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China replaces tech minister Jin Zhuanglong, a key figure in its push to become a tech superpower, with Li Lecheng; sources: Jin faced a graft-related probe (Financial Times)

Financial Times : China replaces tech minister Jin Zhuanglong, a key figure in its push to become a tech superpower, with Li Lecheng; sou...

1 March 2025

China replaces tech minister Jin Zhuanglong, a key figure in its push to become a tech superpower, with Li Lecheng; sources: Jin faced a graft-related probe (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
China replaces tech minister Jin Zhuanglong, a key figure in its push to become a tech superpower, with Li Lecheng; sources: Jin faced a graft-related probe  —  Jin Zhuanglong had been missing from public view for 2 months, FT review shows  —  China's technology minister …

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Socure, a digital identity verification company, says bad actors are increasingly using social media selfies and generative AI to create more realistic fake ids (Julie Zhu/Bloomberg)

Julie Zhu / Bloomberg:
Socure, a digital identity verification company, says bad actors are increasingly using social media selfies and generative AI to create more realistic fake ids  —  Generative AI has made it possible to create better fake IDs in minutes, and the ready availability of selfies on social media has aided those efforts.

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Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly "bulletproof" hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations through Kaspersky Lab's networks (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations through Kaspersky Lab's networks  —  One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing …

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Crypto reserve bills have failed in Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, and Wyoming over the last month; Bitcoin Laws: such bills have been introduced in 24 states (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Crypto reserve bills have failed in Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, and Wyoming over the last month; Bitcoin Laws: such bills have been introduced in 24 states  —  - South Dakota's measure for a Bitcoin reserve failed this week  — Trump and Lummis first introduced the notion in July

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Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils a new silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high-speed data through the air (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired:
Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils a new silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high-speed data through the air  —  The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.

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Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

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Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses  —  Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe's next act: AI glasses that carry a conversation. … I tell Amazon's Alexa to shut up on a near daily basis.

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Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off about 500 employees, or ~23% of its workforce, following its takeover by Wonder in November 2024 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off about 500 employees, or ~23% of its workforce, following its takeover by Wonder in November 2024  —  Grubhub is cutting about 23% of its workforce and set the stage for more changes at the company following its takeover by Wonder Group Inc., the owner of Blue Apron.

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Amnesty International says Google has fixed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Android, developed by Cellebrite and used by Serbia to unlock phones (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Amnesty International says Google has fixed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Android, developed by Cellebrite and used by Serbia to unlock phones  —  Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools.

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