Journals

Angela Yang / NBC News: Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents in the audience of a US Senate hearing who say that Meta’s apps contributed to their children’s suicide or exploitation  —  “I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through,” the… Read More »Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents in the audience of a US Senate hearing who say that Meta’s apps contributed to their children’s suicide or exploitation (Angela Yang/NBC News)

Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ says eBay agreed to pay $59M to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by allowing sales of pill presses and other items  —  Justice Department says eBay has… Read More »The US DOJ says eBay agreed to pay $59M to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by allowing sales of pill presses and other items (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: An FTX lawyer says the exchange expects to fully repay its customers and has abandoned efforts to restart the platform due to a lack of buyers  —  Its FTT token surged about 11% after the news. … Read More »An FTX lawyer says the exchange expects to fully repay its customers and has abandoned efforts to restart the platform due to a lack of buyers (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: The FBI and DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack thousands of Cisco and Netgear routers at the end of their lives  —  Chinese hackers prepare to ‘wreak havoc’… Read More »The FBI and DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack thousands of Cisco and Netgear routers at the end of their lives (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)

MK Manoylov / The Block: Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen confirms “unauthorized access” to “a few of my personal XRP accounts”, after ZachXBT noted outflows of 213M XRP, worth $112.5M  —  – Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen said Wednesday that there had… Read More »Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen confirms “unauthorized access” to “a few of my personal XRP accounts”, after ZachXBT noted outflows of 213M XRP, worth $112.5M (MK Manoylov/The Block)

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: Binance left a cache of code, infrastructure diagrams, passwords, and more on a public GitHub repository for months; GitHub removed after Binance’s request  —  A takedown request said the GitHub account was “hosting and distributing… Read More »Binance left a cache of code, infrastructure diagrams, passwords, and more on a public GitHub repository for months; GitHub removed after Binance’s request (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based Oasis Security, which offers tools for “non-human” identity management, emerges from stealth and raised a $5M seed and $35M Series A led by Sequoia  —  When people hear the term “identity management” in an enterprise… Read More »Israel-based Oasis Security, which offers tools for “non-human” identity management, emerges from stealth and raised a $5M seed and $35M Series A led by Sequoia (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Tej Parikh / Financial Times: Q&A with Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson on generative AI, potential productivity gains, his “J-curve” and “Turing trap” concepts, AI drawbacks, and more  —  The Stanford professor on what generative AI will mean for productivity, jobs… Read More »Q&A with Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson on generative AI, potential productivity gains, his “J-curve” and “Turing trap” concepts, AI drawbacks, and more (Tej Parikh/Financial Times)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia RTX 4080 Super review: a $200 price cut to $999, 16GB of VRAM, and impressive 4K performance, but not a big performance boost over the RTX 4070  —  Nvidia’s RTX 4080 Super is the… Read More »Nvidia RTX 4080 Super review: a $200 price cut to $999, 16GB of VRAM, and impressive 4K performance, but not a big performance boost over the RTX 4070 (Tom Warren/The Verge)