🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[MagnarTheGreat]

Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks

Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.

www.wired.com

 

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TikTok CEO Shou Chew says fight over ban will head to court: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’

TikTok has a winning record in the courts already, after successfully suing to defeat a proposed ban in 2020.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Your data, the U.S. government and the 'new American surveillance state'

Your exact location, what apps you use, the last thing you bought online. Your data is for sale – and the U.S. government is buying it.

www.wbur.org

 

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Elon Musk wants to turn Tesla’s fleet into AWS for AI — would it work?

Musk’s cool ideas rarely pan out.

www.theverge.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it's not the Chinese government - Poynter

A spokesperson told PolitiFact that 60% of parent company ByteDance Ltd. is owned by global investors, 20% by co-founders and 20% by employees

www.poynter.org

 

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TikTok parent company says it won't sell the social media platform - ABC Columbia

TikTok’s parent company said it won’t sell the social media platform as a United State ban looms.

www.abccolumbia.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TikTok ban in EU is ‘not excluded,’ von der Leyen says

The remark comes amid a streak of bad news for TikTok in Europe.

www.politico.eu

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers Over 2019 Investigation on Customer Location Data

The major wireless carriers in the country are currently facing a fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for illegally selling the location data of its customers without their consent. This marks the end of a 2019 investigation into how carriers disregarded the privacy of its...

www.tmonews.com

FBI warns scammers are using ‘free’ verification services to dupe dating app users — how to stay safe

These fake verification services actually require a monthly subscription

www.tomsguide.com

 

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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4633275-newspapers-allege-copyright-infringement-in-suit-against-openai-microsoft/

 

[blueharvest]

Big Tech Is Dominating the AI Lobbying Frenzy in Washington

Spending on lobbying to shape AI policy in Washington is soaring—and tech giants are leading the charge.

time.com

 

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Blinken blames social media for disrupting Israel’s narrative of war in Gaza

Secretary of state said social media allows history context to ‘get lost’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Law That Would Ban App, Alleges It’s ‘Obviously Unconstitutional’

TikTok filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the U.S.'s new law that would force ByteDance to sell the app or face a nationwide ban

variety.com

 

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Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI

The Biden campaign and top Democrats are wrestling with how best to use artificial intelligence, exposing the party’s anxiety over falling behind Republicans in the race to deploy technology that could transform the future of elections

abcnews.go.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US crackdown on Huawei intensifies as Intel, Qualcomm lose licenses to ship chips to the Chinese hardware giant

Looks like Huawei's in hot water over its new AI laptops

www.tomsguide.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Maryland governor signs online data privacy bills

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed two measures into law to better protect personal data online from Big Tech. One of the bills signed Thursday will make Maryland the second state to create strong limits on information collected on children, though the first in California has been halted in court

spectrumlocalnews.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Blinken blames social media for disrupting Israel’s narrative of war in Gaza

Secretary of state said social media allows history context to ‘get lost’

www.independent.co.uk

Blinken himself is more and more coming off as a racist moron, so it's rich for him to discuss "context."

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’

Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outage

www.theguardian.com

 

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Lonely Teens Are Making "Friends" With AIs

The service Character.AI is used by millions of young people to interact with AI versions of their favorite characters.

futurism.com

 

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Arizona Sec. of State: AI hoax knowledge still needs to improve

Fontes has been training workers on AI hoax technology for months now but believes knowledge needs to improve before the election.

ktar.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

iOS 17.5 has concerning new bug that's undeleting photos — what you need to know

Multiple Reddit users report finding old photos — some from years ago

www.tomsguide.com

 

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Now armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn

Top U.S. security officials say America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections.

apnews.com