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Munir Ahmed / Associated Press: Pakistan’s parliament passes a controversial bill giving the government sweeping controls on social media, including prison terms for spreading “disinformation”  —  Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a controversial bill that will give the government sweeping controls … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justin Sink / Bloomberg: Fox News interview: Donald Trump downplays TikTok’s national security risk, saying China makes smartphones, PCs, and more, and “isn’t that a bigger threat?”  —  President Donald Trump downplayed the national security risk posed by TikTok in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Researchers detail Subaru’s now-fixed web vulnerabilities that would’ve let them unlock and start millions of Subarus via Starlink in the US, Canada, and Japan  —  Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus.  More disturbingly, they could also access … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: France says David Balland, a co-founder of French crypto wallet startup Ledger, was kidnapped on January 21 and freed on January 22 after a police operation  —  A co-founder of French crypto wallet startup Ledger SAS who was kidnapped in central France has been released, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Q&A with former CISA Director Jen Easterly, appointed in 2021, on leaving the agency, Donald Trump, China’s Salt Typhoon, Russia, unfinished business, and more  —  Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Changpeng Zhao announces that Binance’s VC arm Binance Labs, which oversees about $10B of crypto-related assets, will become a family office called YZi Labs  —  – YZi will manage assets of Zhao and Binance co-founder Yi He  — Zhao was released from correctional facility in late September Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: ByteDance board member Bill Ford says ByteDance is exploring alternatives to selling TikTok US, including a change to local control to comply with the US law  —  – Firm’s options with Trump team include change of control  — Bill Ford runs General Atlantic, which owns stake in ByteDance Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Baya Systems, which says its multi-die systems overcome traditional semiconductors’ bottlenecks, raised a $36M Series B led by Maverick Silicon  —  Baya Systems, a chip technology company that wants accelerate intelligent computing, raised $36 million in funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: ByteDance board member Bill Ford says ByteDance is exploring alternatives to selling TikTok US, including a change of control to comply with US legislation  —  – Firm’s options with Trump team include change of control  — Bill Ford runs General Atlantic, which owns stake in ByteDance Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Roose / New York Times: CAIS and Scale AI release “Humanity’s Last Exam”, a new evaluation that they claim is the hardest-ever AI test, consisting of ~3,000 multiple-choice questions  —  If you’re looking for a new reason to be nervous about artificial intelligence, try this: Some of the smartest humans … Lees verder op Tech Meme