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“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”
-Epictetus
I. Meta loses battle in EU, will ask for consent to show personalized ads
II. A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
III. AMD revenue falls 18% as PC market shows continued weakness
IV. Canon Inkjet Printers Expose Wi-Fi Threat
V. Phalanx Security Launches Its New Cyber Security Health Check Service
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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
–Plutarch
I. How CISOs can engage the C-suite and Board to manage and address cyber risk
II. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo considering China trip amid tech trade war tensions
III. End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry
IV. UK Military Embraces Security by Design
V. California privacy regulator’s first case: Probing connected cars
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“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!”
-Horace
I. WhatsApp unveils new video messaging feature
II. France’s watchdog questions legality of Worldcoin biometric data collection
III. How China is threatening U.S. GPS dominance with Beidou
IV. Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data
V. Government Needs Both the Ability to Talk to Social Media Platforms and Clear Limits, EFF Argues in Brief to Appellate Court
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“Haste in every business brings failures.”
-Herodotus
I. Google, Microsoft, and Meta can’t stop talking about A.I. — here’s why Apple rarely mentions it
II. Biden considering executive order to limit sales of artificial intelligence and semiconductors to China
III. UK MoD Error Sends Emails to Russia’s Ally Instead of US
IV. Is the godlike AI in ‘Mission: Impossible’ realistic? I asked an expert.
V. Musk says X monthly users reach ‘new high’
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“Fortune favors the bold.”
-Virgil
I. Intel turns unexpected profit, higher forecast as PC market slide slows
II. Senate mostly unified on China provisions despite NDAA fights
III. High Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Ninja Forms Plugin
IV. Changing Facebook’s algorithm won’t fix polarization, new study finds
V. Microsoft responsible for China’s U.S. government email hack, Senator Wyden says
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“Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.”
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
I. Senators hear from government officials at Schumer’s third briefing on AI
II. OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy”
III. Mykhailo Fedorov Is Running Ukraine’s War Against Russia Like a Startup
IV. Meta stock climbs after company posts 11% revenue growth
V. Ransomware Attacks Skyrocket in Q2 2023
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“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”
-Tacitus
I. The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
II. The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
III. UK Government Report Finds Cybersecurity Skills Gap Stagnant
IV. AI leaders warn Congress that AI could be used to create bioweapons
V. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud
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“Time is the wisest counselor of all.”
-Pericles
I. The top 10 technologies defining the future of cybersecurity
II. Meta under pressure for ‘bullying’ Canadian government and outlets with news ban
III. Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor
IV. The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
V. Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X
THE DAILY PRETORIAN
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“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
-Seneca the Younger
I. How businesses can shape the (safer) future of social media
II. A look at AI mishaps in journalism as Google preps tool for newsrooms
III. ‘It almost doubled our workload’: AI is supposed to make jobs easier. These workers disagree
IV. The ‘Pet Tech’ Craze: Can a $799 Treadmill Make Your Best Friend Happier and Healthier?
V. What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?
THE DAILY PRETORIAN
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
–Socrates
I. US DoJ Announces Plan to Shakeup Cybercrime Investigations
II. Google has an ‘Enhanced Safe Browsing’ feature. Should you use it?
III. Biden praises AI companies’ agreement to adopt guardrails for protecting user data
IV. OpenAI’s head of trust and safety is stepping down
V. Threads has lured some creators who never loved Twitter — now Meta has to keep them