USA

USA stands for the United States of America.  It is a country located mainly in North America.

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TikTok finalizes agreement to separate U.S. operations from Chinese parent company

– TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has struck a deal to create a predominantly US-owned joint venture to oversee the platform’s American business, avoiding a ban that could have cut off its 200 million US users.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)News

OpenAI will Show Ads in ChatGPT for Logged-In U.S. Adults on Free and Go Plans

– On Friday, OpenAI said it will start showing ads to logged-in adult U.S. users of ChatGPT in both the free and ChatGPT Go tiers in the coming weeks, alongside a global expansion of its low-cost subscription.

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NewsTelecoms

Authorities from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ to enhance cooperation on telecoms security

– Telecoms regulators and government agencies from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, convened by Ofcom, have published a joint statement on working together more closely to strengthen the security and resilience of telecoms networks and tackle consumer-facing risks from scams and fraud.

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InternetNews

ABA Foundation and FBI Release New Infographic to Help Americans Spot and Avoid Deepfake Scams

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, so do the tactics of scammers who exploit this technology to deceive and defraud consumers. The American Bankers Association Foundation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a new infographic aimed at educating the public about the growing threat of deepfake scams.

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Cyber SecurityNews

Ingram Micro Issues Statement Regarding Cybersecurity Incident

– Ingram Micro one of the USA’s biggest IT providers said in a statement that it recently identified ransomware on certain of its internal systems.

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Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok sale in the US for a further 90 days

– U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday extended the deadline for China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. assets of the short-video app TikTok to September 17, despite existing legislation requiring a sale or shutdown in the absence of substantial progress.

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New Products

iFFALCON Brings Its Art-Forward, High-Performance Smart TV to U.S. Homes

–  iFFALCON, a brand powered by one of the world’s top television manufacturers and an official Worldwide Olympic Partner, is bringing its newest Mural TV to North American households.

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Cyber SecurityNews

DDoS-for-hire empire taken down by Poland and US

EuroPol reports that in the latest blow to the criminal market for distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals who allegedly ran a network of platforms used to launch thousands of cyberattacks worldwide.

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ComputerNews

New National Quantum Hub to be Based at UMD’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security

Wes Moore joined leaders from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to celebrate the creation of the Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub, a cooperative effort dedicated to testing and evaluating quantum computing prototypes and systems for national security and commercial applications.

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Cyber SecurityNews

CISA Extends Funding to Support MITRE’s Critical CVE Program

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced the continuation of government funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, securing its ongoing operations.

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