Tech News Today Nov 2: Nothing Explore Own OS, North Korean Hackers, Apple’s $1 Billion Satellite, AI Resume Screening Shows Bias, Perplexity CEO Stumbles

Phong Yew Tong
2 min readNov 2, 2024
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  1. Nothing to Explore Own OS, Carl Pei Confirms.
    Nothing founder Carl Pei says the company is exploring building its own mobile operating system, leveraging AI to offer a unique and personalized user experience.
  2. North Korean Hackers Partner with Play Ransomware in Major Cyberattack.
    A North Korean threat group, Jumpy Pisces, collaborated with the Play ransomware group, marking the first known instance of a state-sponsored actor working with a ransomware operation.
  3. Apple’s $1.1 Billion Satellite Messaging Expansion: iPhone users benefit from greater capacity.
    Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite expands with GlobalStar deal, including $1.1B upfront & 20% stake. Service remains free for iPhone users.
  4. AI Resume Screening Shows Bias Against Black and Female Candidates.
    A new study shows that large language models used to evaluate resumes exhibit bias, favoring white and male names over Black and female names, highlighting the importance of careful training data and bias mitigation in AI systems.
  5. Perplexity AI CEO Stumbles When Asked to Define Plagiarism Onstage.
    Perplexity CEO, accused of plagiarism by multiple news outlets, struggles to define the term, arguing that the company surfaces publicly reported facts without owning them, despite concerns that attributing sources as footnotes isn’t proper citation.

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