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Trump’s social network has 30 days to stop breaking the rules of its software license

The Verge

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) says former President Donald Trump’s new social network violated a free and open-source software licensing agreement by ripping off decentralized social network Mastodon. Its only product so far is a social network called Truth Social that appears strongly to be forked from Mastodon.

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Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?

Vox

At the end of January, when Universal Music Group (UMG) failed to negotiate a new licensing deal with TikTok , it removed its entire music catalog from the app. To better understand the battle between TikTok and Universal Music Group, Rameswaram spoke to the Verge ’s editor-in-chief Nilay Patel. What happened?

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A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: Our mission for VMware customers

CIO Business Intelligence

It demonstrated that all too often, as innovative companies expand, decisions are made incrementally, not holistically as part of a larger, comprehensive strategy. This ensures customers will not face any licensing mismatch as they move between providers, and will avoid switching and additional licensing costs.

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T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

GeekWire

The hacker did not breach or compromise the company’s systems or network, the company said, and was not able to access data related to payment information, social security numbers, driver’s licenses, or other financial info. The company paid $350 million to settle class-action lawsuits brought over that hack.

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Microsoft’s ‘Verified ID’ will confirm that LinkedIn members actually work where they say they do

GeekWire

Employees of companies that issue credentials using Microsoft’s Verified ID will see a prompt in LinkedIn to verify their workplace. Employees of participating companies will see a prompt in LinkedIn to confirm their workplace using these credentials. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for more than $26 billion in 2016.

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Hacked: Verkada Security Camera Company

SecureWorld News

Founded in 2016, Verkada is a security company that focuses on surveillance and facial recognition through the use of sophisticated software in security cameras. Now a hacking group says they accessed thousands of live feeds from Verkada's cameras around the world. The Verkada camera hack: what happened? A list of Verkada sales orders.

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Allen Institute for AI takes new approach to managing AI risks and promoting transparency

GeekWire

Building on its recently announced AI2 Open Language Model (OLMo), the institute recently launched the Impact License Project (ImpACT), a family of licenses designed to help reduce risks and promote transparency in the field of artificial intelligence. The license restrictions are risk-based and therefore, artifact agnostic.