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The Internet Archive Breach: Over 31 Million User Accounts Exposed

Attackers got hold of a 6.4 GB file containing the email addresses and hashed passwords of users registered with The Internet Archive.

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APAC Concerns Grow Over Foreign AI Monopolies, Competition

Japanese and South Korean competition regulators commence probes.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Lags as Global Workforce Engages in Risky AI Practices

46% of Gen Z employees are sharing data with AI, according to new research.

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Instagram blames moderation issues on human reviewers, not AI

Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday addressed the moderation issues that saw Instagram and Threads users losing access to their accounts, having posts disappear, and more, saying that the company “found mistakes” that it’s attributing to human moderators, not AI … Continue reading

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Announcing more judges for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Startup Battlefield 200 is a major highlight at every Disrupt, and we’re thrilled to find out which of the thousands of startup applicants will get the chance to pitch to top-tier VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Join us at Moscone … Continue reading

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Temu gets more questions from the EU about illegal product risks

The European Union has dialed up scrutiny of Chinese ecommerce marketplace Temu, asking for more information about its compliance with multiple provisions of the bloc’s online governance framework, the Digital Services Act (DSA), including in relation to how it prevents … Continue reading

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Anthony Levandowski buys Elon Musk’s vision for the future

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer who co-founded Google’s self-driving car program (now known as Waymo) and has gone on to start an off-road AV startup, hopped on the phone with me after Tesla’s big robotaxi reveal to share his thoughts. And he … Continue reading

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What internet data brokers have on you — and how you can start to get it back

Every click, purchase, and “like” you make online is harvested, packaged, and sold for profit, making personal data a valuable commodity for data brokers.

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Aktiia trained AI on 11 billion data points of blood pressure, and now a clinically certified app is coming

As well as being a major cause of premature death worldwide, hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and a contributing factor to dementia. It also affects an … Continue reading

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Xbox will soon let players buy games directly in its Android app following Google antitrust ruling

Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s … Continue reading

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