Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
Law enforcement agencies from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit group and seize 11K domains used for ransomware
- Law enforcement from 11 countries joined in cyber operation — Extortion sites used by scammers seized to thwart attacks
Google engineers hacked a Sony PlayStation Portal, which can only stream PS5 games, to run games locally via a PPSSPP emulator using a “software based” exploit
Sony's new PlayStation Portal has been hacked by Google engineers to run emulated games locally.
Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads
- Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in cash. — The move is a bid to boost the big-box retailer's high-margin ad business.
A look at ways to play games on Apple Vision Pro: spatial and iPad App Store games, streaming via MirrorPlay for PS5, NDI, Macs, browsers like Nexus⁺, and more
The lack of any kind of port significantly limits the type of gaming you can do in the Apple Vision Pro - or does it?
Samsung details its Auracast, 360 Audio, and Auto Switch features, rolling out to Buds 2, Buds FE, the S24 series, Neo QLED and OLED TVs, Book laptops, and more
None are appearing on Samsung's devices for the first time, but we now know how broadly they'll be supported across the lineup.
Adobe launches AI Assistant in Acrobat in beta, to summarize PDFs, answer and recommend questions, and more, letting paying users “easily chat with documents”
Adobe is adding a new generative AI experience to its Acrobat PDF management software, which aims to …
Tinder plans to roll out its new ID checks in the US, the UK, Brazil, and Mexico, after tests in Australia and New Zealand, to combat AI scams and dating crimes
- Verification will require driver's license and selfie video — Criminals are using dating apps to lure victims in Colombia
Wyze says ~13,000 customers could briefly see others' camera feeds, after a similar issue in 2023; Wyze blames glitches in rebooting systems after an AWS outage
https://www.theverge.com/... The security issue is being blamed on “a third-party caching library,” but the company acknowledges that it let customers down @cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family : Wyze show...
The European Commission opens an investigation into whether TikTok breached DSA rules meant to protect children, the second DSA investigation after one into X
EU Commissioner says app has “addictive design” lawsociety.ie : EU opens TikTok probe under digital law Anadolu Ajansı Güncel Haberler : EU opens formal proceedings against TikTok for breaching digita...
Sources: Apple COO Jeff Williams makes a rare Taiwan visit to celebrate Foxconn's 50th anniversary, joining Apple SVP of Operations Sabih Khan at a gala event
- Foxconn is a key piece in Apple's global supply chain network — Apple relies on the Taiwanese partner for shift to India
The Misinformation Combat Alliance and Meta plan to launch a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp in India so users can flag deepfakes for analysis
Steam Annual Summary for 2023: more than 500 games earned $3M+ in gross revenue for the first time ever, concurrent users reached a record 33M, and more
More than 500 games earned over $3 million in gross revenue on Steam in 2023 for the first time ever.
As YouTube marks one year as Nielsen's top US streaming service, a Q&A with YouTube VPs Nicky Rettke and Tara Levy on the NFL, ad innovation, creators, and more
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has been racking up milestones lately. Its pay-TV bundle, YouTube TV, just passed 8 million subscribers.
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain over the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country
How Anthropic raised $7.3B over the past year, including via unusual deal structures; sources say its valuation tripled to $15B and its monthly revenue hit ~$8M
The company raised $7.3 billion over the last year, as the lure of artificial intelligence changes Silicon Valley deal-making.
MariaDB, which went public via SPAC in December 2022, gets an offer from K1 to go private in a $37M deal, or $0.55/share, far below its $672M Series D valuation
if it is controlled by capitalists, don't call it FLOSS. — this should have been clear by now with the bait-and-switch Google pulled with the “privatization” of Android's GApps vs. ASOS. … Dare Obas...
How some big outlets are inundating the web with bad product recommendations without testing the products, and how Google is helping them through inaction
if super-distressing — article by Gisele Navarro about the horrible state of product reviews online — The tl;dr is that Google seems to overweight reviews from longstanding big journalism brands ......
Meizu, which was acquired by Chinese automaker Geely in 2022, will no longer make smartphones, to pursue an “all in AI” strategy over the next three years
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Sources: UK digital bank Monzo is nearing a deal to raise up to £350M led by Alphabet's CapitalG at a ~£4B post-money valuation, up from ~£3.5B in December 2021
Financial Times :
Paris-based Planity, whose SaaS is used by 40K+ small businesses for appointment booking and more, raised a €45M Series C led by InfraVia Capital Partners
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
A US appeals court rules a $1B jury verdict from 2019 against Cox for users' music piracy was unjustified; a new trial to be held to determine suitable damages
Blake Brittain / Reuters : See also Mediagazer
Microsoft fixes a bug that caused Edge to automatically import Chrome tabs and browsing data without consent, following months of complaints from some users
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Recogni, which designs AI chips for autonomous vehicles, raised a $102M Series C led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint, taking its total funding to $175M
Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg :
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on needing more than scale to get to AGI, developing AI agents, Gemini Pro 1.5, the UK AI Safety Institute, and more
and will take more than just chips. by WIRED Steven Swanson / @neojipc : “...my view is you've got to push the existing techniques to see how far they go, but you're not going to get new capabilities ...
Google doubles the cost of some legacy Nest Aware subscriptions internationally, including in Canada, while some modern plans are getting prices hiked by 25%
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : International Nest Aware Subscriptions Jump in Price, as Much As 100% Ars OpenForum : Google is doubling the...
A look at a16z's growing DC lobbying operation, which spent almost $1M in 2023, easily the most among VCs, aiming to help its defense-focused portfolio startups
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