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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to fix two zero-days that may have been exploited, reaching 20 zero-days patched in 2023   —  Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gBywcT5 via IFTTT

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : An interview with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on culturally aware LLMs, developer productivity with generative AI, women's health tech, and more   —  By tradition, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels caps off the AWS re:Invent conference with his last-day keynote.  A more recent tradition is that he also uses … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QoPZfi7 via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Sources: OpenAI is giving employees an extra month, until January 5, to decide whether they want to sell shares in the company through a tender offer   —  - Concerns over the tender had arisen amid tumult over Altman  — AI startup is giving staff an extra month to opt into the sale from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Lvj1woS via IFTTT

Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Plex users express alarm after receiving a “week in review” summary that showed what their friends had watched, part of Plex's opt-out Discover Together tool   —  “I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff,” a user said of Plex's Week … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qfhLNKt via IFTTT

Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal : Perplexity announces two online LLMs that can access the internet to deliver up-to-date responses, available via Perplexity's API and Labs web interface   —  Perplexity's new PPLX models leverage the internet for real-time data.  Find out how these new online LLMs compare to GPT-3.5 and Llama 2. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/p6uk1bn via IFTTT

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Apple Music Replay, which lets users look back at their music listening habits from the past year, arrives but is still no match for Spotify Wrapped   —  Apple's year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it's still no match for Spotify's personalized look back at your year in music. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/8fGX0nw via IFTTT

Drew Harwell / Washington Post : Elon Musk last week and today, in a now-deleted tweet, boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016   —  The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in 2016. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XmkEu9g via IFTTT

Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic : Survey of Substack and Telegram finds “scores” of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters among Substack's ~17K total; over 16 use Nazi symbols   —  The newsletter platform's lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mKQFngp via IFTTT

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Google says it is investigating an issue caused by Google Drive's desktop app, after users' reports in recent days that some of their files have disappeared   —  Over the past few days, quite a few Google Drive users have noticed files go missing, and now Google is confirming that it is looking … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/BsmlfwS via IFTTT

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : The FTC can proceed with changes to Meta's 2020 $5B privacy settlement, like barring monetization of kids' data, after a judge denied Meta's move to go to court   —  - Meta, under FTC order on privacy, sought federal court review  — Agency opened proceeding on alleged new privacy violations from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QOnB5fD via IFTTT

Hannah Lang / Reuters : A US judge rules ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao cannot leave the US until a court considers whether he should remain through his sentencing hearing in February   —  Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao cannot leave the United States for the time being, a federal judge said on Monday … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Cspurx5 via IFTTT

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : The European Commission says Amazon's $1.4B iRobot acquisition may restrict competition; Amazon says it's working to address the EC's concerns; IRBT drops 18%+   —  EU antitrust regulators said on Monday Amazon's (AMZN.O) $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot (IRBT.O) … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/vIBRYhX via IFTTT

Reuters : Huawei announces it's moving its smart car unit's core tech and resources into a new joint venture with Changan Auto, which is taking a 40% stake in the company   —  China's Huawei (HWT.UL) said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/oiUe3ph via IFTTT

With tools such as ChatGPT, DALLE-2, and CodeStarter, generative AI has captured the public imagination in 2023. Unlike past technologies that have come and gone—think metaverse—this latest one looks set to stay. OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, is perhaps the best-known generative AI tool. It reached 100 million monthly active users in just two months after launch, surpassing even TikTok and Instagram in adoption speed, becoming the fastest-growing consumer application in history. According to a McKinsey report, generative AI could add $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion annually in value to the global economy. The banking industry was highlighted as among sectors that could see the biggest impact (as a percentage of their revenues) from generative AI. The technology “could deliver value equal to an additional $200 billion to $340 billion annually if the use cases were fully implemented,” says the report.  For businesses from every sector, the current challenge is to separate...

Lavender Au / Wired : A look at the growing usage of social media apps like Douyin among the elderly in China since the COVID-19 lockdowns, often to find companionship   —  As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China's elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/72BgwCe via IFTTT

Mia Sato / The Verge : A look at Shein's NYC pop-up store, which resembled its website and may have only reinforced Shein's image of being quick, cheap, and not quite as it seems   —  The Shein pop-up store in New York this month resembled the e-commerce giant's website, except picture-perfect. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ADmjQKH via IFTTT

Reuters : A profile of Binance CEO Richard Teng, who faces the tough task of transforming the company's culture amid spiraling compliance costs and an ongoing SEC lawsuit   —  Spiralling compliance costs, ongoing legal headaches and a shrinking share of the market: Binance's new chief Richard Teng faces … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QyN6V7a via IFTTT

Natasha Singer / New York Times : Unsealed docs in a lawsuit by 30+ state AGs: Meta received 1.1M+ reports of under-13s on Instagram since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those   —  Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gHjb8cA via IFTTT

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Adobe: US online Black Friday sales hit $9.8B, up 7.5% YoY; Salesforce, which uses different metrics, says online sales hit $16.4B in the US and $70.9B globally   —  A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in online sales … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hCLvs2f via IFTTT

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Dutch media: Chimera, a China-linked hacker group, infiltrated Dutch semiconductor giant NXP's network between 2017 and 2020 and stole chip designs and more   —  The full extent of the security breach is unknown.  —  Chimera, a Chinese-linked hacker group, has infiltrated the network … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lZQuTcX via IFTTT

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : China's Sunway unveils new CPUs with a maximum FP64 throughput of 13.8 TFLOPS, which could let China build high-performance supercomputers despite US sanctions   —  China continues to advance supercomputing technologies despite U.S. sanctions.  —  Earlier this year, the National Supercomputing Center … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YvASyx5 via IFTTT

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : The UK and South Korea warn that the North Korean Lazarus hacking group is using a zero-day in the authentication software MagicLine4NX for supply-chain attacks   —  The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn that the North Korean Lazarus … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LyMXUSO via IFTTT

Michael Roddan / The Information : FOIA docs: Prashant Bhardwaj, hired in March as the US OCC's first officer to police fintech firms, lied about his work history; OCC quietly replaced Bhardwaj   —  In March, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the powerful federal banking regulator—tapped Prashant Kumar Bhardwaj … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xpk7yTW via IFTTT

Lee Yeon-Woo / The Korea Times : South Korea plans to start a digital currency pilot in Q4 2024; 100K people will be able to use deposit tokens issued by commercial banks in the form of CBDC   —  One hundred thousand Koreans will be able to utilize deposit tokens based on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) next year … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Q0ND6ob via IFTTT

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Some Pixel 8 Pro owners notice circular bumps on the screen; Google says they are “impressions from components” and don't impact durability or performance   —  Some Pixel 8 Pro owners have noticed circular bumps in several places on the screen that look to be the result … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/L89un46 via IFTTT