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...
Interview with Stephen Hunter, who manages the International Space Station's computer resources, on the tech they use, issues they face, AI, and more
Steve Ranger / ZDNet : Thanks: @steveranger
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 ...