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A timeline of the attack on open-source project XZ Utils, which began in late 2021 and led to a backdoor with RCE in Linux distros from Debian, Red Hat, others — Over a period of over two years, an attacker using the name “Jia Tan” worked as a diligent, effective contributor to the xz compression library …
More: ongoing, research.swtch.com, Firmware Security, Infosecurity, BleepingComputer, Ars Technica, Schneier on Security, WinBuzzer, and Neowin
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Amazon plans to remove Just Walk Out from most of its grocery stores and add more grocery stores with Dash Carts, which let shoppers scan items while they shop — Amazon's grab-and-go checkout system, Just Walk Out, has been a centerpiece of its ambitions to transform bricks-and-mortar supermarkets.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can automate support tasks via an “embodied AI character”, as part of larger Xbox AI efforts — Microsoft is currently testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can be used to automate support tasks.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Yahoo acquires the news app Artifact, shuts down its standalone app, and plans to use its technology on Yahoo News and other services in the coming months — Instagram's co-founders built a powerful and useful tool for recommending news to readers — but could never quite get it to scale.
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| Raymond Wong / Inverse: |
Apple debuts Spatial Personas in beta, letting up to five Vision Pro users participate together within compatible apps without being in the same physical space — Apple Vision Pro is above and beyond other mixed reality headsets, but even with the highest quality passthrough camera tech …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and 200+ others sign a letter to AI developers and tech companies decrying “predatory” AI that steals voices, replaces artists, more — - Jen Jacobson, executive director at The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the trade group representing the artists signing the letter … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her” — - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
POTUS' official Threads account starts using Meta's ActivityPub integration to post on the decentralized networking protocol — POTUS puts the ‘fed’ in ‘fediverse.’ — The official US president Threads account, currently helmed by President Joe Biden, has begun using Meta's ActivityPub integration …
More: TechCrunch. Threads: @quillmatiq, @anildash, @0xjessel, @lilkioko, @timothyjchambers, and @evanprodromou
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
X promotes Kylie McRoberts to Head of Safety, after Ella Irwin left in June 2023, when Musk overruled a decision that limited the spread of an anti-trans video — Musk's heads of safety have traditionally attracted intense scrutiny. — Elon Musk's X said Tuesday it was appointing … | Washington Post: |
Source: the independent Cyber Safety Review Board's forthcoming report on China's hack of Microsoft will fault the company for a “cascade of avoidable errors” — The independent Cyber Safety Review Board's forthcoming report knocks the tech giant for shoddy cybersecurity practices …
More: Reuters. Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange. X: @ericgeller, @annmarie, and @matthewstoller
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google details Device Bound Session Credentials, a feature that aims to stop browser cookie theft and uses PCs' TPM chip, testing it in beta versions of Chrome — ‘Device Bound Session Credentials’ will tap the TPM chip in today's PCs. Google is testing it with some users running the beta version of Chrome.
More: Chromium Blog, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, and Android Police. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel says its Foundry division had revenue of $18.9B in 2023, down 31% YoY, and an operating loss of $7B, up from $5.2B in 2022 — Intel Foundry, a new division of the company responsible for its manufacturing operations, had sales of $18.9 billion in 2023, down from $27.5 billion the prior year, the company said in a filing Tuesday.
More: Barron's Online, Reuters, CNBC, Constellation Research, and Benzinga
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Replit launches Code Repair, an AI agent to automatically fix coding errors, and Teams, which allows developers to collaborate in real time on software projects — The Scoop — A Silicon Valley AI coding startup is launching a new tool that it hopes will change the way companies develop software.Sponsor Posts
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UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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AI meeting assistants: A game-changer in communication — We've come a long way from live video call demonstrations at world's fairs. What was once considered a futuristic idea is now a vital part of how we collaborate …
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