The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; the company says BlackCat's claims relate to a February 5 attack
Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand - and reverses its controversial API price hikes.
Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little-known fact since the company's 2016 launch
Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves — Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon …
Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 chatbot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023
The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot's content on Twitter.
How Apple is trying to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, worrying Fruit Union Suisse that the 111-year-old company may need to change its logo
Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it's flexing its legal muscles.
SpaceX launches Indonesia's largest telecom satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 has a 150GB/second throughput
Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States …
A look at the orchestrated downfall of Kyle Roche, co-founder of Roche Freedman LLP, known for suing crypto companies and getting a verdict against Craig Wright
Kyle Roche was a rising star in the field of cryptocurrency law — until his career imploded. Who orchestrated his downfall? LinkedIn: Roderick Mann . Twitter: @nytimes , @nxthompson , @moorehn , @yon...
An interview with Foxconn chairman Young Liu on shifting some supply chains away from China as China-US tensions rise, hoping to capture 5% of EVs, and more
iPhone maker Foxconn is betting big on electric cars and redrawing some of its supply chains as it navigates a new era of icy Washington-Beijing relations.
Microsoft says hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan' DDoS attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of Azure, Teams, Outlook, and more services in early June 2023
Possibly Pro-Russian Ties The Hacker News : Microsoft Blames Massive DDoS Attack for Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive Disruptions Wes Davis / The Verge : Microsoft says June Outlook outages were a DDoS at...
Benjamin Netanyahu says Intel agreed in principle to build a $25B chip plant in Israel, slated to begin operations by 2027 and remain active until at least 2035
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg :
How Pixar used neural style transfer, a type of AI used to make photos look like popular artworks, to animate Ember, a lead character in its movie Elemental
It's harder to make fire than you might think. But the Pixar team was determined to do the impossible. — Pixar had a problem.
Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project
Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion …
Investors in Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the health care startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others
How the fighting game community, or FGC, a broad term for those who play games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, became a safe haven for LGBTQ+ gamers
Players of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena. Twitter: @zephinl Twitter: Zephin Livingston / @...
Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta's Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts
The same old “terrifying” trope.... Anyone can Photoshop, thanks to AI's latest leap https://wapo.st/461xPH8 Twitter: @washingtonpost : Analysis: A new ‘generative fill’ AI capability can create joyf...
Sources: Meta plans tighter content rules in Vietnam, its seventh largest market, after government requests and keeps a list of officials not to be criticized
HANOI — When Facebook took off in Vietnam about a decade ago, it was like a “revolution,” said two of the company's early employees in Asia. Twitter: @rebtanhs , @sarahemclaugh , @rachel_chason , @ale...
The UK names Ian Hogarth to lead its AI Foundation Model Taskforce; Hogarth co-founded concert discovery service Songkick, which Warner Music acquired in 2017
some thoughts on the UK's Foundation Model Taskforce and regulation by Twitter Ryan Morrison / Tech Monitor : Investor and entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to lead UK AI Taskforce Robert Scammell / UKTN : Tec...
An overview of how the adoption of generative AI tools is transforming everyday work in legal contracts, professional services, filmmaking, and programming
Professional services, filmmaking and coding are among the first to use the technology in everyday operations LinkedIn: David Wakeling . Twitter: @emmavj LinkedIn: David Wakeling : Excellent FT articl...
Reddit's management risks putting the company in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant discussions move to other platforms
A look at US hospitals using sometimes flawed AI-based diagnosis tools, as some clinicians say they feel pressure from administrations to defer to the algorithm
Shutdown talk to dominate the summer LinkedIn: Srinivasan Iyengar : AI is best when used as a solution that “suggests” options/recommendation and not “deciding” specially in hospital treatment. … Blue...
UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks pressure Meta over not preventing fraud on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023
The Guardian : Twitter: @adam_k_levin and @walleyray Twitter: Adam Levin / @adam_k_levin : “These platforms, including Meta, profit from crime and yet remain beyond the reach of law.” https://www.the...
Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads and that growing DAUs 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal : Twitter: @wsj and @trengriffin Twitter: @wsj : Duolingo describes its marketing strategy as “unhinged.” And it's working. https://www.wsj.com/... Tren Griffin / @...
How architects are using AI to design workplaces, office buildings, and spaces that cater to workers' individual needs, as more companies adopt a hybrid model
WhatsApp keeps banning Taliban officials' accounts due to US sanctions, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the app for communication
Research: a group of central banks developed 33 API functionalities to test 30+ CBDC online, offline, and in-store use cases, via QR codes, phones, and more
Sources: Huawei is seeking licensing fees from ~30 small to midsize Japanese firms over the use of its patented tech, an unusual move for a major manufacturer
Researchers find that major foundation model providers can feasibly comply with the EU's draft AI Act, which would improve transparency in the entire ecosystem
How Huawei lost a ~$200M contract to build Danish telecom TDC's 5G network in 2019, after TDC opened a probe suspecting Huawei of unethical business practices
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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