The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/ policies/... Yoshua Bengio / @yoshuabengio : All of us who drafted the Chapter are independent experts. With lots of useful input from industry, civil society, and a...
Insight and Info: China's leading EDA companies for chip design, Empyrean Technology, Primarius, and Semitronix, had less than 2% of global market share in 2023
Financial Times : Mastodon: @1br0wn@eupolicy.social Mastodon: Ian Brown / @1br0wn@eupolicy.social : ‘Last year, China opened a National [semiconductor] Electronic Design Automation Innovation Centre ...
The EU opens a DSA investigation into Alibaba's AliExpress over illegal content concerns, ad and product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation
This time it's Alibaba due to counterfeit goods. Both TikTok and X are also currently under investigation for not protecting minors and disinformation related to the Isreal-Hamas War respectively. … ...
Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver's license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs
what you need to know Kevin Collier / NBC News : Info from dozens of companies, millions of Americans compromised by Russia-speaking cybergrime group Benjamin Freed / StateScoop : More state governmen...
Some Instagram meme pages are turning into “war pages” that repost unverified footage without context, often claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine
Just hours after the first explosions rocked Ukraine Wednesday night, massive Instagram meme pages began promoting … Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @marklittlenews , @tylerkingkade , @bostonj...
Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips
here's how to use it Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer : Twitter Tip Jar may expose PayPal address, sparks privacy concerns Prasham Parikh / Android Police : Twitter's new Tip Jar makes it super easy to su...
Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents' News Feeds starting next week
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New tool decrypts WannaCry-infected computers running Windows XP, 7, and 2003, if they have not been rebooted
if you work fast Brad Linder / Liliputing : Do not reboot your PC if you get WannaCry ransomeware - try this instead Matt Suiche / Comae Technologies : WannaCry — Decrypting files with WanaKiwi + Demo...
Fake stories flagged by two or more unpaid third-parties like Snopes and AP will get warning labels, lower ranking on News Feed, but will remain shareable
Not With Censorship, But With More Info Eric Abent / SlashGear : Here's Facebook's plan for fighting fake news Michael Krey / Investor's Business Daily : Facebook Ratchets Up Its Efforts To Block Fake...
Inside the NSA's battle with the private sector to recruit coders, hackers, and engineers
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico : Tweets: @politico , @peterwsinger and @20committee Tweets: @politico : “We're not as secret as everyone thinks,” said a woman at the NSA's table. “We do Twitter” http:/...