Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Discord bans Spy Pet-affiliated accounts, which were scraping 12K+ Discord servers to archive and sell user data, and says it is considering legal action — After 404 Media reported on the service last week, Discord has now shut down a mass of scraping accounts and says it is considering legal action.
Apple’s latest supplier list shows the challenges the company is facing in diversifying its supply chain, as its Chinese suppliers grew from 48 to 52 in 2023 (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia:
Apple’s latest supplier list shows the challenges the company is facing in diversifying its supply chain, as its Chinese suppliers grew from 48 to 52 in 2023 — Japan, Taiwan and U.S. supplier numbers dip as iPhone maker expands in Southeast Asia — TAIPEI — Apple is deepening its ties …
Sources: China’s muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China’s muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale — Chinese officials have been relatively muted in defense of the app, while quietly signaling that they would prefer a ban to a sale
NHTSA finds that Tesla’s driver-assist features are insufficient at keeping drivers engaged in the task of driving and links them to 100+ crashes and 10+ deaths (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
NHTSA finds that Tesla’s driver-assist features are insufficient at keeping drivers engaged in the task of driving and links them to 100+ crashes and 10+ deaths — In March 2023, a North Carolina student was stepping off a school bus when he was struck by a Tesla Model Y traveling at …
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after 404 Media probe found the apps advertised the ability to create nonconsensual nude images (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after 404 Media probe found the apps advertised the ability to create nonconsensual nude images — Apple and Google appear more willing to take action against these apps than they were in the past.
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a panel to advise US DHS on deploying AI safely within America’s critical infrastructure (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a panel to advise US DHS on deploying AI safely within America’s critical infrastructure — Panel will advise Department of Homeland Security on deploying artificial intelligence safely within America’s critical infrastructure
A look at Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42, as sources say US intelligence officials fixated on CEO Xiao Peng ahead of its China divestment and Microsoft deal (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A look at Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42, as sources say US intelligence officials fixated on CEO Xiao Peng ahead of its China divestment and Microsoft deal — Abu Dhabi-based G42 found it could no longer play for both teams. — G42, a startup in Abu Dhabi, has made itself …
The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot and opens a new one to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)
Sean O’Kane / TechCrunch:
The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot and opens a new one to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system …
The EU Commission says Shein will have to comply with DSA rules for content handling, starting August 2024, as the retailer has more than 45M users in the EU (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)
Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
The EU Commission says Shein will have to comply with DSA rules for content handling, starting August 2024, as the retailer has more than 45M users in the EU — BRUSSELS — Chinese-founded fashion app Shein will face stringent rules on how it handles content on its platform starting in late August, the European Commission said Friday.
Thoma Bravo agrees to buy UK-based cyber security company Darktrace for $7.75 per share, a 20% premium on its April 25 closing price, valuing the company at $5B (Will Louch/Financial Times)
Will Louch / Financial Times:
Thoma Bravo agrees to buy UK-based cyber security company Darktrace for $7.75 per share, a 20% premium on its April 25 closing price, valuing the company at $5B — Offer comes less than two years after private equity group previously held talks about buying cyber security company
