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    On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants earned $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 for demoing 19 zero-day flaws across Windows 11, Tesla, and others

    Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants earned $732,500 and...

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    MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia's GPU IP in its chips

    Anton Shilov / AnandTech: MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the...

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    Some senators who received a classified briefing about TikTok say China's government can use the app to spy on US users and push propaganda at alarming levels

    Axios: Some senators who received a classified briefing about TikTok say China's government can use the...

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    Medium says it will revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers who publish AI-generated stories, even with disclosure, and other low-quality content

    Buster Benson / The Medium Blog: Medium says it will revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers...

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    Tennessee passes the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, aiming to protect musicians and other artists from unauthorized use involving AI

    Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Tennessee passes the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, aiming...

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    Changing policy, X bans the posting of real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after it suspended accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist

    David Ingram / NBC News: Changing policy, X bans the posting of real names of people...

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    Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial interests, but will remain on the company's board

    Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to...

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    In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

    Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple...

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    Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations

    Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that...

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    The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally

    Karissa Bell / Engadget: The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to...

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    The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights

    Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage...

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    DoorDash partners with Alphabet's Wing to test drone delivery in the US, starting in Christiansburg, VA, after launching a pilot program in Australia in 2022

    Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: DoorDash partners with Alphabet's Wing to test drone delivery in the US,...

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    Foundry, a cloud computing service provider focused on AI workloads, comes out of stealth after raising $80M across a seed and a Series A at a $350M valuation

    Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Foundry, a cloud computing service provider focused on AI workloads, comes out...

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    WBD plans to launch Max in Europe starting on May 21 in the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe, in time for the Olympics, included in all plans

    Adam Chitwood / The Wrap: WBD plans to launch Max in Europe starting on May 21...

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    Meta rolls out Threads fediverse integration beta in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated platforms like Mastodon

    Emma Roth / The Verge: Meta rolls out Threads fediverse integration beta in the US, Canada,...

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    Sources: the Biden admin is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese chip firms linked to Huawei, after the company used an advanced 7nm chip in Mate 60 Pro

    Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sources: the Biden admin is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese chip...

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    Samsung expects revenue of $100M or more in 2024 from an advanced chip packaging unit that the company set up as a separate business in 2023

    Reuters: Samsung expects revenue of $100M or more in 2024 from an advanced chip packaging unit...

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    Enterprise data security startup BigID raised $60M led by Riverwood Capital at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $320M, and reports ~$100M in ARR

    Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: Enterprise data security startup BigID raised $60M led by Riverwood Capital at...

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    GoTo reports $5.76B net loss for 2023, up 2x+ YoY, due to a write-down on TikTok's acquisition of a ~75% stake in GoTo's Tokopedia, on a net revenue of ~$933.6M

    Nana Shibata / Nikkei Asia: GoTo reports $5.76B net loss for 2023, up 2x+ YoY, due...

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    Chipmaker Astera Labs prices its IPO at $36 per share, above its previous target range of $32-$34 per share, and seeks to raise ~$713M at a $5.5B valuation

    Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters: Chipmaker Astera Labs prices its IPO at $36 per share, above its...

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    PE firm Francisco Partners agrees to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software, which helps companies develop complex tech products, for $1.2B

    Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: PE firm Francisco Partners agrees to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software, which...

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    Sources: OpenAI plans to release GPT-5 in mid-2024, likely during summer, and some enterprise customers have recently received demos of the latest model

    Business Insider: Sources: OpenAI plans to release GPT-5 in mid-2024, likely during summer, and some enterprise...

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    Researchers say misconfigured Firebase instances exposed 125M+ users' records, including plaintext passwords, email addresses, and messages, across 900 websites

    Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: Researchers say misconfigured Firebase instances exposed 125M+ users' records, including plaintext passwords,...

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    Users complain after Glassdoor started adding real names to profiles without explicit user consent; Glassdoor says it cross-populates data between its services

    Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: Users complain after Glassdoor started adding real names to profiles without...