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AT&T’s stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft unveiled Bing Chat Enterprise, a version of Bing Chat with business-focused data privacy and governance controls. With Bing Chat Enterprise, chat data isn’t saved, Microsoft can’t view a customer’s employee or business data and customer data isn’t used to train the underlying...
At the AI Infra @ Scale event today — a one-day virtual conference hosted by Meta’s engineering and infrastructure teams — the company announced a series of new hardware and software projects that aim to support the next generation of AI applications. The event featured speakers from Meta who shared their insights and...
According to a recent software industry security report, there is a notable increase in tension between application security (AppSec) workers and application developers over consensus on cloud-native needs. Additionally, there is a growing concern about retaining developer talent in this context.
This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon’s potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.’s antitrust regulators, is now getting an extensive review...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.
As other leading smartphone makers are perfecting devices with vertically or horizontally folding screens, recently published patent information suggests Cupertino might take a different route. A patent for “electronic devices with rollable displays” filed last October and published on July 13 references a device with a...
“The Committee has significant concerns about the technical challenges facing MSR and potential further impacts on confirmed missions, even before MSR has completed preliminary design review,” stated the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee in its report on the budget.
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Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves (arstechnica.com)
Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay “grossly exceeds” corporate norms.
JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state (arstechnica.com)
“Extremely targeted” attack involved a data injection into JumpCloud’s commands framework.
AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today (arstechnica.com)
AT&T’s stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.
Microsoft brings Bing Chat to the enterprise (techcrunch.com)
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft unveiled Bing Chat Enterprise, a version of Bing Chat with business-focused data privacy and governance controls. With Bing Chat Enterprise, chat data isn’t saved, Microsoft can’t view a customer’s employee or business data and customer data isn’t used to train the underlying...
Meta unveils new AI data centers and supercomputer to power AI-first future (venturebeat.com)
At the AI Infra @ Scale event today — a one-day virtual conference hosted by Meta’s engineering and infrastructure teams — the company announced a series of new hardware and software projects that aim to support the next generation of AI applications. The event featured speakers from Meta who shared their insights and...
The spam bots have now found Threads, as company announces its own ‘rate limits’ (techcrunch.com)
Modder is hosting his personal website on a 40-year-old IBM PCjr (www.techspot.com)
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?
An email typo has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to Mali (www.engadget.com)
‘This risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the US,’ warned the Dutch whistleblower who discovered them.
PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week (arstechnica.com)
It’s hard to say exactly what is getting deleted, but it’s easy to download.
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression (arstechnica.com)
Dementia experts hail “watershed moment” after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment.
Assassin's Creed haptic feedback shirt will let players feel every punch, stab, and fall (www.techspot.com)
The partnership lets players experience the world as the game’s protagonist, Basim
Meta’s Threads sent another app named Threads to the top of the App Store charts (www.engadget.com)
It’s confusing, I know.
TIL there is an fediverse alternative to Discord (matrix.org)
About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications....
Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized (arstechnica.com)
224GB/s, killer security, no radio interference—but you can’t block the beam.
AppSec, Devs Clash Flags Need for Paradigm Shift in Software Industry (www.technewsworld.com)
According to a recent software industry security report, there is a notable increase in tension between application security (AppSec) workers and application developers over consensus on cloud-native needs. Additionally, there is a growing concern about retaining developer talent in this context.
This week in robotics: Amazon’s iRobot deal hits an EU snag as new funding keeps hot drone summer rolling (techcrunch.com)
This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon’s potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.’s antitrust regulators, is now getting an extensive review...
FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues (apnews.com)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.
Patent pending: Apple could skip foldables and advance directly to a rollable iPhone (www.techspot.com)
As other leading smartphone makers are perfecting devices with vertically or horizontally folding screens, recently published patent information suggests Cupertino might take a different route. A patent for “electronic devices with rollable displays” filed last October and published on July 13 references a device with a...
Brimstone's decarbonized cement passes crucial third-party strength test (www.engadget.com)
This sets up a major breakthrough for net-zero construction
Striking actors say rejected 'AI proposal' would let studios use their likeness without fair pay (www.engadget.com)
The AMPTP says the proposal would allow performers to consent to the creation of a digital replica.
How a cloud flaw gave Chinese spies a key to Microsoft’s kingdom (arstechnica.com)
Hackers stole a cryptographic key that let them forge user identities and slip past defenses.
The Senate just lobbed a tactical nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return program (arstechnica.com)
“The Committee has significant concerns about the technical challenges facing MSR and potential further impacts on confirmed missions, even before MSR has completed preliminary design review,” stated the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee in its report on the budget.