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St. Louis-based tech services company World Wide Technology agrees to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in an all-cash deal valuing the latter at ~CA$1.8B (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
St. Louis-based tech services company World Wide Technology agrees to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in an all-cash deal valuing the latter at ~CA$1.8B (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
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Letter: the US Treasury says China-backed hackers gained access to some Treasury workstations and unclassified docs; a vendor notified it of the hack on Dec. 8 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Letter: the US Treasury says China-backed hackers gained access to some Treasury workstations and unclassified docs; a vendor notified it of the hack on Dec. 8 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
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VW Group had sensitive info, including GPS coordinates, of 800K+ electric vehicles exposed on an unprotected AWS database for months before it was alerted (Thanos Pappas/Carscoops)
VW Group had sensitive info, including GPS coordinates, of 800K+ electric vehicles exposed on an unprotected AWS database for months before it was alerted (Thanos Pappas/Carscoops)
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The technology of passkeys is elegant, but the complexities of syncing them to password managers can contribute to platform lock-in and make them less usable (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
The technology of passkeys is elegant, but the complexities of syncing them to password managers can contribute to platform lock-in and make them less usable (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
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The bitcoin rally fueled by Trump's reelection has lost steam near the end of 2024; BTC hovers around $93.5K, ~$15,000 below the record high set in mid-December (Sunil Jagtiani/Bloomberg)
The bitcoin rally fueled by Trump's reelection has lost steam near the end of 2024; BTC hovers around $93.5K, ~$15,000 below the record high set in mid-December (Sunil Jagtiani/Bloomberg)
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AT&T says China targeted a few "individuals of foreign intelligence interest" in the Salt Typhoon hack and its networks are now clear from the intrusion (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)
AT&T says China targeted a few "individuals of foreign intelligence interest" in the Salt Typhoon hack and its networks are now clear from the intrusion (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)
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The US plans to update HIPAA with new cybersecurity rules to protect patients' private data, including mandatory encryption and multifactor authentication (A.J. Vicens/Reuters)
The US plans to update HIPAA with new cybersecurity rules to protect patients' private data, including mandatory encryption and multifactor authentication (A.J. Vicens/Reuters)
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Trump supports H-1B visas, saying "I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I've been a believer in H-1B", siding with Musk in the MAGA debate on the issue (Jon Levine/New York Post)
Trump supports H-1B visas, saying "I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I've been a believer in H-1B", siding with Musk in the MAGA debate on the issue (Jon Levine/New York Post)
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Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recognition and a "digital travel credential" (Matt Burgess/Wired)
Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recognition and a "digital travel credential" (Matt Burgess/Wired)
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Meta expects AI-generated characters to "generate and share content" and "over time, exist on our platforms", similarly to regular accounts (Financial Times)
Meta expects AI-generated characters to "generate and share content" and "over time, exist on our platforms", similarly to regular accounts (Financial Times)
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Tech lobbyists see new opportunities to expand access to high-skilled H-1B visas and green cards by leveraging the sway of Elon Musk over the GOP (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)
Tech lobbyists see new opportunities to expand access to high-skilled H-1B visas and green cards by leveraging the sway of Elon Musk over the GOP (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)
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DeepSeek unveils DeepSeek-V3, a mixture-of-experts model of 671B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top open-source models (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)
DeepSeek unveils DeepSeek-V3, a mixture-of-experts model of 671B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top open-source models (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)
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US federal lobbying disclosure forms reveal how Meta, with a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, led efforts to block the passage of KOSA in Congress (Ruth Reader/Politico)
US federal lobbying disclosure forms reveal how Meta, with a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, led efforts to block the passage of KOSA in Congress (Ruth Reader/Politico)
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Alibaba's Qwen unveils QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on "enhancing visual reasoning capabilities", built upon Qwen2-VL-72B (Qwen)
Alibaba's Qwen unveils QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on "enhancing visual reasoning capabilities", built upon Qwen2-VL-72B (Qwen)
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Analysis: roughly two-thirds of 39 public digital health companies have lost value in 2024, while the Nasdaq is up 32% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
Analysis: roughly two-thirds of 39 public digital health companies have lost value in 2024, while the Nasdaq is up 32% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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