TechCrunch, and Karat Financial
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches a standalone WhatsApp app for Wear OS 3, letting smartwatch users start chats, reply to messages, and take calls without their connected phone — WhatsApp has finally launched its standalone app for smartwatches running Google's Wear OS, after much anticipation and months-long beta testing.
More: The Verge, TechRadar, Digit, MySmartPrice, Android Headlines, SamMobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, TweakTown, Times of India, Gadget Tendency, Yahoo News, Global Village Space, SamacharCentral, Argus News, and 9to5Google
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