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Microsoft's 'corporate culture' deprioritized security before China's 'preventable' hack, DHS says

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Microsoft could have prevented Chinese state actors from hacking U.S. government emails last year, a new federal government report found, in an incident it called a “cascade of security failures.”

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Disney's expensive board fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz ends today

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The outcome of the months-long and expensive proxy battle between Disney, led by its CEO Bob Iger, and activist investor Nelson Peltz will be revealed Wednesday at the media giant’s annual shareholders meeting.

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The biggest AI acquisitions by Apple and other Big Tech firms

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Big Tech is swallowing up AI companies, with Apple quietly leading the pack. Meta, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, and Apple have closed acquisitions of 88 AI and machine learning companies over the past two decades, according to PitchBook data reviewed by Quartz.

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Even Disneyland's famed Autopia race car track is going electric

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It’s been a nice 69 years for Disneyland’s car attraction Autopia, but it’s finally getting an upgrade worthy of its neighbors. Situated in the futuristic area called Tomorrowland, nestled next to Space Mountain and Star Tours, the ride has used gas-powered cars since its debut in 1955. Now though, Disney has…

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'AI-enhanced' video evidence got rejected in a murder case because that's not actually a thing

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A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

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