Alleged Snowflake hacker agrees to be extradited to the US

Connor Moucka, accused of stealing large amounts of customer data from companies that used Snowflake’s cloud storage services, has agreed to be extradited to the US to face charges, Cyberscoop reports. Around 165 companies were affected by the Snowflake breaches, including AT&T and Ticketmaster. Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who was arrested in Canada on October 30th…

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X’s head of engineering is out

X’s director of engineering, Haofei Wang, has suddenly left the company, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Wang first joined Elon Musk’s X in July 2023 and has been an integral part of the company’s leadership, often serving as a conduit between Musk and the rest of the company’s engineers. More recently, he…

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OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus

In a significant executive shuffle announced Monday, OpenAI is expanding COO Brad Lightcap’s responsibilities while CEO Sam Altman shifts his attention more toward the company’s technical direction. The news was first reported by Bloomberg. Lightcap will now “oversee day-to-day operations,” international expansion, and manage key partnerships with tech giants like Microsoft and Apple, according to…

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Google Drive for Windows on Arm PCs is now widely available

Google has officially launched its Drive app for Arm-compatible Windows PCs. It first rolled out the Arm64 app in beta last year, but now it’s “generally available,” according to an update posted Monday. Like the existing Google Drive app, the Arm64 version lets Windows PCs running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors store, sync, and access files. The…

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