The myth of the genius hacker

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is director of the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre and professor of emergent harms at the University of Cambridge In the past few weeks you might have heard the name “Scattered Spider” in relation to…

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Is American Soft Power Finished?

The Reading List Curated guides on geopolitics and current affairs. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. You may opt out at any time. Enter your email Sign Up ✓ Signed Up Is American Soft Power Finished? Joseph Nye’s…

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OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO

OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant’s access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence models. Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest backer, is a key holdout to the $260bn start-up’s plans to undergo a corporate restructuring…

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Zelenskyy says Russia must agree to ceasefire before holding peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed Vladimir Putin’s call for direct peace talks but said Kyiv will only meet once Moscow agrees to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting from Monday. The Kremlin, however, insisted it would not halt the Russian president’s three-year invasion of Ukraine without first holding talks on the “initial reasons” for the…

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