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Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) 09-09-2023

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package  —  Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package.  —  North Korea-backed hackers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon requires writers in its e-book program to disclose the use of AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others (Hillel Italie/Associated Press) 09-09-2023

Hillel Italie / Associated Press: Amazon requires writers in its e-book program to disclose the use of AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others  —  After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Code in Uber's iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks (Bloomberg) 09-09-2023

Bloomberg: Code in Uber’s iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks  —  – Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit can now translate posts into eight languages, including Spanish and French, when viewing them on its mobile apps or on the web while logged out (Jay Peters/The Verge) 09-09-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit can now translate posts into eight languages, including Spanish and French, when viewing them on its mobile apps or on the web while logged out  —  Reddit can now translate posts into eight different languages when viewing them on Reddit’s iOS or Android apps or on the web while logged out … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software (Bloomberg) 09-09-2023

Bloomberg: An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software  —  – Judge orders company to stop advertising TurboTax as free  — Intuit to appeal ‘flawed and highly questionable’ decision Lees verder op Tech Meme

A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post) 09-09-2023

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies’ moderation on COVID-19 posts  —  The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Roblox plans to launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in October and on Meta Quest headsets later in September, but has no “imminent plans” for Switch (Jay Peters/The Verge) 08-09-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Roblox plans to launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in October and on Meta Quest headsets later in September, but has no “imminent plans” for Switch  —  Roblox will finally be available on PlayStation soon.  At its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

X sues California over AB 587, which requires social networks to share moderation rules, arguing it interferes with X's editorial calls protected as free speech (Joel Rosenblatt/Bloomberg) 08-09-2023

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: X sues California over AB 587, which requires social networks to share moderation rules, arguing it interferes with X’s editorial calls protected as free speech  —  Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple spent $5M on the film rights for Michael Lewis' book about Sam Bankman-Fried; at least eight Hollywood projects on SBF are in the works so far (Peter Kiefer/The Ankler) 08-09-2023

Peter Kiefer / The Ankler: Sources: Apple spent $5M on the film rights for Michael Lewis’ book about Sam Bankman-Fried; at least eight Hollywood projects on SBF are in the works so far  —  Apple paid $5M for Michael Lewis’ book, a Nanette Burstein doc is underway, and a who’ll-finish-first race is afoot as the crypto con projects pile up Lees verder op Tech Meme

X is showing some ads in users' Following feeds without an “Ad” label, indicated only by clicking on the three-dot menu, which could attract the FTC's attention (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 08-09-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X is showing some ads in users’ Following feeds without an “Ad” label, indicated only by clicking on the three-dot menu, which could attract the FTC’s attention  —  X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has been caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds … Lees verder op Tech Meme