Craig Newmark pledges $100M to fight hacking by foreign governments

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other infrastructure from…Read More

Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more

The company is in various stages of developing and piloting a range of initiatives focused on dealing with bad actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts, video safety, and more.
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HTC takes on Apple’s Vision Pro and PC Gaming with $1,000 Vive Focus Vision

The Vive Focus Vision has enough firepower under the hood to appeal to PC gamers tethered via the DisplayPort.
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U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

The FBI, NSA and other U.S. government agencies detailed a Chinese-government operation that used 260,000 of internet-connected devices to launch cyberattacks.
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Generative AI startup Runway inks deal with a major Hollywood studio

Runway, a startup developing AI video tools, including video-generating models, has partnered with Lionsgate — the studio behind the “John Wick” and “Twilight” franchises — to train a custom video model on Lionsgate’s movie catalog. Lionsgate vice chair Michael Burns said in a…Read More

23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse

23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product –  was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancest…Read More

Governor Newsom on California AI bill SB 1047: ‘I can’t solve for everything’

California Governor Gavin Newsom said there are 38 bills on his desk that would create laws around artificial intelligence on Tuesday, but one looms larger than all of them: SB 1047, California’s bill that tries to prevent AI systems from causing catastrophes. For the f…Read More

Al Gore roasts corporations and politicians, comparing their climate crisis promises to ‘New Year’s resolutions’

Al Gore has enjoyed a very successful career, including as a U.S. senator, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential nominee, and even Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2007 for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.…Read More

Intuitive Machines lands $4.8B NASA contract to build Earth-Moon communications infrastructure

NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home.  The space agency is looking to change that with its developing Near Space Network, and it’s wi…Read More