Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to ‘Stand Up’ Against the Trump Administration Summary In a wide-ranging interview on WIRED’s The Big Interview, Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, prominent AI advocate…
AI writing tools could lead scholars from low-income countries to erase their own voices Summary Authors Zhenning Li and Zhengbing He warn that widespread use of large language models (LLMs)…
India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real Summary India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has issued updated guidelines tightening anti-money-laundering and KYC rules for virtual…
Zuck forms Meta Compute to pave the planet with ‘hundreds of gigawatts’ of AI datacenters Summary Meta has created a new initiative called Meta Compute to centralise planning, deployment and…
‘Violence-as-a-service’ suspect arrested in Iraq, extradition underway Summary A 21-year-old Swedish man, alleged to be a central organiser of “violence-as-a-service” for the Foxtrot criminal network, was arrested in Iraq in…
No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher Summary Research firm Wedbush warns that a global DRAM shortage will drive up the bill-of-materials for next‑generation firewall…
Hungary grants asylum to former Polish minister implicated in spyware probe Summary Hungary has granted political asylum to Zbigniew Ziobro, Poland’s former justice minister, who faces dozens of charges tied…
Armenia probes alleged sale of 8 million government records on hacker forum Summary Hackers claiming the alias “dk0m” advertised a dataset of about 8 million Armenian government-related records on an…
Internet monitoring experts say Iran blackout likely to continue Summary Iran has extended a nationwide internet blackout into its fourth day following large, economy-focused protests that began on 28 December…
FBI Flags Quishing Attacks From North Korean APT Summary The FBI has issued a flash alert warning that North Korea’s state-sponsored APT group Kimsuky is using “quishing” — QR-code-based phishing…
