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SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung says the memory industry is heading for its worst-ever supply shortage in 2027 and demand will outstrip supply beyond 2030 (Reuters) [3d]
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism (Corbin Bolies/Variety) [3d]
In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says "we have no interest in other companies' trade secrets" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac) [3d]
CISA says weak security controls around the use of public GitHub repos allowed a contractor to accidentally leak private cloud access keys and other credentials (Eric Geller/Cybersecurity Dive) [3d]
Bluesky interim CEO Toni Schneider becomes the company's permanent CEO, four months after succeeding Jay Graber (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch) [3d]
A US NLRB judge rules that Atlassian had illegally fired an employee in 2023 for pushing back against manager layoffs, and orders reinstatement and compensation (Noam Scheiber/New York Times) [3d]
Apple says OpenAI leadership "normalized" misconduct and OpenAI's hardware business is "rotten to its core by its illegal reliance" on stolen trade secrets (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [3d]
In its lawsuit, Apple chronicles in vivid detail how its former employees that went to work for OpenAI allegedly violated their confidentiality agreements (Aaron Tilley/The Information) [3d]
Apple alleges that a former Apple engineer kept a work-issued Apple laptop and exploited a bug to access Apple's cloud file storage while employed by OpenAI (Megan Morrone/Axios) [3d]
Apple claims OpenAI recruited 400+ ex-Apple employees, including an iPhone engineer who allegedly downloaded confidential hardware files before joining OpenAI (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [3d]
Apple alleges that Tang Tan, OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a former Apple VP, has directed Apple staffers interviewing at OpenAI to share Apple secrets (CNBC) [3d]
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging that ex-Apple employees stole "Apple's trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI", and says OpenAI never responded to its concerns (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) [3d]
Source: Greg Brockman will continue to oversee OpenAI's products as the company doesn't plan to hire anyone to replace Fidji Simo after she stepped down (CNBC) [3d]
The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license (Karen Freifeld/Reuters) [3d]
China drops a numerical target for urban job creation in its five-year plan, the first such omission since the 1990s, amid volatility fueled by AI displacement (Bloomberg) [3d]
Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [3d]