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Intel patches a bug affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs that lets code running inside a VM crash hypervisors, a risk to cloud providers in particular — Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors. — Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates to fix …
More: Tavis Ormandy, Intel, The Record, BleepingComputer, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Google Cloud Blog, SamMobile, Wccftech, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, LWN.net, and The Register
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Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple extends free usage of Emergency SOS on iPhone 14 for two more years, to September 2025; the company has not yet announced how much Emergency SOS will cost — Apple today announced it is extending the free usage period for Emergency SOS satellite features for iPhone 14 users.
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| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Epic v. Google: Sundar Pichai confirms Google paid Apple 36% of the search revenue generated on iPhones, saying the total payment “was well over $10B” in 2022 — Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, testified on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks to defend his company against monopoly claims.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
US v. Google raises the question of how antitrust law handles a company becoming dominant due to offering a far superior product, especially if the DOJ wins — I've noted my skepticism regarding the antitrust attacks on the current Google antitrust trial regarding how it pays to have its search placed …
More: Daring Fireball, Computing, New York Times, and Business Insider
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| Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is pausing new ChatGPT Plus signups “for a bit” as “the surge in usage post devday has exceeded our capacity” — OpenAI has paused new ChatGPT Plus signups due to overwhelming demand for new features introduced at recent DevDay conference.
Source: @sama. More: Windows Central, Bloomberg, TechRadar, Cointelegraph, CoinGeek, SamMobile, Forbes, The Decoder, Business Today, Beyond Search, The Economic Times, Livemint, MSPoweruser, and Analytics India Magazine
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft announces the Maia 100 chip for Azure users, already in testing with its Bing and Office AI tools, and Cobalt, a chip for servers, launching in 2024 — Software giant seeks to reduce dependence on outside suppliers in two key growth areas.| VideoCardz.com: |
Asus apologizes for accidentally printing “Evangenlion”, not “Evangelion”, on new $700 ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Edition motherboards and offers replacements — ASUS will replace misprinted Evangelion motherboard parts — Purely cosmetic part has misspelled logo on $700 motherboard.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Three young hackers behind Mirai talk about building the DDoS botnet, losing control of their monster, their work for the FBI as part of a plea deal, and more — Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld … | Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say execs made the decision based on free speech considerations — Company weighed free-speech considerations in changing its policy last year
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
The FBI dismantled the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure as part of a September plea deal with Sergei Makinin, the hacker behind the operation — The FBI dismantled the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure this week following a September plea deal with the hacker behind the operation.| Nicola Davis / The Guardian: |
A study found that AI-generated photos of faces, particularly white faces, were perceived as more real by survey participants than photos of actual people — Photographs were seen as less realistic than computer images but there was no difference with pictures of people of colour| Washington Post: |
Meta calls for legislation requiring app stores to get parental approval for kids aged 13 to 15 to download apps, pushing Google and Apple to play a bigger role — The tech giant is calling for legislation requiring that parents approve teens' downloads on app stores like Google and Apple
More: The Verge, Meta, Washington Examiner, and 9to5Mac
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Be My Eyes, an app for the blind and visually impaired, says Microsoft plans to add Be My AI tech to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for customer service — - Company is working with Be My Eyes app for visually impaired — Service will help users install software updates, troubleshoot
More: Business Wire and MSPoweruser
| Bloomberg: |
Huawei and China Mobile have built a 3,000 km network that they claim is the world's first internet network to achieve a “stable and reliable” 1.2Tbps bandwidth — - Huawei, Tsinghua and China Mobile claim an industry first — The network spans 3,000 km from Beijing to Guangzhou| Chris Velazco / Washington Post: |
Nothing plans to roll out an early version of Nothing Chats, a Sunbird-based app that lets Phone (2) users send iMessages to iPhone contacts, on November 17 — Nothing, Sunbird and other upstarts are taking iMessage where it's never been before — Here's a glimmer of hope for anyone …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Astro for Business, letting SMBs buy its Alexa-powered Astro security robot for $2,350 per unit for sites no larger than 5,000 square feet — Astro for Business aims to automate nighttime patrols. — It's been a couple of years since Amazon first showed off Astro … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX is discussing an IPO for Starlink as soon as late 2024; a source says SpaceX has been moving Starlink assets to a new subsidiary — - Starlink satellites beam down high-speed internet from space — Starlink could generate some $10 billion in sales next year
More: The Information, Finbold, Reuters, and Forbes
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists — Google announced a slew of updates to Maps, including improved transit directions, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists.
More: Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Police, CNBC, BGR, Search Engine Journal, The Keyword, and The Keyword. Bluesky: @epro.social
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google launches Notes, an experiment to let users that opt-in via Search Labs annotate search results, including with images and colorful fonts — Ever wanted to add your own annotations to search results you find on Google? With Google's new “Notes” experiment, launching Wednesday as an opt … | Rest of World: |
An in-depth look at how platforms like Shein, Pinduoduo-owned Temu, and TikTok Shop are heralding a new era for Chinese e-commerce by expanding overseas — China is no longer just the world's factory; now, it's also the world's mall. As online shopping slows within China …
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LinkedIn: Mattia Peretti, Jane O., and Laís Martins
| Joe Miller / Financial Times: |
IRL's co-founders sue SoftBank and two VCs, accusing them of deliberately “destroying” the Gen Z app and creating an “outrageous lie” over inflated user counts — Founders of Gen Z app IRL allege Japanese group spread damaging lies about company
X: @joemillerjr
| Eyal Press / New Yorker: |
A look at wrongful US arrests due to false positive facial recognition matches, and how “automation bias” can lead the police to ignore contradictory evidence — Too often, a facial-recognition search represents virtually the entirety of a police investigation.
More: Euractiv. X: @newyorker, @glynco, @kashhill, @newyorker, @datasociety, @eyalpress, @openmicmedia, and @newyorker
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