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March 2023

35 posts

Hacking Forum Shuts Down After Administrator Gets Arrested

Last week, the FBI arrested a man alleged to be “Pompompurin,” the administrator of the infamous and popular BreachForums, TechCrunch reported. Days after the arrest, the cybercrime website’s new administrator announced that they are shutting down the forum for good. “Please consider this the final update for Breached,” the new admin, known as “Baphomet,” wrote in the official Telegram channel.

TikTok Refreshed Its Community Guidelines

Considering all of this, it seems to me that there is nothing CEO Shou Zi Chew can say that would change the minds of the Biden administration, the security agencies, or Congress. Perhaps the solution is to ban TikTok. It could make room for an American company to create something similar. 

Unlock Podcast Growth with Blubrry Statistics

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FDIC To Break Up Silicon Valley Bank

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank after failing to find a buyer for the failed lender last week, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, the FDIC will seek bids for Silicon Valley Private Bank until March 22 and

Phil Spencer Talked About Xbox Mobile Store

Microsoft’s mobile games store could launch as early as next year, the company’s head of gaming Phil Spencer has said. Thanks to the new Digital Markets Act — legislation that forces Apple and Google to allow users on its platforms to access apps from sources other than the App Store and Google Play Store — Spencer believes this will create

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Altman Warns of Language Model Risks

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concerns over the potential risks posed by language models, such as their use in disinformation campaigns or cyber-attacks.

12 Strategies for Growing Your Podcast Audience

Here are 12 key strategies a podcaster can take to grow their audience. Growing a podcast audience requires a combination of strategies focused on creating quality content, engaging listeners, and promoting the podcast effectively: Define your niche: Choose a specific topic or area of interest you are passionate about and knowledgeable about. Having a clear focus will help you attract

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Couple with Disabilities Wonder if AI Tool Led to Daughter’s Removal

The Hackneys, a couple with developmental disabilities, wonder whether an AI tool used by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services to predict children's risk of harm led to removing their 8-month-old daughter from their home. The Hackneys' daughter had been hospitalized for dehydration, and child welfare officials took custody of her, accusing a couple of neglect. Over a year

Microsoft Announces Partnership With Cloud Gaming Provider Boosteroid

Microsoft posted news in its News Center titled: “Microsoft announces partnership with cloud gaming provider Boosteroid to bring more games to more players around the world”. From the News Center post: Microsoft Corp. and Boosteroid on Tuesday announced a 10-year agreement to bring Xbox PC games to Boosteroid’s cloud gaming platform. Boosteroid, which has its software development team in Ukraine,

Discord Restored Its Privacy Policies After Pushback

TechRadar posted an update from Discord in which the company backtracks about its previously announced changes. From the update: UPDATE: Discord has updated the Privacy Policy that will take effect on March 27, 2023, adding back the statements that were removed and adding the following statement: “We may build features that help users engage with voice and video content, like

California Court Affirms Right To Treat Uber And Lyft Drivers as Contractors

Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other companies scored a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent contractor model in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported. A state appeals court reversed a lower-court ruling that found a California ballot measure known as Proposition 22 illegal. Proposition

Discord Quietly Removed Privacy Policies – Then Added Bad Ones

Last week, Discord announced new AI features powered by Midjourney’s image generator and chatbot technology powered by OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT. The company’s existing chatbot, named Clyde, is now super-charged with artificially intelligent language parsing capabilities and there are other fun features. Those features appeared to come at a cost: in the fine print of the company’s privacy policy,

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