A look at Caroline Ellison's motivations in the FTX fraud, including her relationship with SBF; the judge said he had “never seen” a cooperator like Ellison
The story of Sam Bankman-Fried was obvious enough: a Shakespearean level of arrogance that led to tragedy.
Caroline Ellison, a key witness in prosecuting FTX cofounder and ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried, is sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the scandal
Brady Dale / Axios :
NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing it of tracking Firefox users on websites without consent
Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority …
Sony announces seven more games that the $700 PS5 Pro, arriving November 7, will enhance via AI-powered “PSSR” upscaling, taking the total to 20 Enhanced games
Sony has just revealed seven additional games that'll get enhanced by its PS5 Pro, coming November 7th, on top of the games it previously revealed.
Google files an EU antitrust complaint alleging Microsoft engages in unfair cloud practices and is “exploiting” its customers' reliance on products like Windows
Search giant seeks antitrust probe of Big Tech rival over dominance of Azure platform
CrowdStrike SVP Adam Meyers apologizes before Congress over the company's faulty update that caused a global IT outage, to largely sympathetic House lawmakers
House lawmakers struck a sympathetic tone toward the company at a hearing where they nevertheless said nothing like that could happen again.
How a security researcher used a now-fixed flaw to store false memories in ChatGPT via indirect prompt injection to exfiltrate all user input in perpetuity
Emails, documents, and other untrusted content can plant malicious memories. — When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported …
X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk took over; X took action on 2,361 accounts over hateful content in H1 2024, down from 1M in H2 2021
In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.
Automattic sends a cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, alleging unauthorized use of the WordPress trademark, after WP Engine sent a C&D letter on September 23
The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
Google's Mandiant says dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers in a scheme, active since 2018, operated by group UNC5267
It's difficult to imagine a bigger hiring blunder. — Google said it has been contacted by several major U.S. companies recently …
US federal court records: the DOJ has been investigating SAP, Carahsoft, and others for potentially conspiring to overcharge government agencies over a decade
- DOJ investigating billions in purchases from SAP over a decade — Other companies under scrutiny in civil False Claims Act probe
SAG-AFTRA asks members to stop work on League of Legends, filing an NLRB complaint against producer Formosa Interactive and others for refusing “fair AI terms”
The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around …
Researchers detail an AI model that they claim can solve Google's reCAPTCHAv2 challenges with 100% accuracy using a similar number of attempts as human users
Researchers from ETH Zurich used advanced machine learning to solve 100% of Google's reCAPTCHAv2, designed to distinguish humans from bots.
The Allen Institute for AI debuts Multimodal Open Language Model in 1B- to 72B-parameter sizes, the most capable open-source AI model with visual abilities yet
A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way.
Biden plans to sign a new bill that weakens some environmental rules on federally funded chip projects, breaking with environmental groups and House Democrats
The White House's environmental and manufacturing goals are now on a collision course, after Congress voted and Biden approved …
London-based Raycast, a keyboard-based macOS productivity app with third-party extensions, raised a $30M Series B and plans to release iOS and Windows apps
Anyone who works at a computer for eight-plus hours a day will likely know that the amount of tools and “context switching” required to stay productive can be overwhelming.
Google updates its Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, brings Street View to four new locations, and sharpens Google Earth and Maps satellite imagery
Google is updating Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more.
Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia sign a partnership to integrate Samsung's SmartThings IoT platform with future car infotainment systems developed by Hyundai and Kia
Samsung and fellow South Korean giants Kia and Hyundai have struck up an IoT alliance that will see cars drive home appliances …
Sources: China-linked hackers have broken into a handful of US ISPs in recent months in pursuit of sensitive info, in a campaign investigators call Salt Typhoon
It is latest intrusion into core U.S. infrastructure by entities linked to China — Hackers linked to the Chinese government … X: @dnvolz X: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : New: Hackers linked to the Chinese...
Book excerpt: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime, once the video game industry's unstoppable pair, had a falling out from 2013
Bobby Kotick and Mike Morhaime were the video game industry's unstoppable pair, until they fought each other. An excerpt from the new book Play Nice. Mastodon: @RYStorm@mastodon … . X: @ben_heathston...
About 15,000 US doctors and assistants are using an AI feature in MyChart, a ubiquitous communications platform in US hospitals, to draft replies to patients
Overwhelmed by queries, physicians are turning to artificial intelligence to correspond with patients. Many have no clue that the replies are software-generated.
Retro Remake says its Switch Lite OLED screen upgrade kits, which don't require soldering or modifications, will go on sale on September 26 for $50 to $110
Retro Remake has announced that its Switch Lite OLED screen upgrade kits will be available for sale on September 26th at 10PM ET and will start at $49.99.
Stability AI says filmmaker James Cameron has joined its board of directors; Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju was previously CEO of VFX company WETA Digital
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter :
The US DOJ sues Visa, alleging it has an illegal monopoly over debit network markets and has tried to unlawfully crush competitors, including PayPal and Square
Gaby Del Valle / The Verge :
A profile of Canva, which IDC estimates has a 4% share of the $15.4B creative software market and has doubled its MAUs to 190M since 2022, ahead of its US IPO
The world's most valuable female-led startup prepares for an IPO. … Melanie Perkins remembers when her boyfriend … X: @yoolimleenews and @technology X: Yoolim Lee / @yoolimleenews : I once asked a VC ...
Sources: the FBI is investigating whether China-backed Hone Capital, a US VC firm that invested in 360 US tech startups, allowed Beijing to obtain trade secrets
Hone Capital became the most prolific early investor in US tech start-ups — The FBI is investigating whether a US venture capital fund …
Sources: Google's $2.7B Character.AI deal was primarily to rehire founder Noam Shazeer, who quit Google in 2021 and made hundreds of millions from the deal
Amid debate on whether tech companies are overspending on AI, Google's pricey reunion with Noam Shazeer draws attention
OpenAI adds five voices to Advanced Voice Mode, which is now rolling out to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users and, next week, to enterprise and education users
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
MoneyGram, the world's second largest money transfer company, blames an unspecified “cybersecurity issue” for an ongoing days-long outage affecting its users
Carly Page / TechCrunch :
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Uber is “building three” super apps: Uber, Uber Eats, and Uber Driver, an app for couriers and drivers; Uber One has 19M members
In the years since its founding in 2009, Uber instigated a revolution in transport, spread its disruptive business model …
An interview with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor on their new book AI Snake Oil, which is based on their popular newsletter about AI's shortcomings
A New Book by 2 Princeton University Computer Scientists X: Eric Topol / @erictopol : Is #AI snake oil? Some of it is, as asserted by @random_walker and @sayashk in a new book published today @Princet...
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says the US search and ads antitrust lawsuits are “going to take time ... to play out” and an appeal “will likely take many years”
- Company faces two separate challenges from Justice Department … “It's going to take time for it to play out …
AI's first wave of successful implementation will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was led by enterprise installations that cut jobs
I don't want it to write a blog post for me; I want help rephrasing a passage. — I don't want it to produce code for me; I want assistance digging through the web for examples of what I need. … Bald...
Reddit rolls out its ML-powered translations in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, and 30+ other countries on the mobile web, its apps, and desktop
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
Whatfix, which helps companies demo how to use third-party software, raised a $125M Series E led by Warburg Pincus at an estimated ~$900M valuation
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Salesforce agrees to buy Zoomin, an Israeli data management company that makes unstructured data accessible to AI agents, in a deal valued at $450M
Meir Orbach / CTech :
The US DOL releases the AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework, a set of guidelines to help employers ensure AI doesn't lead to discrimination for disabled job seekers
Rebecca Rainey / Bloomberg Law :
Chainalysis: inflows to China's over-the-counter crypto brokers topped $20B in Q4 2023, Q1 2024, and Q2 2024 for $75.4B in total, despite Beijing's crypto ban
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg :
London-based Apron, which is aiming to become the financial super app for SMBs, raised a $30M Series B led by Zinal Growth, bringing its total funding to $50.5M
Tom Matsuda / Sifted :
Google Cloud VP Gabe Monroy says he has seen 20%-30% productivity gains across the software development lifecycle at large companies using Gemini Code Assist
Vikas SN / Moneycontrol :
Manchester-based Vsim, which is building a robotics simulation service, raised a $21.5M seed from EQT Ventures and others, taking its total funding to $24M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: Wiz is in discussions to sell existing shares at a valuation between $15B and $20B, after abandoning Google's $23B acquisition offer in July 2024
Bloomberg :
Filing: OpenAI agrees to give representatives for authors suing the company access to review its training data to see if OpenAI used authors' copyrighted works
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter :
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.