This week in the WeeklyNewsRoundup, another Detroit false arrest by facial recognition, hackers shut down several hospitals, and ChatGPT fails a coding test. Also, a new Linux distro for the M-chip Apple computers, and we visit SillyVille.

The Articles

Privacy
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/08/australia-cybersecurity-laws-hacks-optus-medibank-privacy-data-breach

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/08/tiktok-facing-fines-for-violating-childrens-privacy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/uk-minister-defends-plan-to-demand-access-to-encrypted-messages

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/innocent-pregnant-woman-jailed-amid-faulty-facial-recognition-trend/

Security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/08/digital-assets-continue-to-be-prime-target-for-malvertisers

https://securityaffairs.com/149348/hacking/cloud-account-takeover-scheme-evilproxy.html

https://www.engadget.com/colorado-department-of-education-data-leak-personal-information-143001196.html

https://apnews.com/article/cyberattack-hospital-emergency-outage-4c808c1dad8686458ecbeababd08fecf

AI Overlords
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-scams-fraudgpt-wormgpt-crime/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/zoom-steps-back-on-user-data-ai-training-policy-following-massive-outcry

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/type-softly-researchers-can-guess-keystrokes-by-sound-with-93-accuracy/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/chatgpt-is-a-bad-knowledge-base-confirms-new-study

Business
https://securityaffairs.com/149274/malware/google-play-43-rogue-android.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/no-discounts-or-warnings-for-people-shopping-eol-chromebooks-on-amazon-walmart/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/youtube-update-homepage-watch-history/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/asahi-linux-will-offer-a-flagship-fedora-remix-for-apple-silicon-macs/

Silly
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/06/elon-musk-twitter-x-platform

https://notthebee.com/article/the-cofounder-of-oceangate-the-imploded-titanic-submersible-company-has-a-new-really-dumb-idea-colonize-venus/

https://notthebee.com/article/a-new-driving-instructor-drove-his-car-through-his-own-driving-school/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/09/kemisola-bolarinwa-tech-entrepreneur-cancer-tumour-detecting-bra-nigeria-acc