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- GTA 6 footage leaks: Roughly 90 clips of the following Grand Theft Auto recreation leaked out this week, with the uploader claiming to have hacked Rockstar Video games’ inside Slack. Rockstar confirmed the “community intrusion,” including that they’re “extraordinarily disillusioned” to see issues leaked this manner however that improvement will “proceed as deliberate.”
- Wipro fires 300 workers for moonlighting: India’s IT large Wipro “has fired 300 workers in current months who had been discovered to be moonlighting for opponents,” writes Manish, with Wipro chairman Rishad Premji calling moonlighting an “act of integrity violation.”
- Revolut hacked: Banking/monetary providers startup Revolut confirmed this week that hackers had been capable of breach particulars for a “small share” of its clients. The corporate declined to get particular about precisely what number of clients that works out to, however a breach disclosure filed with authorities within the firm’s house nation of Lithuania suggests it’s round 50,000.
- Brelyon’s wild monitor: Need one thing extra immersive than a normal monitor however don’t desire a VR headset strapped to your face? Brelyon is making an attempt to reimagine the show, and so they’ve raised $15 million from a reasonably spectacular roster of traders to get it accomplished.
- Kia and Hyundai sued over design flaw: Earlier this yr, a TikTok went viral that publicized a not-very-complicated method to steal sure fashions of Kia and Hyundai autos. Now a category motion lawsuit has been filed in opposition to the automakers, with the criticism claiming the automobiles had been “intentionally” constructed with out “engine immobilizers,” which Rebecca describes as an “cheap and quite common machine” meant to stop this concern.
- Google’s new Chromecast: Two years in the past, Google launched a 4K model of the Chromecast — the primary Chromecast to return with a devoted distant, moderately than requiring a smartphone for all the pieces. They’re now bringing the identical design plus a distant to the extra reasonably priced HD (1080p) mannequin. The HD mannequin will price $30, whereas the 4K model will price $50.
- Fb customers sue Meta over iOS monitoring: “The criticism,” writes Taylor, “alleges that Meta evaded Apple’s new restrictions by monitoring customers by means of Fb’s in-app browser, which opens hyperlinks inside the app.”
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You want podcasts? We’ve received podcasts! Good ones. Nice ones. Award-winning ones, even! This week:
- The Fairness staff requested, “What does breaking into enterprise capital appear to be at present, and the way is it altering?”
- My buddies on Discovered talked to the co-founders of Change about how/why they constructed a crypto-centric API for charitable giving.
- The Chain Response crew talked about — what else? — the current huge modifications to the way in which Ethereum works, and the perhaps-surprising impression “the merge” had available on the market.
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