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Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack

2 January 2025 at 01:17

Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that […]

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Elon Musk’s pro-Trump critics claim they’re being censored on X

31 December 2024 at 14:28

Conservative activists claim X is censoring them for being critical of its owner, Elon Musk.

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Investigation exposes pedophilia in the child-influencer industryΒ 

31 December 2024 at 12:04

A New York Times investigation found that dozens of potential pedophiles have prolifically exploited the child influencer industry.

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Gupshup investor cuts value of its stake again, implying new valuation of $486M

30 December 2024 at 23:47

Asset management firm Fidelity slashed the estimated worth of its stake in business messaging platform Gupshup by another 7.7% last month, lowering the value of its holding in the SaaS startup by a total of more than 65% since its investment in mid-2021. One of the funds operated by the U.S. asset manager valued its […]

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Nvidia completes acquisition of AI infrastructure startup Run:ai

30 December 2024 at 07:58

Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup that helps manage and optimize AI hardware infrastructure. As part of the merger, Run:ai said its software, which currently only works with Nvidia products, will be open sourced, meaning Nvidia rivals like AMD and Intel will be able to adapt it for their hardware. β€œWe […]

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UK antitrust watchdog launches review of IBM’s HashiCorp takeover

30 December 2024 at 07:44

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, has opened an investigation into whether IBM’s planned acquisition of cloud software vendor HashiCorp would affect competition. The CMA said Monday it was inviting comment on the merger from interested parties by January 16. The regulator set a provisional February 25 deadline to decide whether […]

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Mercedes-backed Volocopter files for bankruptcy

30 December 2024 at 06:57

German electric air taxi company Volocopter has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest in a string of similar startups to hit financial turbulence. The company plans to keep operating while it searches for new investors. β€œWe are ahead of our industry peers in our technological, flight test, and certification progress. That makes us an attractive […]

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Nvidia’s next move: Powering humanoid robots

29 December 2024 at 16:15

The chipmaking giant Nvidia is leaning more heavily into robotics in 2025. More specifically, in the first half of the new year, confirms the Financial Times, Nvidia is launching a new generation of compact computers for humanoid robots called Jetson Thor. The move, which was expected, is part of an evolving, years-long strategy. Nvidia doesn’t […]

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AI data centers could be β€˜distorting’ the US power grid

29 December 2024 at 14:34

The proliferation of data centers aiming to meet the computational needs of AI could be bad news for the U.S. power grid, according to a new report in Bloomberg. Using the 1 million residential sensors tracked by Whisker Labs, along with market intelligence data from DC Byte, Bloomberg found that more than half of the […]

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Crypto industry groups sue IRS over broker reporting rule

29 December 2024 at 12:40

Three crypto industry groups β€” the DeFi Education Fund, the Blockchain Association, and the Texas Blockchain Council β€” are suing the Internal Revenue Service to block new regulations that require decentralized finance (DeFi) entities to report customer information. The IRS has been finalizing crypto tax regulations as part of the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and […]

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Google CEO says AI model Gemini will be the company’s β€˜biggest focus’ in 2025

28 December 2024 at 14:00

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly told Google employees that 2025 will be a β€œcritical” year for the company. CNBC reports that it obtained audio from a December 18 strategy meeting where Pichai and other executives put on ugly holiday sweaters and laid out their priorities for the coming year. β€œI think 2025 will be critical,” […]

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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will face fraud charges in the US

27 December 2024 at 11:55

Do Kwon, the co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency startup Terraform Labs, will be extradited from Montenegro to the U.S. to face federal fraud charges, as first reported by Bloomberg. Kwon faces charges in both the U.S. and South Korea; Terraform Labs’ TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies crashed in 2022, causing investors to lose over $40 billion. Terraform […]

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Want a cheap EV? Hertz is handing out discounts to renters

27 December 2024 at 07:42

Hertz has been contacting people who are in the middle of renting electric vehicles recently to offer them the option to buy the car instead of returning it, reports The Verge. And the offers are pretty sweet, according to some renters who shared the offers on Reddit.Β  One renter was reportedly offered a 2023 Chevy […]

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ChatGPT Search can be tricked into misleading users, new research reveals

26 December 2024 at 13:31

ChatGPT's new search feature can be told to generate entirely positive product summaries thanks to hidden code, new research finds.

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Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report

26 December 2024 at 09:16

Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup’s profits, according to a new report from The Information. And by this definition, OpenAI is many years away from reaching it. The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when […]

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OpenAI β€˜considered’ building a humanoid robot: Report

24 December 2024 at 09:19

OpenAI has recently explored building its own humanoid robot, according to The Information. The report cites β€œtwo people with direct knowledge” of those conversations. The ChatGPT maker has been involved in the space for some time now, by way of financial backing. It has thus far invested in Figure and 1X, along with the β€œgeneral […]

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Watch Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas do a backflip

24 December 2024 at 07:37

A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week, as Santa suit-wearing electric Atlas performs a backflip. The feat occurs about 13 minutes into a new video, showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid robot’s arsenal. It’s worth noting that β€” unlike with humans β€” a robot performing a backflip isn’t necessarily more complicated […]

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Clop ransomware gang takes credit for latest mass hack that breached dozens of companies

24 December 2024 at 07:25

The prolific ransomware gang says it hacked at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in tools made by Cleo Software.

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An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West BankΒ 

23 December 2024 at 11:39

A Wired investigation found that Google Maps can be near impossible to use in the West Bank, especially since the start of the war. Users told the publication that the navigation app would direct them into walls, fail to account for time-consuming checkpoints, or steer them onto restricted roads leading to Israeli settlements, which can […]

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