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China’s hackers target Tibetans, Uyghur, and Taiwanese
China-backed threat actors have been targeting mobile devices of Tibetans, Uyghur, and Taiwanese to harvest sensitive information. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been under the radar of human rights watchdogs for targeting these ethnic groups.
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Palestine is at the edge of ‘no internet’ sparking human rights concerns
The attacks on Palestinian communication systems and rapidly depleting fuel supplies could cause a full internet blackout, raising concerns among human rights organizations.
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Feds launch probe into China's US gov email hack
US lawmakers have opened up an investigation into the recent email hack of several federal agencies suspected to be carried out by a Beijing-backed hacker group.
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Musk’s SpaceX sued by US over illegal hiring practices against migrants
The US government has filed suit against Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for allegedly discriminating against asylees and refugees who tried to work for the California-based company.
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Nobel Prize winners names leaked before final decision
A trigger-happy Nobel Prize employee apparently hit send a bit too early this week, revealing the names of the 2023 award winners in Chemistry – before a final vote had even taken place, the prestigious institution said Wednesday.
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Hunting and gathering: OpZero raises stakes in zero-day exploit market
OpZero, the shady Russian zero-day exploit broker, has struck again. It’s still fairly new as a player in the game, but the company has once more massively increased its payouts for top-tier mobile exploits.
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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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