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Software ‘malfunction’ causes voting delay in Pennsylvania
A court in Pennsylvania has extended voting in Cambria County after technical issues prevented voters from scanning their ballots once the polls opened Tuesday morning.
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Netflix raided in Europe as part of tax fraud probe
French and Dutch authorities have searched the offices of streaming giant Netflix in Paris and Amsterdam as part of a probe into tax fraud, according to sources.
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Major blow to cybercriminals: Interpol takes down thousands of IPs and servers
An international Interpol operation has disabled a vast cybercrime infrastructure consisting of 22,000 malicious IP addresses used for phishing, information stealers, and ransomware. Authorities arrested 41 individuals, with 65 others still under investigation.
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Berlinale ‘decided to say goodbye’ to X
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced it is quitting Elon Musk’s social media platform X, but said nothing about moving to Bluesky.
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After China’s move, Meta opens up Llama models for US national security applications
Meta is making its Llama series of AI models available to US government agencies and contractors for national security after reports that China reworked the open-source tool for military use.
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Major AI company calls for urgent regulation to avert catastrophe
AI can already “be misused for catastrophic risks,” and the window for proactive risk prevention is closing. Anthropic, the major developer of AI models, is calling for urgent AI regulation.
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Mounties reportedly bust Ticketmaster, AT&T hacker
The attackers’ actions caused some of of this year’s largest data breaches.
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Next-gen navigation without GPS: Maxar will match images to accurate 3D map
Maxar, a leading satellite imagery company, is developing 3D mapping technology that allows precise navigation by matching sensor data to an exact 3D map of the entire planet Earth.
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True World, the church-run seafood empire, suffers data breach
True World, America’s largest sushi supplier, has revealed that data was stolen from its systems.
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Blocked X users can now see your public posts anyway
X has controversially updated its block feature, allowing people to view public posts even if they’re blocked. Some users say it’s not safe.
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NFL Super Bowl entertainment partner victim of cyberattack
The New York-based advertising and broadcast agency Van Wagner has suffered what it calls a “malware attack” that leaked the personal information of over 5000 people.
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Belle Tire reveals tens of thousands exposed in cyberattack
American automotive retailer Belle Tire fell victim to cybercriminals earlier this year, with the attacks’ post-mortem revealing how many people had their details exposed.
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Over half of Ohio state capital exposed in massive cyberattack
Threat actors have accessed a treasure trove of sensitive information on over 500,000 residents living in The City of Columbus, Ohio.
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Large AI-driven bot network supporting Trump found on X
A researcher has just found an army of political propaganda accounts powered by artificial intelligence and posing as real people on X to argue in favor of Donald Trump.
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Temu faces massive fine as EU launches probe
The European Commission has started a formal investigation against Temu over concerns the Chinese shopping giant violated the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Apple removes another VPN service from Russian App Store
Apple has again yielded to Russian censorship demands, removing the independent Amnezia VPN from its App Store in Russia under claims of “illegal” content.
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Meta wants US government to use its AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is working on the adoption of Llama, its AI model, across the US government. The model is open source, and that might explain the interest.
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Steam now requires game devs to disclose kernel-level anti-cheats
Valve, the company behind the games and software distribution platform Steam, has introduced a change requiring developers to disclose if their games use kernel-level anti-cheat systems.
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Russia fines Google something like a ‘zillion’ dollars for blocking YouTube accounts
A Moscow judge fines Google ‘2 undecillion rubles’ for blocking Russian TV YouTube accounts – an amount with so many zeros, you’d have to be a scholar mathematician to even calculate it.
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Musk predicts 'more robots than people' by 2040 in latest interview. Here's what else he said, from AI to Zed.
Elon Musk talks robots, starships, and the future of AI during a virtual guest appearance at the 8th Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference, which kicked off on Tuesday in Riyadh. We listened to the entire interview, so you don't have to. Here's the breakdown.
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