Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment …
Palo Alto Networks says it has observed exploitation of two zero-days in its PAN-OS firewall OS; researchers say hackers have compromised 2,000+ firewalls
Malicious hackers have compromised potentially thousands of organizations by exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities found …
Elon Musk, as Trump's efficiency czar, is singling out ordinary federal staffers, including some with climate-related jobs, on X and unleashing his fans on them
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback — Unlimited access across all platforms and devices.
Polymarket blocks users in France from placing trades, as the country's gaming regulator investigates the platform's compliance with local gambling laws
- Prediction marketplace Polymarket has restricted users in France from accessing its platform, according to a message shown when trying to access the site from the country.
An investigation finds several women across the US were deceived, drugged, terrorized, and sexually enslaved by sex traffickers to make money from OnlyFans
OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.
SCOTUS agrees to hear a challenge against the FCC's $8B per year program to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries, and rural areas
The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone …
US Cybercom Executive Director Morgan Adamski says Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in critical infrastructure in the event of a clash with the US
Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure IT networks for a potential clash with the United States …
Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it harder for users across dozens of fitness apps and wearables to integrate their fitness data in one place
It might seem odd for one app's users to fume over an API, but at the heart of the matter is the inherent messiness of fitness data. Mastodon: @evan@cosocial.ca , @cdamian@rls.social , @lackattack@mas...
Jensen Huang urged global cooperation and highlighted China's contributions to AI, as he accepted an honorary doctorate degree in engineering in Hong Kong
- CEO Jensen Huang highlights China's contributions to AI — Huang has voiced support for the incoming Trump administration
A look at the disagreements in the US government over setting up a US Cyber Force, as the Pentagon formally asked Congress to reject the proposal in September
A recent Chinese cyber-espionage attack inside the nation's major telecom networks that may have reached as high as the communications …
A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise funds for climate action and cites IMF research that says $0.045 per kWh used could raise $5.2B annually
A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference that's set to come to a close today. Bluesky: @glynmoody.bsky.so...
Microsoft releases the first beta preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot+ PCs, including Click to Do, a feature similar to Google's Circle to Search
first preview build for Copilot+ PCs available now Scott Younker / Tom's Guide : Microsoft's controversial Recall is back — but only if you're a Windows Insider Taras Buria / Neowin : Recall is now av...
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has known Elon Musk for several years, has sought Musk's counsel in recent weeks on the incoming Trump administration
Popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view rival social-media owner as conduit to the president-elect
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators
from chips to software. Mady Mills / @madisonmills22 : $AMZN to invest another $4B into Anthropic. Big news in the release: Anthropic is now naming AWS its primary training partner...and will use AWS ...
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street
The “Nearest Neighbour attack” (very cool name, btw) involves connecting with nearby organizations and using their Wi-Fi networks to reach the main target organization. … @xpnsec.com : This hack is br...
Sources and screenshots: Kalshi paid influencers to imply that Polymarket and its CEO Shayne Coplan engaged in illegal activity, after FBI's raid on Coplan
Pirate Wires : X: @autismcapital , @austen , @ntmoney , @iterintellectus , @tszzl , @brandongorrell , @micsolana , and @frans__arthur X: @autismcapital : 🚨 The entire Polymarket piece is available fo...
Threads is testing AI-generated summaries of what users are discussing, in the app's Trending Now section in the US, and Search and Trending Now improvements
Good luck to everyone who stays on Threads 😂 [embedded post] @jphillll.bsky.social : Threads doing more new shit, but it's like AI summaries of trending topics lol [image] Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com...
A look at challenges facing Samsung Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, including the company falling behind in the AI chip race and discontent from employees
Chip woes and labour unrest test the mettle of third-generation leader of South Korea's most valuable company
Analysis: Sequoia Capital marked up its 2020 flagship US VC fund, which closed at ~$808M in 2022, by 24.6% in the 12 months ended in June 2024, with no exits
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A US judge declines to sanction Musk for skipping an SEC meeting for a probe into his Twitter takeover, as he reimbursed the SEC and met its lawyers in October
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Q&A with Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha on raising a new $350M round, the narrative that quick commerce is hurting grocery stores, industry pay structure, and more
They have leveraged 10 min delivery as the go-to market strategy to compete in an impossible & established sector. — More thoughts from my blog post a couple of years ago. — thestartupproject.io/2...
A Texas jury awards Netlist $118M in damages from Samsung in a patent lawsuit, after finding Samsung made and sold infringing DRAM products to customers
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China's richest man Zhong Shanshan accused PDD of harming his bottled-water empire through a price war and ByteDance of fanning online vitriol targeting him
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A US Chamber of Commerce email shows the Biden administration could add up to 200 Chinese chip companies to a trade restriction list as soon as next week
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Reid Hoffman shares his worries for tech under a Trump administration, calls Musk owning xAI while setting federal AI policies a serious conflict of interest
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Sources: CoreWeave is aiming for a valuation of over $35B and is likely to target raising more than $3B in its US IPO that is expected to occur in Q2 2025
One of the greatest pivots of all time. [embedded post] X: Craig Stephens / @accessipos : CoreWeave just closed a $650 million tender offer at a $23 billion valuation (October). Now it's targeting a ...
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and other executives on the challenges of rapidly infusing Google products with AI while continuing to pursue AGI
Harry McCracken / Fast Company : Bluesky: @jillbernstein.bsky.social . LinkedIn: Amanda Carl Bluesky: Jill Bernstein / @jillbernstein.bsky.social : As the war for AI supremacy rages on, @fastcompany....
Sources: Saudi Aramco's technology subsidiary is in talks to invest ~$1B in US telecommunications software maker Mavenir, in a deal likely to value it at ~$3B
Sources: MatX, which designs chips to train LLMs, raised a ~$80M Series A led by Spark Capital, at a ~$300M valuation, after raising a $25M seed in March
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