Brazil's top judge lifted restrictions on the bank accounts of Elon Musk's Starlink and X on Friday after more than $3 million dollars in fines were transferred, multipleoutlets reported.
The big picture: It's the latest in the standoff over misinformation vs. freedom of speech between Musk and Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who the billionaire has accused of acting as a "dictator" for suspending his social media platform in Latin America's most populous nation.
Former President Trump on Friday said he "is not going to sell" his shares in the parent company of Truth Social.
Why it matters: Trump is just days away from the expiration of a "lockup" provision on the shares, which was put in place when it went public back in March.
Microsoft is creating new capabilities that will let security vendors operate outside of the root of Windows operating systems.
Why it matters: The changes should help safeguard against a repeat of the global CrowdStrike outage in July — which bricked roughly 8.5 million Windows devices.
A pair of Democratic senators are looking into just how vulnerable the federal government's IT networks are to an outage similar to this summer's CrowdStrike outage, according to a letter first shared with Axios.
Why it matters: Little attention has been paid nationally to the impact that the July 19 outage had on the federal government.
Hospitals are often at a disadvantage against ransomware gangs, and the wrong move can have deadly consequences.
Why it matters: Ransomware continues to pummel health care organizations — disrupting patient care, threatening lives and costing cash-strapped institutions millions of dollars.
A pair of Democratic senators are looking into just how vulnerable the federal government's IT networks are to an outage similar to this summer's CrowdStrike outage, according to a letter first shared with Axios.
Why it matters: Little attention has been paid nationally to the impact that the July 19 outage had on the federal government.
Zoom in: Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to the General Services Administration asking for more details about how the global outage impacted the federal government and what steps the agency has taken since the event to improve network resilience.
🗳️ Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, citing concerns about misinformation from the AI deepfake former President Donald Trump created of Swift. (Axios)
📝 The Federal Communications Commission is looking for new administrators for the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, which will put an educational cybersecurity label on internet-connected devices that opt in to the program. (Nextgov)
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💳 Mastercard is buying threat intelligence company Recorded Future in a $2.65 billion deal. (Reuters)
👀 Former CrowdStrike employees, including many who were fired, say the cybersecurity company has repeatedly rushed software quality checks to launch products quickly. (Semafor)
Why it matters: The research released Thursday from the consulting firm ICF adds to the signs pointing to the increasing thirst for electrons in the U.S.
AI chatbots' persuasive power can be leveraged to help combat beliefs in conspiracy theories — not just fuel them.
Why it matters: Belief in conspiracy theories can have dangerous consequences for health choices, deepen political divides and fracture families and friendships.
Big announcements from OpenAI and Salesforce on Thursday highlight the tech industry's desire to give bots more decision-making capabilities, despite concerns about the technology's limitations.
Why it matters: Increasing generative AI's autonomy and reasoning capabilities could improve efficiency, but also increase risk.
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