Tech News of the Week - 09/30/2024

Chaos Lever Podcast

In this episode, we discuss how Google is improving Android security with Rust, significantly reducing memory-related vulnerabilities and enhancing developer productivity. We also dive into NIST's latest revision of its Digital Identity Guidelines, a crucial standard for protecting digital identities. Next, we explore the ongoing feud between WP Engine and Matt Mullenweg, which is impacting WordPress users. Finally, we touch on the latest legal development where authors suing OpenAI are granted access to the company’s training data for inspection.

Links:
- Android Is Gathering Rust: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/google_rust_safe_code_android/
- NIST Releases Second Draft Revision 4 of Digital Identity Standard: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-63-4.2pd.pdf
- WP Engine Spat with Matt Mullenweg Prat: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/wordpress-org-bans-wp-engine-blocks-it-from-accessing-its-resources/
- OpenAI’s Training Data To Be Made Available To Search By Authors Who Are Suing Them: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/openai_training_data_author_copyright_case/