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AT&T’s botched network update caused yesterday’s major wireless outage (arstechnica.com)

AT&T’s botched network update caused yesterday’s major wireless outage::AT&T blamed itself for “incorrect process used as we were expanding our network.”

'Significant errors' plague FCC's broadband map, says ISP alliance (www.lightreading.com)

X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms — 81 campaign accounts falsely posing as Americans are still active on X, after being flagged last November (arstechnica.com)

X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms — 81 campaign accounts falsely posing as Americans are still active on X, after being flagged last November::X accused of overlooking propaganda flagged by Meta and criminal prosecutors.

Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm (www.techspot.com)

Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google’s new algorithm::undefined

Cheshire mechanic who ran child sexual abuse sites jailed for 16 years (www.theguardian.com)

Meta takes down Chinese Facebook accounts posing as US military families (www.engadget.com)

Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI (www.npr.org)

How Spoutible’s Leaky API Spurted out a Deluge of Personal Data (www.troyhunt.com)

Ever hear one of those stories where as it unravels, you lean in ever closer and mutter “No way! No way! NO WAY!” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before. Here goes: Last week, someone reached out to me with what

Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’ (www.theguardian.com)

Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’::The Guardian and Mission Local unravel ‘grey money’ network flooding the progressive city with conservative cash

Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI? (foundation.mozilla.org)

We had four lawyers, three privacy experts, and two campaigners look at Microsoft’s new Service Agreement, and none of our experts could tell if Microsoft plans on using your personal data – including audio, video, chat, and attachments from 130 products, including Office, Skype, Teams, and Xbox – to train its AI models....

A 28-ton, 1.2 MW tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid (newatlas.com)

A 28-ton, 1.2 MW tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid::undefined

J&J, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb spend billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D — Senate report points to greed and ‘patent thickets’ as key reasons for high prices (arstechnica.com)

J&J, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb spend billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D — Senate report points to greed and ‘patent thickets’ as key reasons for high prices::Senate report points to greed and “patent thickets” as key reasons for high prices.

AI Companies Take Hit as Judge Says Artists Have “Public Interest” In Pursuing Lawsuits (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

A federal judge rejected arguments from Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt that the suit is intended to suppress its free speech.

[On the lighter side] Billionaire suggests a payload would have solved Starship explosion due to venting oxygen. And we have a suggestion for who that payload could be (www.theregister.com)

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Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC’s broadband discrimination rules (arstechnica.com)

Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC’s broadband discrimination rules::Over 65 Republicans file resolution of disapproval, while lobby groups sue FCC.

‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny (www.theguardian.com)

Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting (www.scmp.com)

Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting::undefined

Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold (www.theverge.com)

Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold::Snap is recalling every one of its Pixy drones because their batteries pose a fire hazard. Yes, the entire drone is being recalled, not just the removable battery. Snap discontinued the drone just months after release.

Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation — Buried in URL was a string of characters that appeared to be random, but were actually a payload (arstechnica.com)

Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation — Buried in URL was a string of characters that appeared to be random, but were actually a payload::Vimeo also used by legitimate user who posted booby-trapped content.

The creators of Twitterrific are making an app to read (almost) anything on the web (www.theverge.com)

Project Tapestry will make a universal, chronological timeline of the public web.

TikTok goes full YouTube (www.theverge.com)

Chip smuggling operation that sent 53,000 banned American chips to China gets busted — $12 million worth of chips funneled through South Korean company (www.tomshardware.com)

Chip smuggling operation that sent 53,000 banned American chips to China gets busted — $12 million worth of chips funneled through South Korean company::A smuggling operation carried out by the unnamed South Korean ‘Company A’ involved 53,000 chips worth nearly $12 million.

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