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| Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden, the second-largest US newspaper operator, sue OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly using copyrighted articles to train AI — The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power artificial intelligence.
More: Axios, The Hill, CNBC, The Information, Mercury News, CoinGape, and Cryptopolitan. Forums: Hacker News
| Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty plans to say before a US House panel on May 1 that hackers exploited a Citrix vulnerability to breach UnitedHealth on February 12 — Hackers broke into UnitedHealth's (UNH.N) tech unit on Feb. 12 by exploiting a security vulnerability in software from private …
More: BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, The Record, PCMag, CRN, ITPro, TechRadar, CSO, and Cyber Daily
| Bloomberg: |
The EU opens a DSA investigation into Meta over deceptive Facebook and Instagram ad and political content; sources say the probe is about a pro-Kremlin campaign — - Probe said to target pro-Putin Doppelganger campaign — Meta probe is under the EU's tough new Digital Services Act
More: SiliconANGLE, Engadget, TechCrunch, European Commission, The Verge, Reuters, New York Times, UPI, Agence France-Presse, Euractiv, PhoneArena, The Mirror, Brussels Signal, Forbes, Reuters, LBC, Euronews, Digital Journal, and Politico
| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a TikTok ban is “not excluded” and “we know exactly the danger of TikTok”, during a 2024 election debate — The remark comes amid a streak of bad news for TikTok in Europe. — Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted …
More: Android Authority, Wccftech, Digital Music News, HuffPost, Euronews, CMU, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, and BGR
| Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube: |
Rabbit R1 review: $199 is reasonable but emblematic of a trend of selling unfinished products at full price while vowing to fix the issues later to win a “race” — AI in a Box. But a different box. R1 provided by Rabbit for review. So this is the rabbit R1 and it's another AI …
More: CNET, Digital Trends, Benzinga, The Verge, The Shortcut, and The Verge
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| Raymond Wong / Inverse: |
More: Tom's Guide. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @raywongy, @simonbalmain, @raywongy, @lanceulanoff, and @kylewiebalk
| Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider: |
Source: Apple is testing Safari 18 features, including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut later in 2024 — Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features …
More: 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, MacRumors, TweakTown, Wccftech, and Supercharged
| BBC: |
A Finnish court sentences hacker Julius Kivimäki to six years and three months, after he breached a health care database and tried to blackmail 33,000 people — One of Europe's most wanted cyber criminals has been jailed for attempting to blackmail 33,000 people whose confidential therapy notes he stole.
More: Associated Press, Krebs on Security, Bloomberg, Boing Boing, Protos, and GovInfoSecurity.com
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| Bloomberg: |
Ahead of Changpeng Zhao's April 30 sentencing, a look at the contrast between CZ/Binance and SBF/FTX, as Binance claims 40M+ new users in 2023, up 30% YoY — The ex-CEO is about to learn if he'll be the richest US inmate ever. But, with friends on the company's board …
More: The Verge, Blockworks, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Tech Xplore, Reuters, DL News, CoinGape, crypto.news, and Unchained
| Evan Schuman / CSO: |
Marriott quietly admits it did not encrypt certain user data impacted by a 2018 breach, after arguing in court encryption was used so lawsuits should be tossed — Marriot revealed in a court case around a massive 2018 data breach that it had been using secure hash algorithm 1 … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” in preview to let employees build generative AI apps based on company data — Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature for Amazon Q … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
The Browser Company debuts Arc on Windows, after testing began in December 2023, and says the Windows app has 150K+ users; the macOS app shipped in July 2023 — The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today. The company started testing the Windows client …
More: The Verge, Engadget, XDA Developers, and Forbes
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Beats announces $200 Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones, with up to 50 hours of battery life, and $80 wireless Solo Buds shipping in June 2024, both without ANC — Beats just announced its new Solo 4, its latest in a long line of on-ear wireless headphones. The latest model, priced at $199.99, offers battery life of up to 50 hours.
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| Lawrence Hurley / NBC News: |
SCOTUS declines to block a Texas online porn restriction law, after critics said an age-verification mandate violates 1A by forcing viewers to submit their info — The pornography industry challenged the state law's age-verification provision, saying it places an unlawful burden on adults wishing to access content.| Timothy B. Lee / Asterisk: |
Tech journalism is often characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research; publishers hesitate to invest in nuanced reporting without a clear ROI — A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?
More: Beyond Search. Mastodon: @bruces@mastodon.social. X: @brianwilt, @tomaxwell, @adamkovac, @adamthierer, @rob_lh, @chastaylor, @binarybits, @robinwauters, @rao_hacker_one, @kelseytuoc, and @calebwatney. LinkedIn: Flip Vuijsje. Forums: Hacker News
| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
Sources: Google has agreed to pay News Corp $5M to $6M annually to develop new AI-related content and products, as part of its Google News Initiative — Google has agreed to pay Wall Street Journal owner News Corp between $5 million and $6 million annually to fund the news organization's development … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to demote aggregator accounts, hoping to promote original content and increase distribution to smaller accounts — Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts.| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Analysis: Apple has poached at least 36 AI experts from Google since 2018 and has a secretive European laboratory in Zurich to develop AI models and products — iPhone maker also recruits generative AI experts into secretive Zurich lab as it prepares fightback against rivals
More: MacRumors, Computerworld, Livemint, Benzinga, Business Today, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, Quartz, iMore, 9to5Mac, Cryptopolitan, Wccftech, Stuff, Zee Business, iClarified, PCMag, Business Insider, and Cointelegraph
X: @macton93, @counternotions, @sjhmorris, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Enterprise browser startup Island raised $175M led by Sequoia and Coatue at a $3B valuation, up from $1.5B in October 2023, taking its total funding to $487M — - Sequoia and Coatue lead $175 million investment in Island — Cisco-backed startup doubles in valuation since last year
More: Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Island, FinSMEs, SecurityWeek, and Reuters. X: @island_io
| Bloomberg: |
Satellite telco SES has agreed to buy Starlink-rival Intelsat for $3.1B in cash — - SES said it will finance the deal with cash and new debt — Talks between the satellite providers fell apart last year — SES SA has agreed to buy Intelsat SA for $3.1 billion in cash to create … | Maciej Pocwierz: |
How an empty, private AWS S3 bucket had ~100M PUT requests in a day, racking up a $1,300+ bill, due to a popular open-source tool using the same bucket name — Imagine you create an empty, private AWS S3 bucket in a region of your preference. What will your AWS bill be the next morning?
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X: @astuyve, @hackinglz, @quinnypig, @theburningmonk, @lauramaywendel, @therealshodan, and @joshuasteinman
Forums: Hacker News, r/programmingcirclejerk, r/programming, r/cybersecurity, r/netsec, r/aws, and Lobsters
| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 12.81% YoY to ~$52.3B, vs. ~$51.6B est., operating profit up 932.8% YoY to ~$4.8B, vs. ~$4.3B est., as memory chip prices rebound — Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S24 smartphones during a media preview event in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SafeBase, which helps companies automate software security reviews using AI, raised a $33M Series B led by Touring Capital, bringing its total funding to $50M+ — Entrepreneurs Al Yang and Adar Arnon met at Harvard Business School and quickly realized that they had an interest in common: cybersecurity.
More: FinSMEs, SafeBase, SiliconANGLE, Tech Funding News, and SecurityWeek
X: @getsafebase and @ycombinator
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft announces plans to invest $1.7B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia over four years and train 840,000 people with AI skills in the country — - CEO Nadella tours Southeast Asia in search for growth markets — Nvidia, Apple leaders also visited region before Nadella| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based newsletter platform beehiiv raised a $33M Series B led by NEA, taking its total raised to $46.5M, and says the service has ~20K active newsletters — With the number of people using e-mail globally approaching 5 billion, newsletters delivered regularly into people's inboxes continue … | Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Network security startup Corelight raised a $150M Series E led by Accel, in a deal valuing it at $900M, says it is on track to hit $100M in ARR within months — - Security startup is valued at $900 million in Accel-led round — Corelight combines cloud security and artificial intelligence
More: FinTech Global and Corelight, Inc.
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