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    FBI arrests alleged ShinyHunters hacker tied to breach of its jobs platform.
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    Threads tests highlighting “standout posts” with Gems.

    Gems will appear on posts and replies “based on the conversation” they create, rather than on views or how many followers someone has, according to a support page.

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    Flock is reportedly planning to cut 18 percent of its workers.

    The layoffs will impact around 270 employees and come as more states and local communities ban Flock’s automated license plate readers, according to a report from Reuters. Last month, Wired reported that Flock began offering employees voluntary buyouts as well.

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    OpenAI disrupted an Iranian influence campaign that published AI articles across a dozen publications.

    One ChatGPT-written article landed in a local Florida newspaper under a fake “Ervin Hoskins” byline, as reported by The Washington Post:

    OpenAI said that Hoskins was among seven bylines that appeared on the series of AI-generated articles, made by users who sent instructions to the chatbot in Persian. The operations appeared to be run by a commercial outfit as a “for-hire influence campaign,” the company said.

    OpenAI says it also banned Russian accounts linked to a fake “think tank” in Latin America.

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    David Zaslav secures $606 million payout from WBD merger.

    The former Warner Bros. Discovery CEO will receive the massive windfall after WBD officially merged with Paramount on Tuesday. It consists of more than $224 million in WBD shares sold by Zaslav, as well as $381 million held in stock options, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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    Trump discloses Nvidia and SpaceX trades before awarding their CEOs.

    As reported by Reuters, Trump bought up to $1.6 million in Nvidia stock and sold up to $1 million in August. Trump also disclosed an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt, according to CNBC.

    On Thursday, Trump presented Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science.

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    Samsung is reportedly slashing smartphone production due to rising memory costs.

    Android Authority cites a report from the Korean outlet Money Today, which says Samsung could decrease smartphone production by up to 30 percent in the fourth quarter. An unnamed source tells Money Today that Samsung’s smartphone sales currently aren’t yielding profit due to skyrocketing memory prices.