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Whitney Merrill

@wbm312
125 posts
2024-12-06
FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law  —  The proposed rules are a response to Salt Typhoon's breach of at least eight U.S. telecom companies.  —  cyberscoop.com/fcc-cybersec...
2024-12-06 View on X
Reuters

The US FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting they have a plan to protect against cyberattacks, after the Salt Typhoon hack

The proposed rules are a response to Salt Typhoon's breach of at least eight U.S. telecom companies.  —  cyberscoop.com/fcc-cybersec...

2024-07-20
We Y2K-ed ourselves anyways it seems.
2024-07-20 View on X
The Verge

BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware

or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS  —  Get notified of outages that impact you  —  Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from Crow...

We Y2K-ed ourselves anyways it seems.
2024-07-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A profile of CrowdStrike, founded in 2011 and used by 300 companies in the Fortune 500; Gartner: CrowdStrike has ~15% of the global security software market

The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the severity of the global IT outage

2024-07-19
We Y2K-ed ourselves anyways it seems.
2024-07-19 View on X
The Verge

BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware

Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue at boot today, impacting banks …

2024-05-21
People don't want this. Corporations do.
2024-05-21 View on X
Engadget

Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs as a new class of AI-capable Windows PCs that have at least 40 TOPs of NPU performance, with several OEMs and chipmakers on board

The aim is to handle more AI processing locally rather than in the cloud.  —  We've been hearing rumblings for months …

2024-05-02
HIPAA is out of date and needs a massive overhaul for privacy and security. This is unacceptable.
2024-05-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Testimony: UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty says the Change Healthcare hack impacted “maybe” 30% of US citizens; UnitedHealth will notify users in “several months”

Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data …

And no one has been notified that they're affected. Comms have gone out to individuals/companies using a provider that uses Change Healthcare that there's an incident going on. But individuals do not know if and what of their data has been breached.
2024-05-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Testimony: UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty says the Change Healthcare hack impacted “maybe” 30% of US citizens; UnitedHealth will notify users in “several months”

Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data …

2024-04-03
Wow wow wow
2024-04-03 View on X
Axios

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her”

Apple Called Out By Jon Stewart For Blocking FTC Chair Lina Khan's Interview The Daily Show on YouTube : Jon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show American Economic ...

2024-04-02
Wow wow wow
2024-04-02 View on X
Axios

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her”

- “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.

2024-03-23
Good. Stop selling our data. GM cuts ties to data firms after heated lawsuit over driver data https://www.freep.com/...
2024-03-23 View on X
New York Times

GM says it has stopped sharing driving data with two data brokers, after a report showed GM and others collecting and sharing data without clear consent

G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration and speed to LexisNexis Risk Solution and Verisk, firms that generated driver risk profiles for insurers.

2024-02-28
Selling Wordpress data seems especially heinous. It's a platform for website development. They should not have any rights over the user content on sites built on Wordpress. https://www.404media.co/...
2024-02-28 View on X
404 Media

Docs: Tumblr staff compiled users' data in preparation for deals where parent company Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools

Tumblr and WordPress.com are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge …

Also @automattic's privacy notice says they don't sell your personal data for money. Except apparently they sell your personal data in tumblr and Wordpress to LLM companies (OpenAI) for money. https://automattic.com/... [image]
2024-02-28 View on X
404 Media

Docs: Tumblr staff compiled users' data in preparation for deals where parent company Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools

Tumblr and WordPress.com are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge …

2023-12-05
Yes, yes. Protect data with a terms of service, that will ✨definitely ✨ stop the bad actors.
2023-12-05 View on X
404 Media

Asking ChatGPT to repeat words “forever” now violates OpenAI's terms of service, after Google researchers showed that doing so led to revealing training data

2023-11-23
Sorry to the folks with the “Msft acquired OpenAI for $0 and no regulatory oversight. They're so smart” bad hot takes.
2023-11-23 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …

Sorry to the folks with the “Msft acquired OpenAI for $0 and no regulatory oversight. They're so smart” bad hot takes.
2023-11-23 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC :...

2023-11-22
Sorry to the folks with the “Msft acquired OpenAI for $0 and no regulatory oversight. They're so smart” bad hot takes.
2023-11-22 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.

2023-11-09
Cars continue to be a privacy nightmare: Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages https://therecord.media/...
2023-11-09 View on X
The Record

A US judge rules that automakers' use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners' texts and call logs doesn't violate Washington state law

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington …

2023-10-20
Wow good for Stewart for walking. He continues to have integrity. The Problem With Jon Stewart ending over AI and China coverage https://www.theverge.com/...
2023-10-20 View on X
New York Times

Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show abruptly ends, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said potential China and AI topics concerned Apple executives

Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.

2023-10-06
I'll just click on less things. This is so dumb.
2023-10-06 View on X
The Wrap

X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @rickf@indieweb.social : In other words, “please generate needless clicks so I can boost ‘engagement’ on the platform to get more advertisers ba...

2023-10-05
I'll just click on less things. This is so dumb.
2023-10-05 View on X
The Wrap

X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023

The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app