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💥 Google set to make its biggest startup acquisition ever
🤷♂️ ATandT paid hacker $370,000 to delete stolen customer data
🚨 Rabbit r1's AI assistant has secretly been storing user chats that can't be deleted
🖥 Apple approves first PC emulator for iPhone
🏢 Huawei debuts massive RandD center larger than Apple Park and Microsoft HQ combined
🎁 + 6 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
💥 Google set to make its biggest startup acquisition everLINK
Google is considering a $23 billion acquisition of Wiz, a cloud cybersecurity startup with Amazon and Oracle as partners, which would be its largest acquisition to date.
Wiz provides tools that secure corporate cloud infrastructure by creating a normalizing layer between cloud environments, helping businesses quickly identify and eliminate critical risks.
The acquisition, driven by Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian, could enhance Google's reputation as a secure cloud platform, though it may face regulatory scrutiny from US authorities.
🤷♂️ ATandT paid hacker $370,000 to delete stolen customer dataLINK
ATandT paid a hacker approximately $370,000 to delete stolen customer data from a hacking incident earlier this year, according to a Wired report.
The hacker initially demanded $1 million, but through negotiations via an intermediary named Reddington, ATandT settled on the payment in bitcoin on May 17th.
Despite claims from Reddington that the data was entirely deleted after the payment, there is still a possibility that some excerpts of the data remain accessible.
🚨 Rabbit r1's AI assistant has secretly been storing user chats that can't be deletedLINK
The Rabbit r1 AI assistant has been secretly storing user chats, making them potentially accessible if the device was lost, stolen, or sold, and users were initially unaware of this logging.
Rabbit has introduced a factory reset option and reduced the amount of data stored on the device, addressing the issue where pairing data could read sensitive information.
Rabbit assured users there was no evidence of pairing data misuse, and a software update to fix these issues will install automatically on all r1 devices.
🖥 Apple approves first PC emulator for iPhoneLINK
The free app UTM SE allows users to run virtual machines for Windows, Linux, and macOS on an iPhone without the need for jailbreaking the device.
UTM SE supports various operating systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, and even older versions like Windows 7 and XP, leveraging the QEMU open-source emulation engine.
Despite Apple’s restrictive guidelines on emulators, UTM SE markets itself as a "Retro PC Emulator" to run classic software and old-school games, aiming to navigate App Store approval policies.
🏢 Huawei debuts massive RandD center larger than Apple Park and Microsoft HQ combinedLINK
Huawei has opened its largest RandD center in Shanghai, spanning 2,600 acres and housing over 35,000 scientists and engineers, making it bigger than Apple Park and Microsoft's Redmond campus combined.
The new RandD center, named "Lianqiu Lake," cost Huawei 10 billion yuan and is part of Shanghai's effort to become a global leader in scientific and technological innovation by 2025.
Despite facing international sanctions and financial constraints, Huawei aims to boost innovation by focusing on key areas such as semiconductor designs, advanced wireless communication systems, and smart vehicle technologies at its new facility.
Other news you might like
Apple Intelligence will lead to a massive iPhone and iPad supercycle, Morgan Stanley says.LINK
AMD takes a deep dive into architecture for the AI PC chips.LINK
Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries.LINK
Gemini AI platform accused of scanning Google Drive files without user permission.LINK
Researchers want to develop a DNA-based storage system in three years.LINK
Japanese AI dating app that boasts over 5,000 users lets you ‘marry’ a bot.LINK
Latest research and tools
Fusion: a hobby operating system for x86-64 computers, built using Nim and documented online, currently operable on QEMU.LINK
Lagrange: LAser GRavitational-wave ANtenna at GEo-lunar Lagrange points (2011): the paper proposes the deployment of a laser-based gravitational-wave antenna at specific stable points between the Earth and the Moon to detect gravitational waves.LINK
New large value estimates for Dirichlet polynomials: this paper presents advanced estimates for the maximum size of certain mathematical expressions known as Dirichlet polynomials.LINK
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