technology

‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks::Six Group, which operates the Swiss and Spanish bourses, is a target for cyberwarfare and must be on guard, its boss says

The lab-born primate, developed by Chinese scientists, made history as the world's first live-born "chimeric" monkey. And: he glowed! Green!

An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space::Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space

Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company — perps lurked for over two years to steal chipmaking IP::A Chinese-linked hacker group maintained covert access to NXP for over two years, from the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2020.

Seems an engineer stole source code, docs, presentations…etc related to car technology.

Jitu Jisan is a Pathao bike-taxi driver in Dhaka. But, he said, taking bookings through the ride-hailing app is always the last resort for him. Typically, he uses the Pathao app only to find a customer, and once he meets them, he turns off the app, strikes a direct deal, and goes khep....

Vehicle ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy::Over the last century, the Land of the Free has slowly transformed into a land governed by endless laws, largely by cracking down on vices instead of actual crimes, creating a society that would render us all criminals if our behavior were...

Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon::The company cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter, as well a desire to work with a federated network of social platforms.

NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code::NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.

The unholy alliance in Congress that wants to censor the Internet.::I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!...

Here comes the push.

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Brazil’s Carbon Emissions Fall by 8% in 2022::The rate remains the 3rd highest since 2005; Reduction driven by a decrease in deforestation and a decrease in the use of thermal power plants

OpenAI’s offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse::The prank was a reference to the “paper clip maximizer” scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.

Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future::Google has set a date for the introduction of Manifest V3 which will hurt the capabilities of many ad blockers.

EU stops advertising on X over hate speech. Fines could follow next year::The European Union is pulling its advertisements from Elon Musk’s X for now, citing an “alarming increase” in hate speech and disinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

CEO Jack Dorsey tells workers he’s making it easier to fire them — There are reportedly no more performance improvement plans at Block::Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block and founder of Twitter, reportedly told workers it will now be easier and quicker to fire them.

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