Sunday, September 10, 2023

Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes (Molly White/Web3 is Going Just Great)

Molly White / Web3 is Going Just Great:
Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes  —  The Twitter account belonging to Vitalik Buterin, inventor and effective leader of the Ethereum project, was hacked to promote a crypto scam.



Expected price increase and features like periscope lens, exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro Max, suggest Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Expected price increase and features like periscope lens, exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro Max, suggest Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy  —  Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 15 on Tuesday, alongside updated watches and AirPods.  And once again, the company …



How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world  —  - Quality of life, bitcoin-friendly tax laws and a huge influx of expats have made Lisbon one of the crypto capitals of the world.



Saturday, September 9, 2023

This popular online gaming platform is coming to PS4, PS5 next month

Roblox, the popular gaming platform, will be available on PS4 and PS5 consoles starting in October. The announcement was made at the Roblox Developers Conference. The company also unveiled a new conversational AI assistant that will help creators make experiences for the app. Roblox is already available on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Xbox, and has more than 65 million players. https://ift.tt/Sgmp2BA

A profile of Rene Haas, who Arm appointed as CEO in February 2022 after Nvidia's Arm acquisition was scrapped and SoftBank shared plans to pursue an IPO instead (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Rene Haas, who Arm appointed as CEO in February 2022 after Nvidia's Arm acquisition was scrapped and SoftBank shared plans to pursue an IPO instead  —  The American CEO of Arm, a British company owned by a Japanese tech conglomerate, must juggle the needs of chip-making customers who are battling each other



How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a "neural network planner" trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips (Walter Isaacson/CNBC)

Walter Isaacson / CNBC:
How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a “neural network planner” trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips  —  The following is adapted from Walter Isaacson's biography “Elon Musk,” publishing Sept. 12.



Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames "a web caching issue" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames “a web caching issue”  —  Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren't theirs …



How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums  —  - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.



How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown (Vincent Manancourt/Politico)

Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown  —  LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.



Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering "future content" (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering “future content”  —  The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.



Friday, September 8, 2023

Sources: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance, encouraged by the Indian government, is in talks with foreign chipmakers to enter semiconductor manufacturing (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance, encouraged by the Indian government, is in talks with foreign chipmakers to enter semiconductor manufacturing  —  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) has begun exploring a foray into semiconductor manufacturing, a move that could address …



What to expect from Apple's "Wonderlust" event on September 12, including four iPhone 15 models with USB-C and Apple Watch Series 9 with new sensors and chips (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's “Wonderlust” event on September 12, including four iPhone 15 models with USB-C and Apple Watch Series 9 with new sensors and chips  —  Company will spotlight titanium iPhone 15 Pro and cameras, switch to USB-C chargers and faster smartwatches.



How Microsoft is pushing users to use its AI-powered products, services

Microsoft has introduced an AI tool called Copilot in its Office suite and Windows 11. However, users may face intellectual property infringement issues while using Copilot. To address this concern, Microsoft has announced the Copilot Copyright Commitment, taking responsibility for potential legal risks. The company will extend IP legal protection to enterprise customers using Copilot AI services. https://ift.tt/dy5rFZV

Local media: Turkey sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, to 11,196 years; 400K+ users of Thodex have lost $2B+ in deposits (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk:
Local media: Turkey sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, to 11,196 years; 400K+ users of Thodex have lost $2B+ in deposits  —  Thodex was one of Turkey's largest crypto exchanges before it suddenly went offline in April 2021 and Özer went missing.



Q&A with Threads engineers Jesse Chen and Zahan Malkani on building the app with Instagram's tech stack, handling Threads' unexpectedly intense launch, and more (Gergely Orosz/The Pragmatic Engineer)

Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer:
Q&A with Threads engineers Jesse Chen and Zahan Malkani on building the app with Instagram's tech stack, handling Threads' unexpectedly intense launch, and more  —  The Threads app was downloaded by more than 100M people on launch week.  How did the engineering team build the app, and handle an unexpectedly intense launch?



A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory guidelines for those working on its user content, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

Sam Biddle / The Intercept : A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory guidelines for those working on its user content, allowing ...