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Apple has along history of showing screenshots of fake conversations and photos from users, as part of marketing campaigns in new product launches. This fascinating history compiled by Max Read is an excellent look into what that imaginary group of people like to do: https://maxread.substack.com/p/a-literary-history-of-fake-texts

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“We just don’t need as much [office space] anymore, because our employees learned how—during the pandemic—to work at home,” Benioff said.

Hear, hear, Marc! Read more from Fortune magazine here: https://archive.ph/43jZA

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Today we talk about the world of AI, covering the following stories:

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/coca-cola-reveals-ai-generated-soda from @Interestingengineeringofficial;

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ai-and-the-next-generation-of-drone-warfare from @newyorker;

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23882140/george-r-r-martin-lawsuit-openai-copyright-infringement from @TheVerge;

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/amazon-rolls-out-generative-ai-alexa-launches-new-speakers from @BloombergTechnology

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/chatgpt-usage-is-rising-again-as-students-return-to-school; also from @BloombergTechnology; and

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/19/google-bard-gmail-docs/ from @WashingtonPost

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Today we talk about how humans are the key factor in cybersecurity, and what infosec professionals need to do - work with people from other disciplines. Based on a great article by Katja Dörlemann of @SWITCHSwitzerland: https://www.switch.ch/stories/The-human-factor-of-powerlessness-and-insanity/

If you want to know more about the Forum of Incident Responders and Security Teams (FIRST) and their Special Interest Groups (SIGs), check out their homepage here: https://first.org/

And if you're interested in the Human Factors SIG, here are some links:

- Main SIG homepage: https://www.first.org/global/sigs/hfs/

- They also run an annual conference on the human factor https://ssad23.events.switch.ch/ every October

- Security Awareness Insider Podcast https://www.securityawarenessinsider.ch/

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Today we talk about how the oft-maligned programming language PHP is actually doing really very well, thank you: https://timotijhof.net/posts/2023/an-internet-of-php/

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Today we talk about dangerous levels of radiation in the iPhone 12, as measured by France: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66795168

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Today we talk about an idiot rich guy, Tim Gurner, who thinks the way to get people to work is by having more of them out of work. He's already apologised, but this is clearly what he really thinks. See his video here on @theindependent to have a laugh: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tim-gurner-property-developer-australia-b2411998.html

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Today we talk about news you probably missed from the world of AI.

Including:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02477-w

https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-builds-software-under-7-minutes-less-than-dollar-study-2023-9

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/507882-africas-internet-registry-placed-under-receivership.html

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Today we talk about a class action lawsuit about unpaid severances at Twitter, and the fact that by Elon Musk's own calculations, the company is only worth 10% of what he bought it for.

Check out more on @MotherJones here: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/09/x-twitter-severance-pay-arbitration-cases-fees/ and @YahooFinance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/according-elon-musk-own-math-204413573.html

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Today we talk about the weird set of data that new cars want to collect about you - including your sexual history! Check out more here from @gizmodo here: https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416

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