Sam Kessler / CoinDesk:
An investigation finds over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired IT workers, who used fake IDs and successfully navigated interviews, from North Korea — More than a dozen blockchain firms inadvertently hired undercover IT workers from the rogue state, incurring cybersecurity and legal risks, a CoinDesk investigation found.
Founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith announce the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down after fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith announce the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down after fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer — Who wants to join his so Solid crew? — After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down.
A US judge temporarily blocks California’s AG from enforcing AB 2839 on election deepfakes, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 17 (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
A US judge temporarily blocks California’s AG from enforcing AB 2839 on election deepfakes, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 17 — A federal judge blocked one of California’s new AI laws on Wednesday, less than two weeks after it was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
The SEC files a notice of appeal in its Ripple case, seeking to reverse a July 2023 ruling that XRP sales on retail exchanges didn’t violate securities law (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
The SEC files a notice of appeal in its Ripple case, seeking to reverse a July 2023 ruling that XRP sales on retail exchanges didn’t violate securities law — A federal judge ruled last year that the SEC had not made its case that Ripple violated securities law by selling XRP to retail customers through exchanges.
Biden signs legislation exempting some US semiconductor manufacturing facilities that are receiving government subsidies from federal environmental reviews (David Shepardson/Reuters)
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Biden signs legislation exempting some US semiconductor manufacturing facilities that are receiving government subsidies from federal environmental reviews — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation that will exempt some U.S. semiconductor manufacturing facilities …
Accenture says it will train 30,000 employees on Nvidia technology and start a new Nvidia Business Group focused on driving enterprise adoption of AI agents (Dylan Martin/CRN)
Dylan Martin / CRN:
Accenture says it will train 30,000 employees on Nvidia technology and start a new Nvidia Business Group focused on driving enterprise adoption of AI agents — The global services powerhouse says its newly formed Nvidia Business Group will focus on driving enterprise adoption …
Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets, with 50% more RAM than the previous models, and three new generative AI features for compatible Fire tablets (Ryan McNeal/Android Authority)
Ryan McNeal / Android Authority:
Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets, with 50% more RAM than the previous models, and three new generative AI features for compatible Fire tablets — Amazon launches new Fire HD 8 tablets, rolls out three new AI features. — • — TL;DR — Amazon is launching a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets.
Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024 — Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025
OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital, the largest VC deal of all time, valuing it at $157B, with participation from Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, and others (Ina Fried/Axios)
Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital, the largest VC deal of all time, valuing it at $157B, with participation from Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, and others — – Not taking part, a source confirms, is Apple, which reportedly had been in talks to invest.
Source: Thrive invested ~$1.3B in OpenAI’s $6.6B round, with an exclusive option to invest up to $1B more at the same $157B valuation through 2025 (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Source: Thrive invested ~$1.3B in OpenAI’s $6.6B round, with an exclusive option to invest up to $1B more at the same $157B valuation through 2025 — The A.I. start-up’s valuation has risen by more than $70 billion in nine months. — OpenAI said on Wednesday that it had completed …