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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses::Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon and tech peers sign pact to combat election-related misinformation::A group of 20 leading tech companies on Friday announced a joint commitment to combat AI misinformation heading into the 2024 elections.

Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content::Reddit has reportedly made a deal with an unnamed AI company to allow access to its platform’s content for the purposes of AI model training.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

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.

This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting::Who knew stainless steel might not be such a good idea for the exterior of an electric SUV? The entire automotive industry, that’s who.

There’s an enormous and largely invisible campaign to use fraudulent notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove critical articles from the internet. We don’t know who is running the campaign, but we do know it’s facilitated by Google’s amazingly trustworthy approach to DMCA complaints made by...

Meta tells Instagram, Facebook users how to avoid Apple’s fees::Meta is adding the infamous Apple tax to its paid Instagram and Facebook boosts later this month, but is also telling buyers how to avoid those pesky App Store fees.

Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available | TechCrunch::Google is testing a feature that places a call to a business , waits on hold and then give you a call once a representative is available.

Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU)::A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that GRU Military Unit 26165, also known...

Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results::SPEC says Intel’s Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.

Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot::Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.

Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO::Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential launch of its long-awaited initial public offering.

OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it’s an even worse idea now::Hello, cultural singularity—soon, every video you see online could be completely fake.

Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now::Meta’s CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn’t end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.

OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion::The A.I. start-up’s valuation tripled in less than 10 months.