Tech Meme

Ricardo Brito / Reuters: Court documents: Brazil’s Supreme Court says X still needs to pay $5M+ in pending fines, including a new one, before being allowed to resume service in Brazil  —  Brazil’s Supreme Court said on Friday that social platform X still needs to pay just over $5 million in pending fines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: An interview with SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown on the 2020 breach, facing SEC charges that were largely dismissed in July 2024, global cyber regulations, and more  —  Tim Brown was first cyber executive to face SEC charges after a massive Russian hack  —  The first cyber chief to fight an effort … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: CA Governor Newsom signs the California Neurorights Act into law that treats “neural data” as personal sensitive info, aiming to protect brain data from misuse  —  The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Interview with SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown on the 2020 breach, facing the US SEC’s charges that were largely dismissed in July, global cyber regulations, and more  —  Tim Brown was first cyber executive to face SEC charges after a massive Russian hack  —  The first cyber chief to fight … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047, saying the bill applies only to large AI models and doesn’t account for if a model’s deployment is high risk  —  Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ricardo Brito / Reuters: Court docs: Brazil’s Supreme Court says X still needs to pay $5M+ in pending fines, including a new one, before it will be allowed to resume service in Brazil  —  Brazil’s Supreme Court said on Friday that social platform X still needs to pay just over $5 million in pending fines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: CA Gov. Newsom signs a bill into law that treats “neural data” as personal sensitive info, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies  —  The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated  —  Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: California passes a law that includes “neural data” under personal sensitive information, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies  —  The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple considers options for its headsets, including moving compute to iPhone, and is working on homeOS; new Masimo CEO could enable a deal with Apple  —  Meta’s latest AR glasses and cheaper mixed-reality headset add pressure on Apple to make its Vision push work. Lees verder op Tech Meme