Articles from www.wsj.com

Articles from www.wsj.com

A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 Uber Hacker Nvidia

eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 Google Amazon

Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 AI

A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-5 Google AI

Sources: China-linked hacking campaign dubbed Salt Typhoon breached networks of a wide swath of US broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-5 China AT&T

An unredacted New Mexico lawsuit shows Snap grappled internally with how to warn users of Snapchat sextortion risks without striking fear in users or parents (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-1 Mexico Snapchat

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-30 AI California

A look at challenges to OpenAI becoming a for-profit company, including the complexity of splitting assets with the nonprofit arm, which will continue to exist (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-30 Asset

A look at telehealth startup Done Global, whose owner was arrested by the US in June for allegedly running a “pill mill”, as it continues to operate from China (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-28 China Startup

Source: Apple is no longer in talks to participate in an OpenAI funding round that is expected to raise as much as $6.5B (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-28 Apple

Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-27

Sources: the DOJ is investigating Super Micro after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research; an ex-employee accused the company of accounting violations (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-27

Sources: Google's $2.7B Character.AI deal was primarily to rehire founder Noam Shazeer, who quit Google in 2021 and made hundreds of millions from the deal (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-26 Google AI

Sources: China-linked hackers, in a campaign called Salt Typhoon, have broken into a handful of US ISPs in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-26 China

Access Now and 24+ others wrote to Pavel Durov in late 2021 asking Telegram to add transparent content rules, an appeals process, and more; Durov didn't respond (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-24

A profile of Amazon executive Rohit Prasad, who now oversees a new team of thousands to develop AI products for an Alexa upgrade and other businesses (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 Amazon AI

Profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which hires contractors to do data labeling tasks, as he looks to expand to higher-margin AI tools to sustain growth (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 AI

Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE, with a central role for Abu Dhabi's Mubadala (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 Samsung

A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-21

Sources: Qualcomm made a takeover approach to Intel in recent days; Intel stock jumps 7%+ (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-21 Intel

Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most of its businesses by the end of this year, after a hacking group leaked more than 1TB of company data in summer (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-20 Slack

Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-19 Amazon Entrepreneur

Layoffs.fyi: tech companies have laid off ~137,000 people since January 2024; Indeed.com: software development job postings are down 30%+ since February 2020 (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-19 Layoffs

In an open letter coordinated by Meta, more than two dozen companies warned that the EU might reap fewer rewards of AI because of the bloc's tech regulations (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-19 AI

Lions Gate Entertainment, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in its movies and TV shows (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-18 AI

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100M to boost US cybersecurity: $50M to protect infrastructure and $50M to educate people about safeguards (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-18

A US appeals court signals skepticism with TikTok's arguments against the law that could force it to sever ties with China to keep operating in the US (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-17 China

Recent announcements from Apple and Google show that AI is most useful as a feature in devices and software we already use, rather than a standalone product (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-14 Google AI Apple

United Airlines plans to start testing Starlink internet service early next year, with the first passenger flights likely equipped with free Wi-Fi later in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-14 United Airlines

Utah-based Strider, which analyzes OSINT to help protect organizations against nation-state attacks, raised a $55M Series C, bringing its total funding to $110M (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-13

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