Users say X is increasingly showing malicious crypto ads, including links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams.
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
I have held back on writing anything about AI or how we (not) use AI for development in the curl factory. Now I can't hold back anymore.
Adam Mosseri says Threads had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks”
Adam Mosseri says that Threads has had some issues with what he calls “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks. Threads: @mosseri , @tomwarrenuk , @scottbeale , @corndog_apologetics , @ad...
The British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October 2023 cyber attack that has rendered most of its services inaccessible
London-based institution faces spending millions of pounds to rebuild most digital services
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
A lawsuit accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of violating the New York Times's copyright. But the law is anything but clear.
A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development's pace will keep accelerating, and more
The “2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI” shows that the scientific community has no consensus on the risks and opportunities of AI …
Sources: the US DOJ may file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that targets the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as H1 2024
Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used …
Alibaba-backed Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raised $126.14M in its Hong Kong IPO, with the stock falling 2% on its debut
- Robosense, a Chinese developer of laser imaging, detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors for self-driving cars, announced January that it had raised HK$985.12 million …
Data from the Department of Labor shows the US IT sector grew by only 700 jobs over 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022, despite the AI boom
Despite business and investor hype around generative AI last year, information-technology hiring slumped as companies laid off workers and sought to cut costs
SK Hynix was second behind Samsung Electronics in the Korea Exchange's market cap ranking at the end of 2023, with its market cap rising 89% to ~$78B in 2023
Battery-related company valuations fall as EV sales lag expectations — SK Hynix produced the biggest jump in market cap among …
China's newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country's economy by growing its data sector by 20% every year
China's newly established data administration, an agency created by Beijing to make data an effective production factor …
What to expect at CES 2024: laptops with Intel's new Core Ultra chips, TVs with AI processing, AI-powered smart home devices and appliances, and more
No single event of the year delivers more tech news than CES. The annual trade show is the starting point for each year in tech …
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Peloton partners with TikTok to create an exclusive, co-branded workout content hub on the short-video platform, available in the US, UK, and Canada
Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal :
Filing: MobiKwik, a Peak XV-backed Indian payments and digital wallet provider, seeks to raise ~$84.2M in an IPO, and plans to raise ~$16M in a pre-IPO round
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
A look at the MVNO market as eSIM eases distribution; the global MVNO market is valued at $84B and is expected to grow 40% in the next five years to $116.8B
The MVNO opportunity is an amazing opportunity to add mobility to already existing brands and propositions, or simply to compete with MNOs. … Brooke Hartley Moy : Here at Humane, we built an entirely ...
The UK's NHS probes whether Palantir breached contract terms by launching an influencer campaign to counter criticism of the patient data platform it's building
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg :
Coinbase agrees to acquire an unnamed holding company that holds a MiFID II license, which would allow Coinbase to begin offering crypto derivatives in the EU
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Source: Microsoft executive Dee Templeton has joined OpenAI's board as a nonvoting observer, as part of a broader boardroom overhaul after Altman's brief ouster
and the fallout Richard Lawler / The Verge : Microsoft's observer has reportedly joined the OpenAI board. Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters : Microsoft executive Dee Templeton joins OpenAI board - Bloo...
Uber is testing Uber Flex, a flexible pricing service that lets riders pick a fare of their choice that will be shared with nearby drivers, in 12+ Indian cities
digital haggling/auction to get a cab — it works in Istanbul... you start with the predicted meter rate and then jack up your surcharge incrementally until a driver bites... [embedded post]
Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denying coverage for NotPetya losses due to “Warlike Action”; the amount was not disclosed
Alex Ebert / Bloomberg Law :
Coinbase and other crypto exchanges introduce risk assessments and finance tests for UK users ahead of strict new ad rules for digital asset products in the UK
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Sources: Synopsys is in advanced talks to acquire Ansys, which makes software used in aerospace, health care, and automotive, for ~$35B in a stock-and-cash deal
Wall Street Journal :
Incase partners with Microsoft to sell PC accessories, which Microsoft discontinued in 2023; new products include ones that Microsoft designed but never shipped
“'There's a big space for Incase to develop hybrid products that fit between mobile and desktop,' says Tebele. Microsoft experimented with its Wedge Touch mouse and mobile keyboard, but it never real...
CertiK: $1.8B+ in digital assets was lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% from the $3.7B lost in 2022; Q3 2023 recorded the most losses, at $686M+
so-called “retroactive bug bounties.” $219 million was returned in 36 incidents. While fortunate, this is not a reliable loss mitigation strategy. @certik : 2/ Private key compromises accounted for ne...
China says Tesla will deploy an OTA update to fix Autopilot issues in 1.6M+ cars, or virtually all of its cars ever sold in China, after a US recall in December
Bloomberg :