CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider,’ X rolling out the ‘About this account’ feature, and Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules
-Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's network.
-X's new feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username.
-Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry's cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States "less safe" at a time when threats are increasing.
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Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani
According to Grok, Elon Musk can out slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani.
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Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model; and another fire broke out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford
Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.
Also, the fire that broke out at the Oswego, NY Is the second major fire -- and the third overall -- in the last few months at the Novelis plant,
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How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago
Written by: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.
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The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim; plus Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released an extensive cache of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which included details of intimate affairs.
OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers in coming weeks. The news follows OpenAI’s move last month to start adding dedicated retail apps to ChatGPT, including Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow. It also comes as OpenAI races to rake in AI-driven commerce via new products like “Instant Checkout” that let users make purchases within conversations with retailers like Etsy and Shopify.
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