A second cybersecurity company has detected a fake IT worker trying to infiltrate its ranks — but this time, the job applicant wasn't from North Korea.
Why it matters: Officials have been focused on the threat North Korea-based IT workers pose to U.S. companies.
👀 A Democratic political operative has published the trove of emails an Iranian hacking group stole from the Trump campaign. (Reuters)
🇷🇺 Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2022. (Wall Street Journal)
🏛️ The White House has issued its highly anticipated national security memorandum on AI. (Axios Pro)
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💰 Ireland's privacy regulator has fined LinkedIn $335 million for using users' data for advertising purposes without first getting their consent. (The Record)
🍎 Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million if they can find an exploit that can run malicious code on its forthcoming private AI cloud. (TechCrunch)
Antitrust scrutiny isn't slowing Alphabet down. The search giant led a $5.6 billion Series C in self-driving car company Waymo announced on Friday, with a16z, Fidelity, Perry Creek, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price also participating.
Why it matters: This is Waymo's largest ever round, and it ranks among the largest VC rounds ever.
A federal judge sided with the FTC Thursday, blocking Tapestry's $8.5 billion bid to acquire Michael Kors and Versace owner Capri. The news sent Capri's stock down 47% in early trading Friday.
Why it matters: It's a reminder that the FTC can go after sectors that may be considered discretionary goods.
Elon Musk's super PAC announced two lottery winners Thursday in its daily $1 million giveaway, defying a warning from the Justice Department.
Why it matters: The winners of the $1 million prizes are the first to be announced since news broke that the DOJ hadsent a letter notifying America PAC, Musk's pro-Trump group, that its lottery could violate federal law against paying people to register to vote, per multipleoutlets.
Elon Musk— the world's richest man and a major contractor to the U.S. government — "has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022," The Wall Street Journal reports.
Why it matters: Musk's conversations could foreshadow U.S. reengagement with Putin if former President Trump wins the White House, given "Trump's expressed desire to cut a deal over major fault lines such as the war in Ukraine," The Journal notes.
Meta has struck a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot, sources familiar with the agreement told Axios.
Why it matters: It's the first news deal Meta has brokered in the AI era.
