2 million job seekers targeted by data thieves. Primary focus in APAC region, including Australia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, India, and Vietnam. Also affects Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, US. (www.malwarebytes.com)
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ‘AI is really in the air now’ and is planning to train 2 million Gen Z in India with tech skills (fortune.com)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ‘AI is really in the air now’ and is planning to train 2 million Gen Z in India with tech skills::Microsoft says 90% of Indian leaders need workers prepared for the rise of AI—but 78% of workers say they don’t have the right knowledge.
Meta, TikTok take EU to court over online content rulebook (www.politico.eu)
Social media giants Meta and TikTok are suing the European Union over a levy that bankrolls the enforcement of Europe’s content moderation law, the Digital Services Act....
The fediverse, explained (www.theverge.com)
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages (www.tomshardware.com)
Bodycam Maker Axon has acquired AI surveillance company Fusus amid a push into retail and healthcare settings (www.vice.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/axon-acquires-fusus-ai-surveill…
Chinese consumers unimpressed by Samsung phones powered by Baidu AI (www.scmp.com)
Advertisers slashed spending on X by more than 55% ahead of this year’s Super Bowl (www.businessinsider.com)
Advertisers slashed spending on X by more than 55% ahead of this year’s Super Bowl::Top advertisers including NFL Enterprises, McDonald’s, and YouTube, spent $48.4 million on X ads in 2022 — last year, they spent just $21.1 million.
Doom Runs on [a display made from] E. Coli Bacteria Now (kottke.org)
Shots in the dark: Chicago's $33 million contract with SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter, is up for renewal in February—yet concerns abound. (chicagoreader.com)
Archived at archive.is/nB7Db
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold on the site — the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl (fortune.com)
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold on the site — the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl::The kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl.
UK government announces Industry Transparency Code on Music Streaming (www.nme.com)
Which entertainment jobs are most likely to be disrupted by AI? New study has answers (www.latimes.com)
A new study estimates that 62,000 entertainment jobs in California will be disrupted by artificial intelligence in the next three years.
Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs (www.bloomberg.com)
Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs::Amazon.com Inc. has abandoned its planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot Corp. after clashing with European Union regulators who had threatened to block the deal.
A runaway datacenter power grab is great news for net zero (www.theregister.com)
An opinion piece suggesting nuclear power the answer to datacenter needs, could AWS/GCP/Azure actually work together to solve this challenge?
Untangling Non-Linearity: How the Linked List Changed Everything (schmud.de)
Meta relents to EU, allows unlinking of Facebook and Instagram accounts (arstechnica.com)
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you::undefined
Memory chip production at risk as North Korea ramps up threats against South Korea, which produces 71% of global memory supply, 51% of NAND for SSDs | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year (www.theguardian.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year::Sundar Pichai’s memo acknowledges redundancies would come on top of round of layoffs reported last week
China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban (www.reuters.com)
China’s military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban::undefined
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds (www.oregonlive.com)
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds::Microchip described the furloughs as a temporary measure aimed at preventing layoffs.
Microsoft KB5034441 Windows 10 security patch for BitLocker bypass is leading to errors and has a complicated fix (www.tomshardware.com)
The best of CES 2024 (www.engadget.com)
Apple Backdoor Discussion: Security Now 956 Transcript | TWiT.TV (twit.tv)
I have serious issues with discussion in the opening segment of Security Now where Steve and Leo discuss the recent Apple backdoor implementation....
