U.S. biotech firm 23andMe’s user data was leaked and is now circulating on hacker forums. 23andMe confirmed the data leak’s authenticity to BleepingComputer and says it believes a credential-stuffing attack is to blame. 23andMe user data offered for sale A few days ago, 1 million lines of data specific to Ashkenazi individuals began circulating on hacker
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Cloud software company Blackbaud agrees to pay $49.5M to settle an investigation by AGs from 49 US states into a May 2020 ransomware attack and data breach — Cloud computing provider Blackbaud reached a $49.5 million agreement with attorneys general from 49 U.S. states to settle …
Read MoreAt least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it’s working to verify the data.
Read MoreSharge’s transparent batteries and retro Mac charger. | Image: Sharge Ever heard of Sharge? The company is arguably just as responsible as Nothing for bringing transparent gadgets back — its see-through batteries swarmed social media and have inspired a wave of copycats. Less famously, it sells a kickass charger shaped like a classic Mac that
Read MoreWhen we talk about video games on an oscilloscope, you’d be pardoned for assuming the project involved an analog CRT scope in X-Y mode, with vector graphics for something like Asteroids or BattleZone. Alas, this oscilloscope Tetris (Russian language, English translation) isn’t that at all — but that doesn’t make it any less cool. If
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images The pain is not over yet for the podcast industry, with layoffs and cancellations continuing to pile up. Amrita covered the WNYC layoffs yesterday, which, thanks to negotiations between management and the union, were not as steep as initially expected (6 percent laid off versus 12
Read MoreImage: BBC The BBC, the UK’s largest news organization, laid out principles it plans to follow as it evaluates the use of generative AI — including for research and production of journalism, archival, and “personalized experiences.” In a blog post, BBC director of nations Rhodri Talfan Davies said the broadcaster believes the technology provides opportunities
Read MoreAnissa Gardizy / The Information: Source: Microsoft plans to unveil its first chip designed for data centers that train and run LLMs at its annual Ignite developer and IT conference in November — Microsoft next month plans to unveil the company’s first chip designed for artificial intelligence at its annual developers’ conference …
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority A leaker claims OnePlus is taking another stab at launching a smartwatch. The new smartwatch may launch sometime in 2024. The smartwatch is said to have a round face. It’s been two years since OnePlus had the disastrous rollout of its first smartwatch, the OnePlus Watch. You could say
Read MoreAnissa Gardizy / The Information: Source: Microsoft plans to unveil its first chip designed for data centers that train and run LLMs at its annual Ignite developer and IT conference in November — Microsoft next month plans to unveil the company’s first chip designed for artificial intelligence at its annual developers’ conference …
Read MoreWhen we talk about video games on an oscilloscope, you’d be pardoned for assuming the project involved an analog CRT scope in X-Y mode, with vector graphics for something like Asteroids or BattleZone. Alas, this oscilloscope Tetris (Russian language, English translation) isn’t that at all — but that doesn’t make it any less cool. If
Read MoreMatt Binder / Mashable: X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can’t be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn’t disclose the advertiser — The new ads also don’t disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads. — X, the Elon Musk-owned
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: 23andMe says the genetics company is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack — 23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes …
Read MoreYou can already buy the latest clock-equipped Echo Dot for $44.99 ($15 off). Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon’s next Prime Day-like sales event, doesn’t officially kick off until October 10th, but the tech giant is already giving Prime members and non-members alike a taste of what’s to come. A whole bunch of (mainly Amazon) gadgets
Read MoreIt’s unfortunate, but a lot of trash ends up in our rivers and, eventually, our oceans. Cleaning efforts can be costly and require a lot of human power. One of the ways to keep trash out from reaching the ocean is to attack it at the river level. That’s the idea behind [Xieshi Zhang]’s Hydrocleaner,
Read MoreJames Hunt / The Block: THORSwap moves to “maintenance mode” after criminals linked to the FTX hack in 2022 used the decentralized exchange to convert $38M worth of ether to bitcoin — – THORChain-based decentralized exchange THORSwap is “temporarily transitioning” its interface into maintenance mode …
Read MoreShilpa Jamkhandikar / Reuters: India asks X, YouTube, and Telegram to remove CSAM from their platforms, threatening to strip the companies of protection from legal liability for not complying — India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, Youtube (GOOGL.O) and Telegram asking them to ensure …
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Amazon updates its Luna cloud gaming service to let users buy individual games, starting with select Ubisoft titles; users must first link their Ubisoft account — Amazon Luna has been struggling to some extent with big library shuffles, but the cloud gaming platform is now introducing a big new feature –
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Samsung is rolling out the One UI 6 beta to the Galaxy Z Fold 5. The beta update comes with firmware version F946BXXU1ZWJ2. The beta started appearing on the Galaxy Z Flip 5 about an hour after it landed on the Fold 5. Update, October 6, 2023 (2:52 PM
Read MoreTim Craig / DL News: How FTX hacker’s $131m ‘laundering’ spree caused DeFi exchange to shut off … Decentralised exchange THORSwap disabled parts of its website interface Thursday after the hacker who swiped $450 million from FTX last year started using the platform to convert stolen Ether to Bitcoin.
Read MoreLenovo’s rollable laptop concept. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge At first, Lenovo only seemed casually jealous of Framework’s modular repairable laptops — first, it sent a cease-and-desist over a Framework power button, then it unveiled its own modular concept laptop dubbed Project Aurora with no promise to actually build such a thing.
Read MoreRichter Belmont. | Netflix Castlevania: Nocturne’s season 1 finale made it crystal clear that there was even more to Richter Belmont’s story still waiting to be told. But just in case there was any doubt that Netflix planned to bring the show back, the streamer’s already teasing what’s coming next. Along with a brief teaser
Read MorePut down those goggles. The Las Vegas Sphere’s giant wraparound display turned a U2 show and a mind-bending new film into a virtual reality experience.
Read MoreAndrew Hayward / Decrypt: Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other prominent NFTs, restructures, lays off some US staff, and is still evaluating its international teams — Yuga Labs reveals a restructuring effort that has impacted U.S. employees as the $4 billion Bored Ape startup rethinks its priorities.
Read MoreBuilt at a cost of more than $150 billion over the last twenty-five years, the International Space Station is arguably one of humanity’s greatest engineering triumphs. Unfortunately, unlike Earthly construction feats such as the Hoover Dam, Burj Khalifa, or the Millau Viaduct, you can’t visit it in person to really appreciate its scale and complexity.
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