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Proprietary Breaches, Openwashing, and Another Round of Microsoft Layoffs, Antitrust Barriers

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 12, 2023,

updated May 12, 2023

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Extradited UK hacker pleads guilty to 2020 celebrity Twitter hack

↺ Extradited UK hacker pleads guilty to 2020 celebrity Twitter hack

> The U.K. hacker behind the infamous hack of Twitter Inc. in 2020 that compromised the accounts of famous users has been extradited to the U.S., where he has pleaded guilty to various cybercrime offenses.

[Openwashing] Meta Unveils Open-Source Multimodal Generative AI System

↺ [Openwashing] Meta Unveils Open-Source Multimodal Generative AI System

> Meta has announced a new generative AI model called "ImageBind" that links together six different modalities; images, text, audio, depth, thermal, and IMU.

[Openwashing] AWS open-sources snapshot fuzzing and policy authorization tools

↺ [Openwashing] AWS open-sources snapshot fuzzing and policy authorization tools

> Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that it’s open-sourcing two new projects, including a new fuzzing tool for finding vulnerabilities in software and an authorization policy language for controlling application access.

UK restricts Microsoft, Activision from buying interest in each other | Reuters

↺ UK restricts Microsoft, Activision from buying interest in each other | Reuters

> Britain's competition regulator has published an interim order restricting Microsoft and Activision from acquiring an interest in each other without its consent, weeks after it blocked their $69 billion merger.

Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: Microsoft, Ochsner Health Cut Hundreds

↺ Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: Microsoft, Ochsner Health Cut Hundreds

> Microsoft unveiled another round of layoffs this week, following a massive round of cuts in January, while health care company Ochsner Health is conducting its own round of cuts—making them the latest companies to reduce their head counts this year, following major layoffs this week at Novavax, Akamai, LinkedIn and Paramount Media Networks.

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