Experts say LockBit is behind the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China hack, a “ransomware as a service” group that hacked the UK's Royal Mail, among others
- LockBit is what's known as a ‘ransomware as a service’ group — It is one of the most prolific ransomware attackers in world
Microsoft: MOVEit hackers are exploiting a zero-day flaw in IT support tool SysAid in “limited” attacks to access corporate servers and deploy Clop ransomware
Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the service management software SysAid to gain access …
Justin Sun's crypto exchange Poloniex says hackers stole $126M+ worth of crypto assets and that the company is working with other exchanges to recover the funds
Poloniex, a crypto exchange owned by Tron founder Justin Sun, has seen more than $126 million worth of crypto assets exit …
Memo: Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach its goals for a new audience and plans to focus on the website's “core functionality” in 2024
Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach goals for a new audience, aiming to move some staff members …
A ransomware attack stopped the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest bank, from settling US Treasury and some equity trades
I've once again recently heard the famous words from a CEO, “We don't need your services, we are all covered.” … Tyrus Kamau : Ransomware attacks keep ravaging financial institutions. A ransomware at...
A review of Valve's $549 Steam Deck OLED: a great screen, a longer battery life, and better ergonomics, but refresh rate issues and the platform is not stable
A new screen, a pile of improvements, and better pricing make this everything the original should have been.
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's talented people try...
After critics pan Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, sources blame the game's rushed 16-month development, compared to three years for other titles
Game is the first in the series after Microsoft's big acquisition. — The latest entry in Activision Blizzard's popular Call …
Omegle, a service founded in 2009 for chatting with strangers, shuts down; founder Leif K-Brooks blames rising misuse, including in committing “heinous crimes”
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Katie Notopoulos / Insider : Omegle was a relic of the old internet. I'm not sad it's gone. Leo...
Qualcomm ends its Iridium partnership to bring satellite connectivity to Android phones, started in January 2023, after low adoption by smartphone manufacturers
However, Iridium says it's now free to talk with other smartphone and chip vendors on enabling another satellite connectivity deal.
A look at Humane's $699 clip-on Ai Pin, the culmination of five years of work, $240M in funding, and 25 patents; Humane expects to sell ~100K in the first year
Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle the US DOJ's claims that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over citizens and green card holders for some jobs
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will pay $25 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company illegally favored immigrant workers …
The Chinese foreign ministry says ICBC is trying to minimize losses after the ransomware attack, which a source says is “limited in impact and almost resolved”
Hack at Chinese bank's arm disrupted market for US Treasuries on Thursday — The Industrial and Commercial Bank …
Sources: Meta strikes a preliminary deal with Tencent to sell a new, lower-priced VR headset in China in late 2024, 15 years after the country shut out Facebook
Chinese videogame maker Tencent agrees to start selling a new lower-cost headset from Meta late next year
Binance plans to stop accepting deposits in Russian rubles on November 15, 2023, and withdrawals on January 31, 2024, and advises its users to withdraw rubles
Binance Russia users will have slightly more than two months to withdraw their rubles from the exchange or until Jan. 31, 2024.
Unity reports Q3 revenue up 69% YoY to $544.2M, missing $553.7M est. partly due to the fallout from new rules on video games in China, and a $124.1M net loss
- Unity's revenue growth fell short of estimates, partly because of fallout from new rules on video games in China.
Epic v. Google: internal documents show that Google offered to only take a 10% cut of Netflix's in-app payments on Android in 2017; Netflix didn't take the deal
Netflix did, too. — In 2017, Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent of its in-app payments on Android …
All 38 OECD members and nine other countries issue a joint pledge to “swiftly transpose” the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework into their domestic laws
The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework is the new international standard for the automatic exchange of information between tax authorities.
Omegle was forced to shut down as part of a settlement of a user's lawsuit claiming its design enabled her to be sexually abused since when she was 11
Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down.
Humane's Ai Pin features a laser projector that shows info on the user's palm, a 13MP ultrawide camera, “AI experiences” that don't need a wake word, and more
After years of teasing, Humane today fully unveiled its Ai Pin, a wearable camera with laser projector …
The UK's NHS is using the National Liver Offering Scheme, a predictive scoring algorithm found to have a fatal error, to help decide who gets a liver transplant
Sarah Meredith was in urgent need of a liver when she found out an algorithm would be making the life-or-death decision
Amazon and Meta are testing a feature that shows US shoppers real-time prices and lets them buy products on Amazon directly from ads on Instagram and Facebook
Bloomberg :
The EU launches the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation, uniform rules that all business-focused crowdfunding platforms in the bloc must adhere to
All business crowdfunding platforms wishing to operate within the European Union (EU) must now comply with a new EU-wide regulatory framework …
A bankruptcy court lets Celsius Network end its bankruptcy case, return most of its deposits back to users, and form a new company focused on mining and staking
Soma Biswas / Wall Street Journal :
Q&A with Humane President Imran Chaudhri on lessons learned at Apple, keeping a positive tech outlook, Ai Pin privacy concerns, platform transitions, and more
Om Malik / On my Om :
Sources: FBI has suspended briefings to social media companies about Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence campaigns, due to GOP attacks on information sharing
The FBI put a pause on briefings with tech companies due to an ongoing lawsuit, adding to a broader breakdown in a system meant … X: @kevincollier X: Kevin Collier / @kevincollier : New and big: The f...
Helsinki-based Noice, a game livestreaming service that lets viewers participate in the gameplay experience, raised a $21M Series A
> Google Translate is your friend. Noice / @noicehq : #Noice has raised a $21 million Series A round! 🚀 After 4.5 years building in stealth mode here's the big reveal: @noicehq is a Multiplayer Game X...
OpenAI announces Data Partnerships to collaborate with organizations to build public and private datasets that “reflect human society” for AI model training
an open call for organizations to work with us to represent their data in AI training: Nathan Lambert / @natolambert : Quick reactions to OpenAI dataset partnerships (that mention open-data): * OpenAI...
Microsoft says OneDrive users won't be asked for feedback when quitting the app on Windows and that this type of feedback helps teams improve the product
Rate This Software: — 3 (187 votes) — Major Geeks Special Offer: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority : Microsoft wants answers on why you dare close OneDrive (Update: Changes reverted) Martin Brink...
Sources: Amazon is working on Vega, a new OS to replace Android on Fire TVs, smart displays, and other devices and could ship Fire TV devices with Vega in 2024
and it's starting with Fire TV Rik Henderson / T3 : Amazon reportedly has big plans to change Fire TV devices forever Shawnee Blackwood / Display Daily : Amazon Developing New Operating System to Repl...
The EU Parliament approves the Data Act, which has a kill switch clause for automated data-sharing agreements; the legislation now needs EU Council approval
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk :
Apple supplier Luxshare plans to increase its investment in Vietnam by $330M, to $504M total, as the AirPods manufacturer further diversifies away from China
Mai Ngoc Chau / Bloomberg :
Kai-Fu Lee, the CEO of 01.AI, says the Chinese startup stockpiled enough Nvidia chips to last for the next 18 months, before the US banned chip sales to China
Bloomberg :
Japan plans to allocate an extra ~$13B in subsidies to drive investment in its chip industry, on top of previously allocated subsidies that have yet to be spent
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg :
Arm CEO Rene Haas says Arm is working on a “complex deal” that, if closed by year-end, would boost Q3 revenue, expresses optimism about US-China ties, and more
Dan Primack / Axios :
Samsung Galaxy Buds FE review: good sound and impressive noise cancellation for the $100 price tag but no wireless charging nor multipoint Bluetooth
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Snap releases Lens Studio 5.0 Beta, a new version of its AR development tool offering a ChatGPT Remote API that lets developers leverage ChatGPT in their Lenses
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Yuga Labs says UV lights were the likely cause of eye and skin issues experienced by some of the attendees of ApeFest, hosted in Hong Kong from November 3 to 5
Bloomberg reports: …
Apple, Google, and Samsung partner with Schlage, Yale, Qualcomm, and NXP to build Aliro, an open standard for smart locks and digital keys, targeting early 2025
Google stops selling Fitbit products in 29 countries, including those where the company doesn't offer Pixel alternatives, to “align” its hardware portfolio
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Google tightens Play Store rules, requiring developers to test apps with 20+ users for at least two weeks before release, and plans to invest in its app reviews
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