Earnings Whiplash
Google ships another frontier model while its stock drops, Microsoft's cloud keeps climbing, and a hacker leaks DHS staff records.
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Hackers leak 41,000 DHS records, exposing names, job titles, phone numbers and office locations of staff across ICE and CBP, including undercover agents. A group calling itself the Department of Peace released the data through the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets, in what is described as a hacktivist data dump.
Why it matters The exposure of personal details of federal agents, including undercover staff, raises safety and counterintelligence concerns for the agency.
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Amazon fills out its Echo lineup with five new Alexa devices, including the Alexa Photo Frame, which lets you add voice notes to photos, and the $200 Echo Time, a camera-free smart clock that detects sleep without a wearable. The Echo Studio gains a camera for visual intelligence, and the Echo Show 16 debuts an AI-generated Alexa interface.
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South Korea fines Apple and Google over app payment practices, with Apple hit for 20.8 billion won ($15.5 million) and ordered to let developers link to external payment options. Regulators found the companies violated the Telecommunications Business Act by effectively requiring their own payment systems.
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