Tuesday, September 20, 2022

A look at Finland-based Crea Nova, an internet service company that hosted hate and conspiracy-filled websites, and its connections to Russia (Elina Lappalainen/Helsingin Sanomat)

Elina Lappalainen / Helsingin Sanomat:
A look at Finland-based Crea Nova, an internet service company that hosted hate and conspiracy-filled websites, and its connections to Russia  —  This is how 8kun and Daily Stormer, known for their neo-Nazi and Qanon content, went down.  The infamous VanwaTech maintained the site's traffic …



Elon Musk says Starlink will seek exemption from Iranian sanctions

Access to social media and some content is tightly restricted in Iran and internet monitoring group NetBlocks reported "near-total" disruption to internet connectivity in the capital of the Kurdish region on Monday, linking it to the protests. https://ift.tt/XOIQwf0

Here's what Uber said on cyber attack issue

Uber said the attacker had not accessed any user accounts and the databases that store sensitive user information such as credit card numbers, bank account or trip details. https://ift.tt/9dGEBeX

Monday, September 19, 2022

Sources: India's government and central bank have asked Google to help curb illegal digital lending apps several times in recent months (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: India's government and central bank have asked Google to help curb illegal digital lending apps several times in recent months  —  Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has been asked by the Indian government and the central bank to introduce more stringent checks to help curb the use …



Sources: Instacart plans to mostly sell employees' stock during its IPO to help staff cash out, issuing a small number of shares and limiting the amount raised (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Instacart plans to mostly sell employees' stock during its IPO to help staff cash out, issuing a small number of shares and limiting the amount raised  —  Most shares listed will come from employees, in a move that could help the delivery company retain and recruit talent



Sources: the Pentagon plans to audit how it conducts online clandestine information warfare after Meta, Twitter, and others removed pro-US operations (Ellen Nakashima/Washington Post)

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Sources: the Pentagon plans to audit how it conducts online clandestine information warfare after Meta, Twitter, and others removed pro-US operations  —  Complaints about the U.S. military's influence operations using Facebook and Twitter have raised concern in the White House and federal agencies.



Some startups and researchers who can't access the most advanced chips are adopting a "frugal AI" approach, building smaller models on open-weight systems (Rina Chandran/Rest of World)

Rina Chandran / Rest of World : Some startups and researchers who can't access the most advanced chips are adopting a “frugal AI” app...