CyberScoop: The US releases Russian cybercriminals Roman Seleznev and Vladislav Klyushin as part of a prisoner swap that freed 16 people from Russia — The U.S. government has released at least two Russian nationals behind some of the most notorious cybercrimes of the past decade. Source link
Google Search updated its removal processes and ranking systems on Wednesday to combat non-consensual fake explicit imagery, also known as deepfakes. The tech giant’s new strategy involves quickly removing explicit deepfakes and demoting websites that host such content so that this type of content does not appear high up in Search results. The company claimed
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Alex Heath / The Verge: On Meta’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said Llama 4 will likely need ~10x more compute than Llama 3.1 to train, Quest 3 sales exceeded expectations, and more — Meta’s second quarter earnings continue the same story from the previous quarter: generative AI may be here, but it’s going to take
Jio Things, in collaboration with Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, announced the launch of the “Made in India” 4G Smart Android Digital Cluster and 4G Smart Module in India on Thursday. The devices are part of Jio Things’ Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for the two-wheeler and electric vehicle (EV) market in the country. As per the
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers — Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss … Source link
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers — Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss … Source link
OpenAI launched a temporary prototype of an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine dubbed SearchGPT on Thursday. The announcement came just a day after Microsoft rolled out its Bing generative search. Currently, SearchGPT is available in limited release, with access to a small group of users and publishers. The company has also opened a waitlist for
Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Self-driving startup Applied Intuition raised $300M+ as part of a secondary deal that allowed shareholders and employees to sell shares in the $6B company — The auto software startup’s employees sold shares to investors including Fidelity, General Catalyst and Mary Meeker’s Bond. Source link
Talks over a global tax deal are continuing well past a June 30 deadline and governments are now looking to a Group of 20 finance leaders meeting this week for progress on a stalled plan to reallocate taxing rights on large multinational companies. The so-called “Pillar 1” arrangement, part of a 2021 global two-part tax
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Wes Davis / The Verge: The EU tells Meta its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta until September 1 to propose changes — The European Union says it has notified Meta that its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram might violate consumer protection laws.