The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing” plan terms
Amid a flurry of tech news yesterday … Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central : US government sues Adobe for ‘deceptive’ business tactics and hiding steep subscription cancellation charges to ‘trap’ its custo...
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
written evidence (LLM0113) Dan Milmo / The Guardian : ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says Ryan Daws / AI News : Copyrighted data ‘impossible’ to avo...
Researchers detail a MITM attack on SSH that can break the integrity of the protocol, the first “practical attack of its kind”; fixes face compatibility issues
SSH is an internet standard that provides secure access to network services … Connor Jones / The Register : SSH shaken, not stirred by Terrapin vulnerability Terrapin Attack : Terrapin Attack: Breakin...
Alphabet plans to cut ~12,000 jobs, 6%+ of its global workforce; CEO Sundar Pichai says he takes “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here”
read the memo CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff Mary Yang / NPR : Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January BBC : Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs Abner L...
UK's tax authority to delete records of ~5M people from its Voice ID biometric voice security system because it did not have clear user consent, violating GDPR
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UK's tax authority to delete records of ~5M people from its Voice ID biometric voice security system because it did not have clear user consent, violating GDPR
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Interview with Stephen Hunter, who manages the International Space Station's computer resources, on the tech they use, issues they face, AI, and more
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IDC says global smartphone unit shipments fell 6.3% YoY in Q4, while Strategy Analytics sees 9% drop in Q4, but 1% growth on a full-year basis in 2017
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds criticizes Intel's “garbage” Spectre and Meltdown patches, saying they “do things that do not make sense”
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How changing attitudes of younger generation, government policies and funding, local VCs and successful entrepreneurs are boosting French startup ecosystem
Steve Ranger / TechRepublic : Tweets: @christianhern and @partechventures . Thanks: @steveranger Tweets: Christian Hernandez / @christianhern : Great longish read on all the ingredients being shaken ...