Weekly News #7 | Updates Worth Your Attention  👀

This week the JavaScript ecosystem was shaken by a massive open source package manager hack. A maintainer of some of the most downloaded packages, with billions of weekly installs, clicked on a phishing email that gave attackers full control. They quickly pushed new versions that secretly hijacked Bitcoin transactions on users’ machines and redirected the funds straight into their own wallets. 

Techzine → 

After years of tension, the U.S. and China finally reached a “framework” agreement on TikTok’s ownership structure. Negotiators met in Madrid for two days and struck a deal. Details aren’t public yet, but announcements are expected soon.

NYTimes → 

Following backlash over the tragic suicide of 16-year-old Adam Raine, OpenAI is tightening ChatGPT safeguards. New policies mean staff won’t access conversations unless absolutely necessary. Parents will have more control over what topics are allowed, and ChatGPT itself can now issue alerts to families if needed.

OpenAI → 

The World Labs, co-founded by Stanford’s Fei-Fei Li, has built a model capable of generating an impressively detailed Hobbit house. 3D world models are still in early days, but the future looks promising.

Twitter/X → 

They may look identical, but USB-C cables vary in power delivery, data speeds, and even thickness. To solve the confusion, Kaushik Gopal built a tool that tells you exactly what kind of cable you have just plugged in.

Kau.sh →