A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9
Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …
WordPress.org adds a checkbox to confirm users aren't “affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise” before they log in or register an account
WordPress.org users are now required to agree that they are not affiliated with website hosting platform WP Engine before logging in.
Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services
Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video …
Automattic demanding an 8% cut of WP Engine's revenue is a wanton violation of open source ideals, and the damage to open source may extend far beyond WordPress
Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not “giving back enough” to WordPress is a wanton violation …
US prosecutors charge four purported crypto market makers, a handful of crypto projects, and over a dozen individuals with manipulating various crypto markets
Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted …
Taiwan says China detained four employees at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou and says Foxconn said it didn't suffer a financial loss tied to their actions
Taiwan says investor confidence may be damaged after four Taiwanese are held — TAIPEI—Four Taiwanese employees …
Some Threads and Instagram users say their accounts are being deleted or restricted due to moderation failures; Adam Mosseri says he's “looking into it”
On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending. Some users complain their accounts are being deleted …
OpenAI says it has disrupted 20+ operations and deceptive networks in 2024 so far that tried to use its models, including four that had election-related content
OpenAI is increasingly becoming a platform of choice for cyber actors looking to influence democratic elections across the globe.
How Google plans to deflect and delay the US breakup threat; a remedies ruling is likely in mid-2025 and legal timelines may let it put off any impact for years
Search group claims regulators are overreaching just as foreign and domestic rivals are gaining ground
A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose term ended in September 2024, as a bipartisan club of tech figures and VCs, including Reid Hoffman, call for her ouster
Biden's FTC chair has toughened merger oversight, taken on noncompetes and made the donor class crazy.
Alphabet's stock has fallen 15%+ from its $191.18 record high on July 10, as the DOJ seeks a breakup of Google, which experts say will make operational changes
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Intel unveils its Arrow Lake desktop processors, with an NPU, better power efficiency at higher clock speeds, and 2X the graphics performance vs. its 14th Gen
New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?
How Ryan Salame, an FTX executive who gave millions to GOP politicians, and Michelle Bond, who ran for Congress, went from crypto power couple to facing prison
Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Now they both face prison time.
A SCOTUS decision means that the US now legally owns the 69,370 BTC obtained during its Silk Road probe; the ex-IRS agent who seized them is in a Nigerian jail
The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US.
An investigation details a $243M crypto heist in August 2024 where attackers used a phone-based social engineering attack on a user of Gemini's crypto exchange
The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August …
Garmin Fenix 8 review: the $1,000 smartwatch has excellent battery and fitness tracking and an OLED option, but costs $350 more than the Fenix 7 and lacks LTE
The Fenix 8 adds smarter features, but they don't quite make up for the price hike or lack of LTE.
Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting its breach that led to the August 2024 SSN leak may impact “hundreds of millions”
In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people …
ByteDance debuts its first earbuds, open-ear wearables called Ola Friend that have audio access to its Doubao chatbot, shipping on October 17 in China for ~$170
The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance's self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China's most popular GenAI app
MediaTek unveils its 3nm Dimensity 9400 mobile SoC, featuring a CPU with eight “Big” cores and its eighth-gen NPU, claiming “80% faster LLM prompt performance”
chip reportedly ready for tape-out this month MediaTek : MediaTek Dimensity 9400 — Power. To The Core — Delivering next-gen in all areas … Pranav Dixit / Business Today : MediaTek unveils Dimensi...
Suki, which makes AI voice assistants for health care providers, raised a $70M Series D, a source says at a ~$500M valuation, taking its total funding to $165M
Suki, a startup that offers to build artificial intelligence (AI) assistants in healthcare, has raised $70 million in a Series D round …
Google's EMEA president Matt Brittin plans to step down after a decade in the post and will continue running operations until a successor is chosen
The man charged with overseeing Google's (GOOGL.O) operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia has stepped down after a decade in post.
Zoom plans to launch a feature in 2025 that lets users create an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar with a head and arms from a video they record of themselves
Skipping Boring Remote Meetings Finally A Reality? Noor Bazmi / Cryptopolitan : Zoom's upcoming feature of AI avatars to talk in meetings may also have a possibilty deep fakes Emma Roth / The Verge : ...
Scope3, which makes tools to monitor the carbon footprint of digital ads, raised $25M led by GV to expand into making tools to track the climate impact of AI
It was the banana that did it. — Brian O'Kelley, who had recently sold his previous startup, ad platform AppNexus …
FTC: Marriott agrees to pay a $52M penalty to 49 states and DC to resolve data security allegations, and, in another settlement, agrees to a new infosec program
Indian insurance firm Star Health says it suffered a “malicious cyberattack”, about two weeks after hackers put 31M customers' alleged personal data on Telegram
name, DOB, address, phone, PAN card and salary for Indians is selling it for $150k. Hacker claims CISO Amarjeet Khurana sold him the data. Nothing is private in India. [image] Vansh Pandita / @vansh_p...
Sources: Sierra, an AI agent startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, is raising hundreds of millions led by Greenoaks at a $4B+ valuation
Millions of people around the world have chatted with AI agents powered by Sierra … Ashley Capoot / CNBC : OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor talks AI agents, regulation and the technology's current boom Sanjan...
Sources: Dan Riccio, Apple's Vision Pro chief and former SVP of hardware engineering, is leaving in October; the Vision Pro team will now report to John Ternus
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Despite the fallout from SBF's political donations, crypto super PAC Fairshake raised $203M, more than others, like runner-up Koch Industries, which raised $26M
I've always wondered when the tech industry which makes so much money and has so much to lose from poor regulation would start lobbying at scale. … X: Alex Sammon / @alex_sammon : Something truly insa...
Farther, which makes software for financial advisers, raised $72M led by CapitalG and Viewpoint Ventures at a $542M valuation, taking its total funding to $117M
Farther raised $72 million in the new funding round. … Farther Advisors LLC, a startup making technology for financial advisers …
The US GSA's Login.gov is giving government agencies access to its IAL2-compliant face recognition tech, which compares a user's live selfie with their photo ID
Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW :
X updates its Creator Revenue Sharing program to pay creators based on engagement with their content from Premium users, not how many see ads in their replies
Are Blue Checks Killing Connection? Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : X changes creator payouts to depend on engagement, not ads Karthik Mudaliar / Neowin : Creators on X will now get paid based on Premium s...
Ecommerce Europe expects 2024 e-commerce turnover in Europe, including the UK, to rise 8% YoY to €958B, the first inflation-adjusted year of growth since 2021
Helen Reid / Reuters :
Documents: OpenAI's projections suggest it won't turn a profit until 2029, when its revenue would hit $100B; losses could hit $14B in 2026, up nearly 3x on 2024
Cory Weinberg / The Information :
Paris-based Qantev, which offers AI-based claim management software for health and life insurance companies, raised a €30M Series B led by Blossom Capital
Anna Heim / TechCrunch :
Grabango, which provided cashierless checkout tech and raised $73M+, shuts down after failing to “secure the funding it needed to continue providing service”
The UK's defense ministry is using an AI model created by Palantir to sift through submissions for a comprehensive review of the country's defense capabilities
Stefan Boscia / Politico :
Amazon announces AI Shopping Guides, which show AI-generated descriptions and recommendations for 100+ product types on its US mobile website and in its US app
Will Knight / Wired :
An interview with Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng on the startup's mission of building “the world's best AI pilot”, the ethics of military AI use, and more
Margaux MacColl / TechCrunch :
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