Twitch launches Stories, expiring after 48 hours, for Partners and Affiliates who have streamed at least once for 45 minutes or longer in the last 30 days — Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, Twitch is launching stories for streamers to connect with their audience even when they aren't live.
The FTX estate floats an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings, divided into three pools, and plans to formally file the plan by December 16 — An amended proposal released early Tuesday will be filed by the FTX Debtors by mid-December if approved.
US v. SBF: Nishad Singh says SBF used customer funds for spending sprees that “reeked of excess” and he learned of an $8B hole two months before FTX collapsed — Nishad Singh, testifying at Mr. Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, said FTX customer deposits were used to buy luxury real estate …
Tokyo-based, KKR-owned chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric raised $724.4M in its IPO, after pricing shares at ~$12.30, valuing the company at ~$2.8B — Chip equipment maker Kokusai Electric (6525.T) has raised $724.4 million after pricing its shares at the top end of their marketed range …
How Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex has become a major money laundering channel for cybercriminals and terror groups like the Palestinian Islamic Jihad — Garantex's international pipeline helps defy Treasury sanctions by channeling rubles to crypto to dollars. Customers line up with bags of cash.
TSMC founder Morris Chang says the company expects competition from Intel and others, and Japan and Singapore have the best chance of winning the chip race — Founder adds Japan and Singapore are well-positioned to win as industry evolves — TSMC founder Morris Chang attends a sports day event in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Oct. 14.
A look at Apple's recent executive promotions; sources: a cheaper Vision Pro may not have EyeSight and M3-based MacBook Pros could come in early or spring 2024 — Still, it's losing a top hardware executive. Also: There are fresh details on efforts to lower the price of the Vision Pro …
Researchers find that a modest amount of fine-tuning can undo safety efforts that aim to prevent LLMs such as OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo from spewing toxic content — OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo chatbot defenses dissolve with ‘20 cents’ of API tickling — The “guardrails” created to prevent large language models …
GPT4-V, the new mode of GPT-4 that lets users upload images as part of conversations, allows for prompt injection attacks by following instructions in images — GPT4-V is the new mode of GPT-4 that allows you to upload images as part of your conversations. It's absolutely brilliant.
The Microsoft-Activision deal closure shows that tech giants can still grow by getting “vertical mergers” through courts and regulators relatively unscathed — With the completion of the blockbuster acquisition, the notion that tech giants can grow through “vertical transactions” remains intact.
How Influencers played a key role in boosting the popularity of Riot Game's Valorant among Gen Z gamers; Riot says 70% of Valorant players are Generation Z — Valorant was never a sure thing, until it was. … Rachell Hofstetter, known to fans as Valkyrae, yells like a banshee as she dodges gunfire in the video game.
The HTTP/2 Rapid Reset flaw, which was exploited to launch record-setting DDoS attacks, requires patching every web server before the problem can be eradicated — Dubbed “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset,” the flaw requires making patches available for virtually every web server around the world before the problem can be eradicated.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Alibaba's DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-worl...
