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August 9, 2024, 7:25 PM

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Reuters:
Sources: Cisco plans a second round of layoffs in 2024, affecting at least as many as the 4,000 laid off in February, to be announced as soon as August 14  —  Cisco (CSCO.O) will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the U.S. networking equipment maker shifts focus …
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Intel delays its Innovation event, slated for September and expected to include details about new CPUs, until 2025, citing its financial results and H2 outlook  —  The chipmaker is delaying one of its biggest events, which was slated for September and expected to include more details about upcoming processors.
Reuters:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks X in the country for 10 days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to incite hate after Venezuela's disputed election  —  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights …
The Guardian:
UK PM Keir Starmer says ministers will review the Online Safety Act, after London mayor Sadiq Khan said it was “not fit for purpose” following far-right riots  —  Move comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan said role of misinformation in unrest showed law was unfit for purpose
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too  —  Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia.  The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …
Matt Burgess / Wired:
A researcher shows five proof-of-concept ways that Copilot can be manipulated by attackers, including turning it into an automatic spear-phishing machine  —  Attacks on Microsoft's Copilot AI allow for answers to be manipulated, data extracted, and security protections bypassed, new research shows.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
IOActive researchers detail “Sinkclose”, a vulnerability in almost all AMD chips dating back to 2006 that allows attackers to run code in System Management Mode  —  Researchers warn that a bug in AMD's chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Instagram is testing a Snap Maps-like feature that lets users post text and video updates to a map that can be shared with friends  —  Instagram has starting testing a new feature that looks a whole lot like Snap Maps.  —  This allows Instagram users to post text and video updates to a map based on where they were taken.
Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
The Irish Data Protection Commission says X has agreed to pause training Grok using millions of Europeans' public posts it collected between May 7 and August 1  —  X will pause training its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with some European users' posts, according to Europe's chief privacy watchdog.

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