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Sources: new US rules may compel Nvidia to cancel $5B+ in 2024 orders for its chips in China; Nvidia had already fulfilled its 2023 orders before the controls (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: new US rules may compel Nvidia to cancel $5B+ in 2024 orders for its chips in China; Nvidia had already fulfilled its 2023 orders before the controls  —  Artificial-intelligence company scrapped plans to rush shipments to China this month before new restrictions were brought forward

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Researchers say hackers stole $4.4M in crypto from 25+ victims on October 25 using private keys and passphrases from a 2022 LastPass breach (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Researchers say hackers stole $4.4M in crypto from 25+ victims on October 25 using private keys and passphrases from a 2022 LastPass breach  —  Hackers have stolen $4.4 million in cryptocurrency on October 25th using private keys and passphrases stored in stolen LastPass databases …

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A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed  —  While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.

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2023 Halloween Hackfest: Organ-playing Skeleton Livens Up Halloween

Every hacker appreciates how off-the-shelf parts can be combined into something greater, and [bryan.lowder] demonstrates this beautifully with his organ-playing skeleton, a wonderful entry to our 2023 Halloween Contest! Skelly the 3-foot-tall novelty skeleton animatedly plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor while perched at an old (and non-functional) Hammond organ. The small animatronic

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Canada bans WeChat and Moscow-based Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices as they “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security” (Ismail Shakil/Reuters)

Ismail Shakil / Reuters: Canada bans WeChat and Moscow-based Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices as they “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”  —  Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due …

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TECNO Unveils ‘Universal Tone’ – A Multi-Skin Tone Imaging Technology Reflecting Everyone in One Picture

TECNO, a global pioneer in mobile imaging technology, is proud to unveil its latest groundbreaking leap in camera technology, TECNO Universal Tone–the most advanced AI-Powered multi-skin tone imaging technology that integrates the industry’s newest spectral database and insights. Self-developed by TECNO, the technology was enhanced through joint research and development in cooperation with color science

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Alibaba unveils Tongyi Qianwen 2 LLM with “hundreds of billions of” parameters and 8 industry-specific models for entertainment, finance, healthcare, and legal (Josh Ye/Reuters)

Josh Ye / Reuters: Alibaba unveils Tongyi Qianwen 2 LLM with “hundreds of billions of” parameters and 8 industry-specific models for entertainment, finance, healthcare, and legal  —  Chinese technology giant Alibaba (9988.HK) said on Tuesday it has updated its artificial intelligence (AI) …

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A look at Woven Planet, Toyota’s ambitious software unit that was renamed Woven by Toyota as it struggled to connect with the changing goals of its parent (River Davis/Wall Street Journal)

River Davis / Wall Street Journal: A look at Woven Planet, Toyota’s ambitious software unit that was renamed Woven by Toyota as it struggled to connect with the changing goals of its parent  —  Toyota needed software expertise, but making a startup mentality mesh with an 86-year-old giant proved challenging.  Now it’s trying a new

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IBM research: AI can make phishing, already used in ~90% of cyberattacks, more effective at scale, though widespread use has not yet been detected (Eric Geller/The Messenger)

Eric Geller / The Messenger: IBM research: AI can make phishing, already used in ~90% of cyberattacks, more effective at scale, though widespread use has not yet been detected  —  Phishing attacks are already devastatingly successful.  What happens when artificial intelligence makes them even harder to spot?

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Teensy Stands in for the Motorola 68k

While it might not seem like it today, there was a time in the not-too-distant past where Motorola was the processor manufacturer. They made chips for everything, but the most popular was arguably the 68000 or 68k. It’s still has a considerable following today, largely among retrocomputing enthusiasts or those maintaining legacy hardware. For those

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Samsung reports Q3 revenue down 12% YoY to ~$50B, net income down 40% YoY to ~$4.1B vs. an 86% decline in Q2 2023, and a chip division operating loss of ~$2.78B (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung reports Q3 revenue down 12% YoY to ~$50B, net income down 40% YoY to ~$4.1B vs. an 86% decline in Q2 2023, and a chip division operating loss of ~$2.78B  —  – Net income was more than twice what analysts estimated  — Mobile panel business had significant increase in profit

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Apple accessories including the Magic Keyboard, Mouse, and Trackpad that accompany the newly announced M3 iMac still feature a Lightning port instead of USB-C (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple accessories including the Magic Keyboard, Mouse, and Trackpad that accompany the newly announced M3 iMac still feature a Lightning port instead of USB-C  —  The newly announced M3 iMac is still accompanied by peripherals with a Lightning port for pairing and charging, rather than USB-C as rumored.

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Apple unveils an M3 24-inch iMac that processes photos and produces videos up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, with Wi-Fi 6E and up to 24GB of RAM, for $1,299+ (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Apple unveils an M3 24-inch iMac that processes photos and produces videos up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, with Wi-Fi 6E and up to 24GB of RAM, for $1,299+  —  Folks banking on the arrival of the iMac Pro will have to wait a bit longer.  If you’ve been

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Apple’s 14″ MacBook Pro with M3 starts at $1,599, the 14″ MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $1,999, and the 16″ MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $2,499 (Apple)

Apple: Apple’s 14″ MacBook Pro with M3 starts at $1,599, the 14″ MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $1,999, and the 16″ MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $2,499  —  14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 now starts at $1,599  —  14- and 16-inch models with M3 Pro and M3 Max are available in

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