Saturday, September 16, 2023

N. Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole ~$240M in crypto in the past 104 days, as it ramps up hacks and shifts focus from decentralized services to centralized ones (Elliptic)

Elliptic:
N. Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole ~$240M in crypto in the past 104 days, as it ramps up hacks and shifts focus from decentralized services to centralized ones  —  The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.



TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times a week from October (New York Times)

New York Times:
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times a week from October  —  The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance.  —  TikTok employees …



A look D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words through songs (Ashlee Vance/Bloomberg)

Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg:
A look D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words through songs  —  A landlocked country in Central Asia is home to an international hit.  —  The US has Mr. Beast.  The Kyrgyz Republic has D Billions.



German prosecutors say Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if such requests threatened free speech (Max Hoppenstedt/Washington Post)

Max Hoppenstedt / Washington Post:
German prosecutors say Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if such requests threatened free speech  —  The social media company has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests from German authorities since Musk's purchase, prosecutors say



A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some employees who found their AI projects pushed aside and resources curtailed (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal)

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some employees who found their AI projects pushed aside and resources curtailed  —  Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott spearheaded the tech titan's unlikely partnership with OpenAI  —  In the tech industry's artificial-intelligence race,



Pokémon Go goes Desi with Hindi language support: All details

The Pokémon Company and Niantic have launched Pokémon Go in Hindi, renaming over 800 Pokémon in the process. Indian users can now access the official Pokédex page for the new Hindi names and search for information in Hindi. Niantic is hosting a month-long special event for Indian players to celebrate the Hindi localisation, which includes special rewards. The companies have also released a short film titled "The Journey of One Dream" in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. https://ift.tt/f43qi5H

The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its Staten Island warehouse; Amazon plans to appeal (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Greg Bensinger / Reuters : The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its ...