Meta is reportedly going to slash spending on the metaverse
The company is allegedly considering massive cuts to the project.
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Netflix says it’s buying Warner Brothers, Chinese hackers may be targeting government entities using 'Brickstorm' malware, and Russia reportedly bans Snapchat and FaceTime
-Shortly after rumors of a deal between the two media giants broke, Netflix has announced it is buying Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max for approximately $82.7 billion. If approved, the deal will take place after Warner Bros. has disentangled itself from both its legacy cable
-Hackers with links to China reportedly successfully infiltrated a number of unnamed government and tech entities using advanced malware. As reported by Reuters, cybersecurity agencies from the US and Canada confirmed the attack, which used a backdoor known as “Brickstorm” to target organizations using the VMware vSphere cloud computing platform
-Russia's federal agency for monitoring and censoring mass media, has blocked access to Snapchat and FaceTime in the country, Bloomberg reports, citing Russian news service Interfax. The bans were reportedly put in place because the platforms were used "to organize and carry out terrorist acts,” and commit fraud
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Amazon rolls out a find-a-scene Alexa+ feature for Prime Video
The Fire TV tool can understand quotes, character names and scene descriptions and take you to that point of a movie.
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OpenAI's new confession system teaches models to be honest, India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall its state-run 'cybersecurity' app, and Meta's Oversight Board wants to expand its powers
-Since large language models are often trained to produce the response that seems to be desired, they can become increasingly likely to provide sycophancy or state hallucinations with total confidence.
-After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a statement saying it "has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers." The app is still available as a voluntary download.
-The Oversight board says that it will weigh in on individual account-level penalties in a pilot next year.
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Android is getting a slew of new accessibility features
New features have been announced ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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