Sources: Chinese government hackers breached the US Treasury Department's OFAC, which administers economic sanctions, and two other Treasury offices (Washington Post) (Jan 2, 2025 00:45)
Washington Post : Sources: Chinese government hackers breached the US Treasury Departme...
While the crypto industry anticipates lighter regulation and wider adoption under Trump, some critics worry about systemic risks, particularly from stablecoins (Financial Times) (Jan 2, 2025 13:15)
Financial Times : While the crypto industry anticipates lighter regulation and wider ad...
Experts warn of a rise in personalized phishing emails targeting corporate executives with personal details probably obtained via AI analysis of online profiles (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times) (Jan 2, 2025 06:35)
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times : Experts warn of a rise in personalized phishing em...
China's Wingtech, supplier to Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, and others, plans to sell its contract manufacturing business to Luxshare after being sanctioned by the US (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post) (Jan 2, 2025 05:30)
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post : China's Wingtech, supplier to Apple, Samsung, Xi...
OpenAI missed its goal to launch Media Manager, an opt-out tool for creators, by 2025; sources: the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) (Jan 1, 2025 15:40)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : OpenAI missed its goal to launch Media Manager, an opt-out ...
Elon Musk got new support for his OpenAI lawsuit in filings last week, including from tech advocacy group Encode, backed by AI researchers like Geoffrey Hinton (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post) (Jan 1, 2025 17:20)
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : Elon Musk got new support for his OpenAI lawsuit in...
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating effort to automate social interactions (John Herrman/New York Magazine) (Jan 1, 2025 20:30)
John Herrman / New York Magazine : Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its...
The defense industry is poised for a deal surge as firms expand in AI, drones, and space systems; Bain: VC deal value in the sector has risen 18x in a decade (Sylvia Pfeifer/Financial Times) (Jan 1, 2025 18:30)
Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times : The defense industry is poised for a deal surge as f...
Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the company's aggressive plans for 2025, including competing with prediction markets like Kalshi (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) (Jan 2, 2025 06:10)
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the company's ...
A judge blocks parts of California's SB 976, a law to protect kids from social media, citing 1A concerns, but allows a ban on "addictive feeds" for minors (Matt Simons/Courthouse News Service) (Jan 1, 2025 16:15)
Matt Simons / Courthouse News Service : A judge blocks parts of California's SB 976, a ...
Malaysia says X and Google haven't applied for a new social media license; X cites under 8M Malaysian users, while Google disputes YouTube's classification (Ram Anand/Bloomberg) (Jan 2, 2025 05:55)
Ram Anand / Bloomberg : Malaysia says X and Google haven't applied for a new social med...
Nvidia invested $1B across 50 funding rounds and several corporate deals in 2024, up from $872M in 2023; majority of deals were with "core AI" companies (Financial Times) (Jan 2, 2025 03:25)
Financial Times : Nvidia invested $1B across 50 funding rounds and several corporate de...