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The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had "outgrown its existing structure" (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linu...

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Researchers find a flaw in carmaker Kia's web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Researchers find a flaw in carmaker Kia's web port...

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Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on Orion, Reality Labs, building News Feed, competing with Apple, developers, the AR and VR bifurcation, Ray-Ban, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on Orion, Realit...

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Sources: Peak XV, the largest India-focused VC fund, has realized ~$1.2B in exits since its Sequoia separation in June 2023, selling stakes in ~12 companies (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Sources: Peak XV, the largest India-focused VC fun...

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Matt Mullenweg says Automattic has "been attempting to make a licensing deal" with WP Engine "for a very long time, and all they have done has string us along" (Matt Mullenweg)

Matt Mullenweg says Automattic has "been attemptin...

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LG rolls out full-screen screensaver ads to its smart TVs, including its expensive OLED models; the ads, on by default, can be disabled (Rasmus Larsen/FlatpanelsHD)

LG rolls out full-screen screensaver ads to its sm...

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A look at some exciting startups from Day 1 of YC's AI-heavy S24 Demo Day, including estate planning startup Elayne and clinical trial startup Baseline (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)

A look at some exciting startups from Day 1 of YC'...

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An interview with Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on the Rabbit R1 on criticism of the AI device, bad reviews, and more; Lyu says ~5,000 people now use the R1 daily (Liz Stinson/Fast Company)

An interview with Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on the ...

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At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole show, giving it a "Zuck or nothing" feel, and he has never seemed more intent on claiming the mantle of innovator (Casey Newton/Platformer)

At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole sho...

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An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more (Zachary Small/New York Times)

An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who...

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Study: newer, bigger versions of LLMs like OpenAI's GPT, Meta's Llama, and BigScience's BLOOM are more inclined to give wrong answers than to admit ignorance (Nicola Jones/Nature)

Study: newer, bigger versions of LLMs like OpenAI'...

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In a filing, Oracle reveals a 29% stake in server CPU design startup Ampere with an option to own; Ampere's CEO Renee James is stepping down from Oracle's board (Bloomberg)

In a filing, Oracle reveals a 29% stake in server ...

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Sources: IBM's AI isn't up to the job to meet CEO Arvind Krishna's commitment to replace ~7,800 staff and some of the people who could fix that have been let go (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Sources: IBM's AI isn't up to the job to meet CEO ...

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A US Senate security office email says a "deepfake" caller posed as the former foreign minister of Ukraine in a recent Zoom call with Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)

A US Senate security office email says a "deepfake...

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A look at Chinese PE firm CSC Group, which has stakes in 360 US tech startups via Hone Capital that is reportedly under an FBI probe over IP transfers to China (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

A look at Chinese PE firm CSC Group, which has sta...

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a16z is a prosecution witness in the DOJ's case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji, who raised hundreds of millions dollars for his failed crypto startups (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

a16z is a prosecution witness in the DOJ's case ag...

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Google says its transition to memory-safe languages like Rust led to memory-safe vulnerabilities in Android dropping from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024 (The Hacker News)

Google says its transition to memory-safe language...

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Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and WP Engine customers having trouble with their sites should contact WP Engine support (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free W...

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