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Watch out Windows 11 users: Microsoft may be sharing your Outlook emails without you knowing - here's how to stop it | TechRadar

Keeper now lets you use security keys exclusively for 2FA | TechRadar

Supreme Court declines appeals from Apple and Epic Games in App Store case

Apple updates US App Store guidelines allowing developers to link to third-party payments

Apple's Vision Pro Is Missing One Major App | PCMag

Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims

Senators want to know why the SEC’s X account wasn’t secured with MFA

Zuckerberg's Meta Is Spending Billions to Buy 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs | PCMag

Google: Russian Hackers Using Encrypted PDFs as a Ploy to Spread Malware | PCMag

Google CEO says more layoffs expected 'throughout the year' in internal memo

The dangers of quadruple blow ransomware attacks | TechRadar

A key part of Foxconn has been hit by the Lockbit ransomware | TechRadar

UEFI firmware from top manufacturers has some serious issues | TechRadar

One of the biggest password dumps in recent history has been revealed - but there's an easy way to find out if you're at risk | TechRadar

Feds: Androxgh0st Botnet Is Targeting AWS, Office 365, and Azure Credentials | PCMag

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/rip-ublock-origin-google-proceeds-with-plan-to-shake-up-chrome-extensions

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-to-let-european-users-uninstall-edge-bing-from-windows

https://www.pcmag.com/news/surprise-apple-will-finally-bring-rcs-to-iphone-later-this-year

https://www.pcmag.com/news/copilot-ai-coming-to-windows-10

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-is-still-struggling-to-build-its-own-modem-chip-for-iphones

https://www.pcmag.com/news/discord-is-shutting-down-its-clyde-chatbot-experiment

https://www.pcmag.com/news/why-qualcomm-wants-to-keep-more-of-your-ai-offline

https://www.pcmag.com/news/qualcomm-touts-ai-capabilities-of-new-snapdragon-7-gen-3

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/prison-phone-company-blamed-for-data-breach-affecting-thousands-of-users

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/mysql-servers-hit-by-ddos-malware-botnet

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/google-blocks-a-zero-day-flaw-used-to-target-government-emails

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/toyota-finance-business-confirms-ransomware-attack-data-breach

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https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/michigan-aims-for-100-clean-energy-by-2040/

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/apparent-spacex-glitch-locks-people-out-of-starlink-accounts

https://www.pcmag.com/news/is-chatgpt-a-bore-elon-musk-and-sam-altman-troll-each-others-ais

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-briefly-blocked-employees-from-using-chatgpt-over-security-concerns-080403177.html

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-reportedly-plans-to-bring-its-ai-powered-copilot-to-windows-10-202010100.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/this-new-chatgpt-powered-infostealer-is-targeting-cloud-platforms

https://www.techradar.com/pro/building-a-cybersecurity-strategy-on-a-constrained-budget

https://www.techradar.com/pro/should-cybersecurity-overconfidence-be-on-your-threat-radar

https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-is-dropping-android-for-vega-smart-device-operating-system

https://www.pcmag.com/news/chat-app-omegle-calls-it-quits-after-14-years-slew-of-lawsuits

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MS 365 Accounts Hacked... Again

• Phishermen strike again
• Not really MS’s fault, this time
• Digital Hygiene

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-365-users-targeted-by-major-phishing-campaign

Zoom: “Trust us, Bro.”

• Terms quietly changed in March
• AI training?
• “Trust us, bros...”

https://www.pcmag.com/news/zoom-revises-terms-after-changes-spark-fears-of-ai-learning-from-video 

ChatGPT Sucks as a Knowledgebase

• AI not great at parsing good practices in programming

https://www.techradar.com/pro/chatgpt-is-a-bad-knowledge-base-confirms-new-study 

AI Steals Passwords? Knowledge Is Power

• Know how Google, Alexa, and Siri are always listening?
• Now there are AI’s which can listen to your keystrokes during video conferencing calls
• Once fully trained, these can scrape your passwords from listening to you type
• Very accurate

https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-can-now-steal-your-passwords-by-listening-to-your-keystrokes 

GPTBot to Scrape Your Website: Here’s How to Block It.

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/openais-gptbot-will-scrape-your-website-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-opt 

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OSS Moq Temporarily Included Extra Tracking Tools in Its Codebase... Oops...

• What’s Moq?

https://www.techradar.com/pro/top-open-source-project-moq-slammed-for-secretly-collecting-user-data 

Hear About Trump’s Twitter Subpoena?

• Secret warrant

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66365643 

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RDOF Having a Rough Go

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fccs-rural-broadband-fund-faces-trouble-isps-want-more-money

Microsoft Sucks, Ditch Microsoft

https://www.pcmag.com/news/cybersecurity-firm-blasts-microsoft-for-slow-incomplete-bug-patches

Elon Sues Hate Speech Watchdog

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66376988

The Cables That Make the World Go Round

https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-secret-life-of-the-500-cables-that-run-the-internet/

Incandescent Lightbulb Ban

https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/incandescent-lightbulb-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Room Temperature Superconductor? Not Necessarily...

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/lk-99-superconductor-maybe-a-breakthrough-maybe-not-so-much/

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WE 1 – Euro Commission Investigating Microsoft

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-may-regret-bundling-teams-with-365-subscriptions

WE 2 – Senator Wyden Wants MS Sued by DOJ and FTC

https://www.pcmag.com/news/us-senator-its-time-to-investigate-microsoft-for-negligent-cybersecurity 

WE 3 - Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren Co-sponsor Bill to Create New Tech Regulator

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/tech/big-tech-regulation-new-federal-agency/index.html 

WE 4 – AI News for the Week

4-1 – OpenAI Loses Head of Trust & Safety

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/tech/open-ai-trust-safety-head-exit/index.html 

4-2 – What is Google Genesis?

https://www.cnet.com/tech/googles-genesis-ai-tool-could-write-the-news-it-should-be-stopped/ 

WE 5 – What Is Overture?

https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-alternative-overture-maps-data-linux-1850675768

WE 6 – SBF Nonsense

6-1 – SBF Sounds More and More Like a Snake

https://gizmodo.com/doj-accuses-sbj-of-leaking-caroline-ellison-diary-ftx-1850663571 

6-2 – SBF Charges Dropping Like Flies

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/investing/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-charges/index.html 

WE 7 – RIP Kevin Mitnick?

https://gizmodo.com/kevin-mitnick-famous-hacker-dies-at-59-1850659160 

WE 8 – CSAM Everywhere... Look at Mastodon, Everyone!! They’re SOO Bad

https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-fediverse-child-abuse-material-stanford-resear-1850670857 

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1-1 – TSMC AZ Plant Pushes 5 NM fab production back

• Apple partnered with them to produce their US-made M-series and A-series chips
• US gets further from made in America i-devices
• Why?
• Education rant

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/20/tsmc-delays-start-of-arizona-chip-factory-that-will-build-apple-chips.html

1-2 – UK Online Safety Bill Has Tech Companies On Edge

• Bill would force encrypted messaging apps to install a back door for UK authorities
• Why?
• Who?
• What do they threaten if it passes?
• On principle, I agree with their stand
• What is E2E encryption?
• We’ll see who blinks, here.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66256081

2 – More News on Microsoft-Activision Merger

• Deadline extended 3 months
• Restructured deal
• UK CMA fast tracking process
• Etymological rants
• Government
• entertainment
• Balance rant

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/19/microsoft-activision-agree-to-extend-deal-deadline-to-oct-18.html

3 – Ripple Expects More Use By US Banks Soon

• On-Demand Liquidity product
• Cross-border transactions
• SWIFT aging, slow, possibly corrupt
• XRP instant, cheap, secure from tampering
• Depending on demand, Ripple Labs may file as a security

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ripple-hopes-judge-ruling-in-sec-case-will-lead-to-us-banks-using-xrp.html

4-1 - Nick Clegg, of Meta, calls “AI Quite Stupid”

• Said things that I’ve been saying about these Large Language Models
• Meta to open source Llama 2
• Still don’t trust it if Meta will be prime beneficiary of development work
• Meta partnered with MS Azure cloud for hosting
• Yikes
• Regulatory concerns

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66238004

4-2 – Investing Bubble for AI?

• CEO of StabilityAI (maker of Stable Diffusion)
• Thinks that the investment craze has just begun
• Foresees the largest bubble in history
• I think it is too early to make all of these pronouncements
• Matt’s AI reminders

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ai-will-be-the-biggest-bubble-of-all-time-stability-ai-ceo.html

4-3 – British Computer Society Open Letter About AI

• 1300 experts and business people signed this one
• Counterweight to doom & gloom
• Still hype-y
• Generally AI will benefit us if developed responsibly and regulated well
• ChatGPT “Like an overly knowledgeable and very excitable 12 year old”
• See privacy and intellectual property issues

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66218709

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