The End of Data Harvesters?
This week in the WeeklyNewsRoundup, California passes a law to collect the data collectors, Google Authentication causes a breach? Also, UK watchdog tells us what we know about AI and a company wants to solve the labor problems. We also visit SillyVille.

Privacy
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/uk-police-officers-data-stolen-cyberattack-digital-id/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/20/betweened-disrupt-2023-startup-battlefield-200-social-media/

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969800

https://dataprivacy.foxrothschild.com/2023/09/articles/california-privacy-rights-act/california-is-going-for-broker/

Security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/09/nasty-lastpass-phish

https://securityaffairs.com/151004/data-breach/microsoft-ai-data-leak.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/top-business-software-development-platform-retool-breached-blames-google-authenticator

AI Overlord
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/19/1079859/a-disney-director-tried-and-failed-to-use-an-ai-hans-zimmer-to-create-a-soundtrack/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-generated-books-force-amazon-to-cap-ebook-publications-to-3-per-day/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/18/ai-uk-competition-watchdog-cma

Business
https://lowendbox.com/blog/plex-blocks-hetzner-in-move-against-piracy/

https://torrentfreak.com/wordpress-reports-spike-in-faulty-dmca-notices-rejects-86-230909/

https://notthebee.com/article/this-company-is-opening-the-worlds-first-humanoid-robot-factory-capable-of-building-10000-robots-per-year/

https://www.engadget.com/terraria-developer-re-logic-is-giving-100000-to-two-open-source-game-engines-amid-unity-debacle-054307544.html

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/welcome-to-third-world-philadelphia-where-heavily-armed-guards-are-required-to-secure-a-cheesesteak-restaurant/

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969012

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/18/1079668/the-censorship-arms-race/

https://notthebee.com/article/google-directions-allegedly-sent-a-man-across-a-bridge-that-collapsed-in-2013-his-widow-is-suing-the-company/

Banned
https://notthebee.com/article/the-mayor-of-chicago-is-seriously-considering-government-run-grocery-stores-after-big-name-grocers-leave-town-due-to-theft/

https://notthebee.com/article/can-you-guess-whos-funding-joe-bidens-tiktok-army/

https://www.engadget.com/the-chan-zuckerberg-initiative-is-building-a-massive-gpu-cluster-to-cure-prevent-or-manage-all-diseases-205454041.html