Tech News

1. AI Recruitment:

   • Meta exec dismisses OpenAI's Sam Altman's claims of $100 million signing bonuses as dishonest. 👉 benzinga.com
   • An OpenAI employee set to join Meta also refuted the '$100 million signing bonus' claim. 👉 indianexpress.com
   • Meta is offering multimillion-dollar pay for AI researchers but not $100M signing bonuses. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Meta's CTO confirms massive offers for top AI executives, with Zuckerberg targeting AI talent. 👉 the-decoder.com 👉 wsj.com^$

2. Meta & OpenAI:

   • Meta hires four more OpenAI researchers, including key contributors to o1-mini and o3-mini as Zuckerberg continues an unprecedented recruiting effort. 👉 theinformation.com
   • Meta is reportedly hiring four more researchers from OpenAI. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Two sources at OpenAI confirm Hongyu Ren and Shengjia Zhou have joined Meta's new superintelligence team. 👉 wired.com

3. Tesla Autonomy:

   • Tesla says a Model Y drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to a buyer's home 30 minutes away, marking its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery. 👉 theverge.com
   • Tesla completes first self-driving delivery to customer, says Elon Musk. 👉 foxbusiness.com
   • Tesla's first fully autonomous car drove itself to its new Texas owner, doing 72 mph on the highway, an engineer says. 👉 businessinsider.com^$
   • Tesla says it made its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Tesla Model Y drives autonomously from Austin plant to buyer in milestone, Elon Musk says. 👉 autonews.com
   • Tesla silences FSD critics by posting full video of Model Y delivering itself to customer. 👉 teslarati.com
   • Tesla releases video of first-ever Model Y self-delivery to customer. 👉 techeblog.com

4. HPE Acquisition:

   • The DOJ settles its lawsuit challenging HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper; HPE must divest Instant On and license the source code for Juniper's Mist AI software. 👉 reuters.com
   • DOJ Greenlights HPE-Juniper Deal, ‘Huge Victory’ For Cisco Alternative, Say Partners. 👉 crn.com
   • Hewlett Packard Enterprise settles with DOJ to clear path for $14B Juniper acquisition. 👉 bizjournals.com

5. Reddit's AI Efforts:

   • A look at Reddit's AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and is now in "an arms race" to detect it's the comments too. 👉 x.com
   • Reddit turns 20, and it's going big on AI. 👉 theverge.com

6. AI Tool 'Cluely':

   • Cluely unveils a desktop AI assistant that it says can help users cheat on meetings, sales, lectures, interviews, learning new software, and more. 👉 x.com
   • A16z backed Cluely because speed in marketing and building beats crafting a perfect "artisan" product due to AI competition. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Cluely helps me design with zero experience. 👉 x.com

7. Copyright Lawsuits:

   • Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright. 👉 theverge.com
   • Federal judge denies OpenAI bid to keep deleting data amid Daily News copyright lawsuit. 👉 mercurynews.com

8. Hikvision Ban:

   • Canada orders Chinese video surveillance tech provider Hikvision to cease all operations and close its business in the country over national security concerns. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Ottawa orders Chinese manufacturer Hikvision to shutter Canadian operations. 👉 reuters.com

9. 'Context Engineering':

   • The term "context engineering" is gaining traction over "prompt engineering" as it better describes the skill of providing LLMs with the necessary information. 👉 simonwillison.net
   • Shopify CEO and ex-OpenAI researcher agree that context engineering beats prompt engineering. 👉 the-decoder.com

10. Texas Porn Law:

    • SCOTUS upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law. 👉 politico.com
    • Supreme Court Says Age Verification Laws for Porn Sites Are Constitutional. 👉 gizmodo.com
    • Federal Judge Recognizes the Right To Train AI on Copyrighted Works. 👉 reason.com

11. Ahold Delhaize Data Breach:

    • Retail giant Ahold Delhaize says data breach affects 2.2 million people. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

12. Cloudflare Throttling:

    • Russia’s throttling of Cloudflare makes sites inaccessible. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

13. Hawaiian Airlines Cyberattack:

    • Hawaiian Airlines discloses cyberattack, flights not affected. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

14. Scattered Spider Hackers:

    • FBI Warns of Scattered Spider's Expanding Attacks on Airlines Using Social Engineering. 👉 thehackernews.com
    • Scattered Spider hackers shift focus to aviation, transportation firms. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

15. GIFTEDCROOK Malware:

    • GIFTEDCROOK Malware Evolves: From Browser Stealer to Intelligence-Gathering Tool. 👉 thehackernews.com

16. Facebook's AI Tool:

    • Facebook’s New AI Tool Asks to Upload Your Photos for Story Ideas, Sparking Privacy Concerns. 👉 thehackernews.com

17. LapDogs Cyber Espionage Campaign:

    • Over 1,000 SOHO Devices Hacked in China-linked LapDogs Cyber Espionage Campaign. 👉 thehackernews.com

18. Mustang Panda's Tibet-Specific Attack:

    • PUBLOAD and Pubshell Malware Used in Mustang Panda's Tibet-Specific Attack. 👉 thehackernews.com

19. MOVEit Transfer Threats:

    • MOVEit Transfer Faces Increased Threats as Scanning Surges and CVE Flaws Are Targeted. 👉 thehackernews.com

20. OneClik Malware Targets Energy Sector:

    • OneClik Malware Targets Energy Sector Using Microsoft ClickOnce and Golang Backdoors. 👉 thehackernews.com

21. Open VSX Registry Flaw:

    • Critical Open VSX Registry Flaw Exposes Millions of Developers to Supply Chain Attacks. 👉 thehackernews.com

22. Cisco ISE Flaws:

    • Critical RCE Flaws in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC Allow Unauthenticated Attackers to Gain Root Access. 👉 thehackernews.com

23. FileFix Method:

    • New FileFix Method Emerges as a Threat Following 517% Rise in ClickFix Attacks. 👉 thehackernews.com

24. Let’s Encrypt:

    • Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

25. UNFI Cyberattack:

    • Whole Foods supplier UNFI restores core systems after cyberattack. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

26. Fortnite Refunds:

    • FTC approves $126 million in Fortnite refunds over ‘dark patterns’. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

27. Brother Printer Bug:

    • Brother printer bug in 689 models exposes default admin passwords. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

28. University Hacking:

    • Ex-student charged over hacking university for cheap parking, data breaches. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

29. Hacker Job Seeker:

    • Man pleads guilty to hacking networks to pitch security services. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

30. Microsoft 365 Phishing:

    • Microsoft 365 'Direct Send' abused to send phishing as internal users. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

31. Outlook Bug Fix:

    • Microsoft fixes Outlook bug causing crashes when opening emails. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

32. Student Loan Breach:

    • Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records. 👉 threatpost.com

33. Watering Hole Attacks:

    • Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger. 👉 threatpost.com

34. 0ktapus Threat Group:

    • Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms. 👉 threatpost.com

35. Ransomware Attacks:

    • Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise. 👉 threatpost.com

36. Chinese Surveillance Cameras:

    • Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras. 👉 threatpost.com

37. Twitter Whistleblower:

    • Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version. 👉 threatpost.com

38. Firewall Bug:

    • Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning. 👉 threatpost.com

39. Travel Scams:

    • Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers. 👉 threatpost.com

40. iPhone Zero-Days:

    • iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days. 👉 threatpost.com

41. Canada trade talks:

    • Trump halts Canada trade talks over Big Tech tax. 👉 cybernews.com

42. Threads Hidden Words:

    • Threads now offers Hidden Words feature, separate from Instagram. 👉 cybernews.com

43. Exploding E-bikes:

    • Nearly 200 exploding E-bikes manufactured in China were sold on Amazon. 👉 cybernews.com

44. Meta and PlayAI:

    • Meta in discussions to acquire voice cloning platform PlayAI. 👉 cybernews.com

45. Hawaiian Airlines:

    • Scattered Spider targeting North American airlines, Hawaiian Airlines likely first ransom victim. 👉 cybernews.com

46. NHS Cyberattack:

    • Patient death linked to NHS cyberattack. 👉 cybernews.com

47. Verizon Records:

    • 61 million "Verizon USA" customer records for sale online. 👉 cybernews.com

48. Google Earth Upgrade:

    • Google Earth celebrates 20th anniversary with Street View upgrade. 👉 cybernews.com

49. AI Art Scraping:

    • Glaze and NightShade can’t stop AI from scraping your art. 👉 cybernews.com

50. Understanding AI

    • The AI-native user experience of the future. 👉 x.com

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