Trump proposes a strategic national crypto stockpile; Bitcoin 2024 organizers say they were in talks to have Kamala Harris appear, but she ultimately declined
NASHVILLE — Former President Donald Trump said that if he were returned to the White House, he would ensure that the federal government never sells off its bitcoin holdings.
At Nashville's Bitcoin 2024 conference, Trump said the US must become a leader in crypto, he will fire SEC chair Gary Gensler, stop creation of a CBDC, and more
how does it help the U.S. economy long-term or most Americans? •Why should the U.S. government create a “strategic national Bitcoin stockpile”? •Have you invested in it? https://www.nytimes.com/... [i...
Musk reposts an edited Kamala Harris campaign video that mimics her voice, possibly with deepfake tech; it has 114M+ views and seemingly breaks X's own rules
The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.
Sources detail how Elon Musk undermined CEO Linda Yaccarino's efforts to repair X's business over the past year; X's US revenue fell 53% YoY to $114M in Q2
Linda Yaccarino, the C.E.O. of X, has worked hard to bring back advertisers and fix the platform's business.
Sources: Kamala Harris' advisers have approached top crypto companies, including Coinbase, Circle, and Ripple Labs, to “reset” relations with the industry
Vice-president's team aims to improve relations after industry criticism of the Biden administration
Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers
Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss …
Filing: the US DOJ says TikTok collected data about its users' views on gun control, abortion, and religion, and censored content at ByteDance's direction
Justice Department defends new law requiring the sale or ban of the popular app — TikTok collected data about its users' views …
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mobile SoC review: the Zen 5 CPU architecture, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and the XDNA 2 NPU make this AMD's most compelling laptop CPU to date
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Banking trade body UK Finance: while 60% of all UK adults used mobile banking in 2023, people mainly using cash for everyday spending increased 66% YoY
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A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition launched in 2023 and run by DARPA to design an AI program that scans open source code for security flaws
Computer scientists brainstorm in Pentagon-backed competition to design an AI program that scans open-source code for flaws bad actors could exploit Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange . Bluesky: @...
The US NIST re-releases Dioptra, an open-source web-based tool first unveiled in 2022 for benchmarking, testing, and assessing risks in AI models
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the U.S. government …
A dozen technologists and researchers at Chinese tech companies say open-source technologies were a key reason behind China narrowing the AI gap with the US
In recent weeks, Chinese tech companies have unveiled technologies that rival American systems — and they are already in the hands of consumers and software developers.
Microsoft provides a technical overview of the CrowdStrike incident, explains why security products use Windows kernel drivers, and outlines future improvements
Windows is an open and flexible platform used by many of the world's top businesses for high availability use cases where security and availability are non-negotiable.
Sources: Apple met with UK TV ratings body Barb to discuss options for tracking ads on Apple TV+, in another sign that it plans to introduce ads on the service
Apple has held talks with the UK's TV ratings body in the latest sign that the tech giant is planning to introduce adverts on its streaming service. Mastodon: @Edjo@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@m...
The International Association of Machinists says Apple reached a three-year tentative labor agreement with retail workers at a Towson, Maryland store, a first
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/ ... #Apple #union #unions X: @kage_the_mage : We have a tentative agreement... [image] @machinistsunion : That's the first tentative agreement between workers and ...
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 review: auto-pause works well, but expensive, copy Apple's dated design with plastic tips, shoddy ANC, and AI tools are mostly useless
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Google fixes a flaw after hackers bypassed email verification to create “a few thousand” Workspace accounts to access 3rd-party apps via Sign in with Google
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : X: @_prbh . LinkedIn: Brian Krebs . Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot X: @_prbh : Authentication bypass by merely changing the email address during the token verifica...
Analysis: the shipping industry faced 64+ cyber attacks in 2023, up from ~20 in 2022, as geopolitical disputes prompt state-linked hackers to target trade flows
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How Win With Black Women and other groups are using Zoom calls to organize and fundraise for Kamala Harris; virtual rallies for Harris raised $10M+ this week
https://www.axios.com/... X: Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Tech industry employees surveyed by the Information breaking 79% for Harris [image]
California DMV granted Nuro approval to test its third-gen R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, a boost for the startup after some setbacks
Get the traffic cones ready. Forums: r/technology : Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback
Sources: Honeywell is considering a US IPO of its majority-owned quantum computing firm Quantinuum as soon as 2025, and could seek a valuation of about $10B
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Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023
When we at Foothill Ventures first invested in Weride in 2017 …
A profile of CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, who co-founded CrowdStrike in 2011 after departing as McAfee's CTO following Intel's acquisition of McAfee for $7.68B
but never like this Threads: Tae Kim / @firstadopter : TIL the CEO of CrowdStrike is an accountant. — RE: https://www.threads.net/... [image] Tae Kim / @firstadopter : In 2010, McAfee had an eerily...
Sources: Talkie, which lets users chat with AI personas of celebrities and was one of most downloaded AI apps in the US in H1, is owned by China-based MiniMax
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