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Microsoft: China using AI to sway US elections

The tech giant's researchers say they’ve discovered what appears to be a network of fake Chinese-run social media accounts set up to sway American voters.
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT-4 for big business

OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, announced the release of a new enterprise platform incorporated with its 4th generation AI model, and geared exclusively for big businesses.
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Another US Congressman reveals emails hacked by China

US Congressman and House Armed Services Committee member Don Bacon said his email accounts were hacked as part of Microsoft’s recently disclosed Chinese cyber espionage campaign.
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Patreon payment outage leaves influencers in the lurch

Patreon, a members-only online subscription service used by thousands of content creators worldwide, said it’s currently working to fix a two-day outage that forced the company to temporarily suspend all user payments.
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OpenAI's Sam Altman launches Worldcoin digital platform

Over two million users have already signed up for Worldcoin, the crypto platform launched by OpenAI’s Sam Altman. The new digital identity and financial network was designed so that technical prosperity can be shared among all humans worldwide.
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By attacking Wikipedia, Musk is lambasting the nonprofit bastion of hard facts

Wikipedia is the only major platform that operates as a public service, gifting us information for free and staying away from our data. No wonder Elon Musk is now attacking it.
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Cord-cutting and streaming aren’t a bargain anymore

Cut the cord and save precious money! This used to be a pretty good argument in favor of streaming. Not anymore – thanks to endless price hikes, cable bundles now cost less than top streaming services.
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Discovery, Radisson, Honeywell data published by MOVEit hackers

Cl0p, the ransomware cartel behind the MOVEit Transfer hack, has supposedly published data stolen from 56 organizations.
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Move along Twitter and the blue bird: X is here

The well-known blue bird logo of Twitter will be replaced with an X, the platform’s owner Elon Musk said. The company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed the change.
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YouTube CEO: videos denying the war in Ukraine violate our policy

YouTube is still up and running in Russia. Its citizens can’t monetize their content anymore but YouTube’s management believes it's vital to deliver independent news to Russia.
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Biden issues first US federal regulations on AI systems: what’s in them?

US President Joe Biden’s White House has outlined the federal government’s first regulations on artificial intelligence. The administration's powers are limited, though.
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Space junk hit by more space junk, says ESA

A piece of space junk has collided with a bigger object of orbiting debris, which ironically was the target of European space clean-up mission. Yet again, the space agency is underlining the importance of its mission.
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Expert voices pile up on Microsoft’s “negligent” security management

Software giant Microsoft takes far too long to patch discovered security flaws and leaves customers unprotected and uninformed. The latest public criticism comes from Amit Yoran, CEO of security company Tenable.
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Ohio city severely disrupted by ransomware attack

Huber Heights in Ohio, USA, was hit with a cyberattack that’s expected to limit access to local services for at least a week. Another attack impacted a county in North Carolina.
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‘Denial of pleasure’ attack: FlipperZero targets adult toys

Researchers find that Flipper Zero can connect and control adult toys remotely by making them vibrate or stop working via a Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) broadcast.
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Denmark hit with largest cyberattack on record

Hackers potentially linked to Russia’s military intelligence carried out a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks on Danish energy infrastructure in the spring, a new report says.
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Major Canadian fintech Moneris claimed by Medusa ransomware

Moneris, a payment processing business used by Starbucks and IKEA, has been listed on Medusa ransomware’s dark web blog.
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Attackers claim Plume data breach

Plume, a smart WiFi services provider, was posted on a popular data leak forum, with attackers claiming that they’ve downloaded gigabytes of user data.
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Dragos cybersecurity claimed by ransomware cartel

Dragos, an industrial cybersecurity services provider, was listed on the ALPHV ransomware gang’s leak site, quoting a third-party breach.
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Australia ports operator back online after cyber incident

DP World Australia, one of the country's largest ports operators, said operations had resumed at all its facilities after a cybersecurity incident forced it to a halt for three days.
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