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In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders Shytoshi Kusama and Kaal Dhairya discuss remaining anonymous, Elon Musk, SHIB's origins, future plans, and more (Anil Bhoyrul/Arabian Business)

In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders Shytoshi...

Anil Bhoyrul / Arabian Business: In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders...

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Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and others rose to $3.2B in Q2 2024, the highest amount in a quarter since Q4 2022, and up from $2.5B in Q1 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and others...

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and...

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Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed Moohan and initially planned for Q1 2024, is now set for March 2025, with a developer version in October 2024 (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed Moohan...

Hugh Langley / Business Insider: Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed...

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Outspent by tech companies, universities are racing to stay relevant in AI research, as some academics turn their focus to less computing-intensive areas of AI (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Outspent by tech companies, universities are racing to...

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Outspent by tech companies, universities...

Young Women With Eating Disorders Are Overdoing It With...

Celsius and Alani Nu appeal to women wanting a fit lifestyle. Doctors say some young...

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A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President...

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President...

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Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote, a look at Amazon's efforts to prevent employees from organizing, after fending off most of the similar US attempts (Delphine Strauss/Financial Times)

Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote, a look at...

Delphine Strauss / Financial Times: Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote,...

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A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn West, who helped stabilize it after near death, doesn't plan to license its archives to AI (Steven Levy/Wired)

A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner...

Steven Levy / Wired: A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn...

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Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack that has affected other customers, including Ticketmaster and LendingTree (Bloomberg)

Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected...

Bloomberg: Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack...

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An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known as Q*, which aims to improve its AI models' reasoning capabilities dramatically (Reuters)

An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry,...

Reuters: An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known...

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An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for short story ideas finds it boosted creativity for some but reduced the collective diversity of novel content (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for short...

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for...

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Flying taxis at Paris 2024: Time running out for approval amid political bust-up

Flying taxis at Paris 2024: Time running out for approval...

It’s one of the logistical questions hanging over the Paris Olympics, two weeks...

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Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network backed by JPMorgan, DBS, and Standard Chartered, raised a $60M Series B led by Peak XV Partners (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network backed...

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network...

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After X announced shows with star talent like Paris Hilton and Tucker Carlson, the efforts have fizzled, a source says due to a lack of advertiser interest (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

After X announced shows with star talent like Paris Hilton...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: After X announced shows with star talent like Paris Hilton...

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New York-based Standard Bots, which makes AI-powered robotic arms, raised $63M over a series of deals, including a $39M Series B led by General Catalyst (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

New York-based Standard Bots, which makes AI-powered robotic...

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: New York-based Standard Bots, which makes AI-powered...

SoftBank Group Buys British AI Chip Company Graphcore

SoftBank Group has acquired U.K. semiconductor company Graphcore, which specializes...

U.S. Lawmakers Seek Probe of Microsoft's $1.5B Deal With...

U.S. Republican lawmakers are citing concerns about the transfer of advanced technology...

Elon Musk's X Hit by EU Charges Over Blue Checkmarks

The bloc said it identified three grievances over X’s content practices, which could...

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Beauty pageant crowns the world's first ever 'Miss AI'

Beauty pageant crowns the world's first ever 'Miss AI'

The world’s first AI beauty pageant has crowned a virtual Moroccan lifestyle influencer....

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SoftBank buys struggling UK-based chip company Graphcore with full regulatory approval granted; the once touted Nvidia rival was valued at ~$2.8B in Dec. 2020 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

SoftBank buys struggling UK-based chip company Graphcore...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: SoftBank buys struggling UK-based chip company Graphcore...

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Signal plans to roll out a beta version of its desktop apps that tightens the security of how it stores plain text encryption keys, after downplaying the issue (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Signal plans to roll out a beta version of its desktop...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Signal plans to roll out a beta version of its...

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A May 2024 data breach at mobile spyware company mSpy leaked millions of customer support tickets, including personal data, its third known breach since 2010 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

A May 2024 data breach at mobile spyware company mSpy leaked...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A May 2024 data breach at mobile spyware company mSpy...

'Armchair Expert' Podcast Host Dax Shepard Signs $80 Million...

The new deal includes video episodes and gives Amazon’s Wondery platform exclusive...

Elon Musk Scores Win Against Former Twitter Employees in...

The judge said the lawsuit by two ex-Twitter employees incorrectly claimed the company’s...

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The environmental impact of data centres: AI's insatiable thirst for energy

The environmental impact of data centres: AI's insatiable...

While the tech world has been flying high on a wave of optimism over all the potential...

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Beauty pageant crowns the world's first ever “Miss AI”

Beauty pageant crowns the world's first ever “Miss AI”

The world’s first AI beauty pageant has crowned a virtual Moroccan lifestyle influencer....

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Silicon Valley Defense Group: the US federal government spent $22B on tech from the top 100 national security startups, a paltry sum and far below VC investment (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Silicon Valley Defense Group: the US federal government...

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Silicon Valley Defense Group: the US federal...

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Fireworks AI, which helps companies fine-tune and customize AI models, raised $52M led by Sequoia at a $552M valuation, taking its total funding to $77M (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

Fireworks AI, which helps companies fine-tune and customize...

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: Fireworks AI, which helps companies fine-tune and customize...

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UK government data: digital industry job growth grew just 0.3% in 2023, the lowest since a 0.1% decline in 2013, down from 4.1% growth in 2022 and 6.5% in 2021 (Isabella Ward/Bloomberg)

UK government data: digital industry job growth grew just...

Isabella Ward / Bloomberg: UK government data: digital industry job growth grew...

Apple, EU Settle Long-Running Mobile Payments Probe

The bloc said the iPhone maker’s decision to let third parties use the technology...

Silicon Valley Wins Few Government Contracts

The total amount of awards received by the country’s top national security startups...

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Russia relies on missiles with western-designed components to strike Ukraine

Russia relies on missiles with western-designed components...

The Russian military still relies on western-designed components to fire missiles...

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Hayden AI, which provides vision AI solutions for cities to monitor traffic safety and more, raised a $90M Series C led by TPG's The Rise Fund (FinSMEs)

Hayden AI, which provides vision AI solutions for cities...

FinSMEs: Hayden AI, which provides vision AI solutions for cities to monitor traffic...

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US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of Bank Secrecy Act violations by operating without an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020 (Brady Dale/Axios)

US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to...

Brady Dale / Axios: US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one...

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Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is granted Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down the company and liquidating its assets (Janko Roettgers/Lowpass)

Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is...

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment...

To See the Future of AI on iPhones, Check Out Samsung

Apple says it will soon introduce generative artificial intelligence to its new...

Microsoft Quits OpenAI's Board Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

The tech giant said it resigned with immediate effect because it believed the ChatGPT...

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Samsung union calls for 'indefinite strike' for better pay and benefits

Samsung union calls for 'indefinite strike' for better...

At the conclusion of a three-day walkout, workers at Samsung Electronics in South...

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Russia still relies on western-designed components to strike Ukraine

Russia still relies on western-designed components to strike...

The Russian military still relies on western-designed components to fire missiles...

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Elliptic finds a Cambodian online market offering the crypto scam industry products and services, including money laundering and victim data, with $11B in sales (Wired)

Elliptic finds a Cambodian online market offering the crypto...

Wired: Elliptic finds a Cambodian online market offering the crypto scam industry...

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Amazon reaches its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023 seven years ahead of schedule, after investing in 500+ solar and wind projects, but experts are skeptical (New York Times)

Amazon reaches its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023 seven...

New York Times: Amazon reaches its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023 seven years...

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Google now lets Advanced Protection Program users set up with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Google now lets Advanced Protection Program users set up...

Wes Davis / The Verge: Google now lets Advanced Protection Program users set up...

Samsung Electronics Union Launches Indefinite Strike

The union is citing management’s unwillingness to talk to union leaders.

Microsoft Withdraws From OpenAI's Board

The tech giant said it resigned with immediate effect because it believed the ChatGPT...

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Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $20/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by...

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Google will make its dark web monitoring feature available to all users for free in late July 2024, no longer requiring a Google One membership to access it (Damien Wilde/9to5Google)

Google will make its dark web monitoring feature available...

Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: Google will make its dark web monitoring feature available...

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Anthropic now lets developers use Claude 3.5 Sonnet to generate, test, and evaluate their prompts, and adds new features, like generating automatic test cases (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Anthropic now lets developers use Claude 3.5 Sonnet to...

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Anthropic now lets developers use Claude 3.5 Sonnet to...

xAI Appears to Confirm Ended Talks with Oracle Over Expanded...

Elon Musk appeared to confirm that xAI has ended talks to expand an existing arrangement...

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Milei's absence from Mercosur presidential summit sows doubt about bloc's future

Milei's absence from Mercosur presidential summit sows...

South American free trade bloc Mercosur held its presidential summit on Monday in...

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Remittance startup Nala, which lets users in the EU, UK, and US send money to 11 African markets, raised a $40M Series A led by Acrew, after a $10M seed in 2022 (Annie Njanja/TechCrunch)

Remittance startup Nala, which lets users in the EU, UK,...

Annie Njanja / TechCrunch: Remittance startup Nala, which lets users in the EU,...

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Meta plans to remove more Facebook and Instagram posts that attack "Zionism" or threaten "Zionists" when the term is conflated with Jewish people or Israelis (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta plans to remove more Facebook and Instagram posts...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta plans to remove more Facebook and Instagram posts...

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Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says Etsy is positioning itself "to answer the call for original goods and real people" by overhauling its policies and adding labels (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says Etsy is positioning itself...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says Etsy is positioning itself “to...

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Self-driving cars owned by a handful of Chinese companies have quietly traveled 1.8M miles on CA roads, collecting detailed data while facing little scrutiny (Rachyl Jones/Fortune)

Self-driving cars owned by a handful of Chinese companies...

Rachyl Jones / Fortune: Self-driving cars owned by a handful of Chinese companies...

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A look at Scale AI's $13.8B valuation from May's $1B round suggests it's almost certainly too high, given below-average margins, reliance on few customers, more (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

A look at Scale AI's $13.8B valuation from May's $1B round...

Cory Weinberg / The Information: A look at Scale AI's $13.8B valuation from May's...

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IDC: ~3% of PCs shipped in 2024 will meet Microsoft's processing power threshold for AI PCs; source: some big app makers rebuff a push for on-device AI features (Bloomberg)

IDC: ~3% of PCs shipped in 2024 will meet Microsoft's processing...

Bloomberg: IDC: ~3% of PCs shipped in 2024 will meet Microsoft's processing power...

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Euro and French bonds slide as markets react to surprise left-wing surge in elections

Euro and French bonds slide as markets react to surprise...

After the New Popular Front left-wing alliance won the largest number of seats in...

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What to expect from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10: Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, Galaxy AI updates, Galaxy Buds 3, Watch FE and Watch 7 Ultra, and more (Wes Davis/The Verge)

What to expect from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10:...

Wes Davis / The Verge: What to expect from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10: Galaxy...

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Internal memo: Microsoft tells staff in China that from September 2024 they can only use iPhones for work, including to verify identities, affecting hundreds (Bloomberg)

Internal memo: Microsoft tells staff in China that from...

Bloomberg: Internal memo: Microsoft tells staff in China that from September 2024...

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Nothing unveils the $199 CMF Phone 1, with swappable parts, a 6.67" display, MediaTek SoC, and Nothing OS, alongside the $69 CMF Watch Pro 2 and $59 Buds Pro 2 (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)

Nothing unveils the $199 CMF Phone 1, with swappable parts,...

Julian Chokkattu / Wired: Nothing unveils the $199 CMF Phone 1, with swappable parts,...

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Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have bigger screens; main Siri upgrade will be part of iOS 18.4, with a dev beta in Jan. and a spring release (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have...

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A study of GPT-3.5-based ChatGPT's ability to solve 728 coding problems: fairly good at solving problems that existed before 2021, but struggles with newer ones (Michelle Hampson/IEEE Spectrum)

A study of GPT-3.5-based ChatGPT's ability to solve 728...

Michelle Hampson / IEEE Spectrum: A study of GPT-3.5-based ChatGPT's ability to...

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How Saudi media group MBC's Shahid has become the biggest streaming service in MENA with a 22% share, ahead of Starz Play Arabia at 18% and Netflix at 17% (Financial Times)

How Saudi media group MBC's Shahid has become the biggest...

Financial Times: How Saudi media group MBC's Shahid has become the biggest streaming...

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A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia "sportswashing" as it hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF has bought some of the biggest gaming companies (Ben Church/CNN)

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia "sportswashing" as...

Ben Church / CNN: A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing” as it hosts...

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DefiLlama: the value of assets locked on the TON blockchain, which is used by Telegram, surged 1,400% this year to briefly top $1B (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

DefiLlama: the value of assets locked on the TON blockchain,...

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: DefiLlama: the value of assets locked on the TON blockchain,...

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As Glaze, a free tool to help artists prevent AI from copying their style, sees an "explosion in demand", researchers say its protections can be bypassed (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

As Glaze, a free tool to help artists prevent AI from copying...

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: As Glaze, a free tool to help artists prevent AI...

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Apple says it asked Epic to fix the buttons in a future version of the Epic Games Store submitted for review; Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Epic will "fight this" (Malcolm Owen/AppleInsider)

Apple says it asked Epic to fix the buttons in a future...

Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Apple says it asked Epic to fix the buttons in a future...

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A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia's sportswashing in esports as it hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi's PIF has bought some of the biggest gaming companies (Ben Church/CNN)

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia's sportswashing in...

Ben Church / CNN: A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia's sportswashing in esports...

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ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)

ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool...

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI...

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Mt. Gox starts repaying customers, who will receive only ~15% of their lost bitcoins, but now worth many times more than their total 2014 holdings (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Mt. Gox starts repaying customers, who will receive only...

Joel Khalili / Wired: Mt. Gox starts repaying customers, who will receive only ~15%...

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A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads,...

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers...

A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything From...

Labor-intensive manufacturing has limited the use of lighter, stronger composites...

For AI Giants, Smaller Is Sometimes Better

Tech companies and startups are slimming down AI software to make it cheaper, faster...

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Researcher: X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI's Grok, including the ability to ask Grok about X accounts and use Grok by highlighting text in the app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Researcher: X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI's...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Researcher: X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI's...

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Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store in Russia, following a request by state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor (Reuters)

Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services...

Reuters: Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App...

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How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship (Li Yuan/New York Times)

How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed...

Li Yuan / New York Times: How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed...

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A deep dive into capitalism with Scene on Radio podcast co-host John Biewen

A deep dive into capitalism with Scene on Radio podcast...

Scene on Radio, the Peabody-nominated podcast series produced by The Kenan Institute...

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French AI lab claims world's fastest voice bot, beating GPT-4o to the punch

French AI lab claims world's fastest voice bot, beating...

A French AI lab has released a demo of a voice chatbot with practically immediate...

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The prospect of applying generative AI to contract lifecycle management software has prompted a flurry of deals, as experts expect further market consolidation (Nick Huber/Financial Times)

The prospect of applying generative AI to contract lifecycle...

Nick Huber / Financial Times: The prospect of applying generative AI to contract...

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YouTube releases an updated Erase Song tool for creators that uses AI to detect and remove any copyrighted music from their videos without impacting other audio (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

YouTube releases an updated Erase Song tool for creators...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: YouTube releases an updated Erase Song tool for creators...

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The EC asks Amazon to provide more information on its compliance with DSA provisions concerning the transparency of Amazon's recommender systems by July 26 (Benoit Van Overstraeten/Reuters)

The EC asks Amazon to provide more information on its compliance...

Benoit Van Overstraeten / Reuters: The EC asks Amazon to provide more information...

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SemiAnalysis: Nvidia is set to sell $12B worth of H20 chips in China in 2024, or 1M+ units; Huawei expects to sell ~550,000 units of Ascend 910B chips in 2024 (Financial Times)

SemiAnalysis: Nvidia is set to sell $12B worth of H20 chips...

Financial Times: SemiAnalysis: Nvidia is set to sell $12B worth of H20 chips in...

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Microsoft-owned Mojang is exploring deals in areas like merchandising, education, and streaming, on top of movies and TV series, as gaming sector growth slows (Bloomberg)

Microsoft-owned Mojang is exploring deals in areas like...

Bloomberg: Microsoft-owned Mojang is exploring deals in areas like merchandising,...

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South Korea unveils a monitoring system to find crypto exchange accounts linked to "suspected" trading activity, as a new law takes effect on July 19 (Bloomberg)

South Korea unveils a monitoring system to find crypto...

Bloomberg: South Korea unveils a monitoring system to find crypto exchange accounts...

In an Era of Fakes, How to Know When Someone Online Is...

Some of the old tricks to vet people no longer apply. What to do now.

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New Japanese banknotes feature 3D holographic portraits that turn their heads

New Japanese banknotes feature 3D holographic portraits...

Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years have entered circulation, featuring three-dimensional...

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EU imposes additional tariffs on China-made EVs

EU imposes additional tariffs on China-made EVs

The European Union has sharply raised import duties on Chinese electric vehicles...

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AWS partners with the Australian government to build a secure cloud data system for top secret information; the government will invest $1.3B over 10 years (Ben Westcott/Bloomberg)

AWS partners with the Australian government to build a...

Ben Westcott / Bloomberg: AWS partners with the Australian government to build a...

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A look at a16z's Crypto Startup Accelerator, a Y Combinator-style program that provides $500K in funding and 10 weeks of coaching, most recently in London (Joel Khalili/Wired)

A look at a16z's Crypto Startup Accelerator, a Y Combinator-style...

Joel Khalili / Wired: A look at a16z's Crypto Startup Accelerator, a Y Combinator-style...

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A look at the inaugural Esports World Cup, a multi-genre tournament in Riyadh funded by Saudi Arabia, featuring 1,500+ gamers and a record $60M+ prize pool (Bloomberg)

A look at the inaugural Esports World Cup, a multi-genre...

Bloomberg: A look at the inaugural Esports World Cup, a multi-genre tournament in...

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New Japanese bank bills have 3-D holographic portraits that turn their heads

New Japanese bank bills have 3-D holographic portraits...

Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years have entered circulation featuring three-dimensional...

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Google's greenhouse gas emissions are soaring because of AI data centres

Google's greenhouse gas emissions are soaring because of...

The energy required to power AI data centres has caused Google's greenhouse emissions...

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Information management company OpenText plans to cut about 1,200 jobs, or ~1.7% of its workforce, and expects to reduce its annual expenses by CA$150M in 2025 (Juby Babu/Reuters)

Information management company OpenText plans to cut about...

Juby Babu / Reuters: Information management company OpenText plans to cut about...

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Noplace, a Gen Z-focused social media app backed by Alexis Ohanian's 776 and others, tops the US iOS App Store; it raised a $15M Series A1 at a $75M valuation (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Noplace, a Gen Z-focused social media app backed by Alexis...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Noplace, a Gen Z-focused social media app backed by Alexis...

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A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4 (Andrea Hsu/NPR)

A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's...

Andrea Hsu / NPR: A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's...

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CDK Global, a software provider to ~15K North American car dealerships, says "substantially all" of its dealers are back online, after two cyberattacks in June (Charles Gorrivan/Bloomberg)

CDK Global, a software provider to ~15K North American...

Charles Gorrivan / Bloomberg: CDK Global, a software provider to ~15K North American...

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Reddit users: Netflix is following through on its plan to phase out its cheapest $11.99/month ad-free tier, instead pushing its $6.99, $15.49, and $22.99 tiers (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Reddit users: Netflix is following through on its plan...

Emma Roth / The Verge: Reddit users: Netflix is following through on its plan to...

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WIPO: between 2014 and 2023, 54K generative AI patents were filed, 25% of which were filed in 2023; China leads with 38K+ patents, followed by the US with 6,276 (Emma Farge/Reuters)

WIPO: between 2014 and 2023, 54K generative AI patents...

Emma Farge / Reuters: WIPO: between 2014 and 2023, 54K generative AI patents were...

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Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government following coup attempt

Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government...

Bolivia's president thwarted an attempted coup last week. But as a political feud...

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Meta shares its research on Meta 3D Gen, a system that creates high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions in less than a minute (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Meta shares its research on Meta 3D Gen, a system that...

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Meta shares its research on Meta 3D Gen, a system that...

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Snapchat adds new features, including letting Snapchat+ subscribers design a personalized house on Snap Map and send Snaps that last less than .5 seconds (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Snapchat adds new features, including letting Snapchat+...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snapchat adds new features, including letting Snapchat+...

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Sources: Magic, a US startup developing AI models for coding tasks, is in talks to raise $200M+ at a $1.5B valuation (Reuters)

Sources: Magic, a US startup developing AI models for coding...

Reuters: Sources: Magic, a US startup developing AI models for coding tasks, is...

Sam Altman Startup Names Former X Executive as First Head...

Tools for Humanity faces growing regulatory scrutiny over its Worldcoin venture,...

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EU charges Meta with violating competition rules

EU charges Meta with violating competition rules

European antitrust regulators have charged Meta with violating the EU's competition...

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Paris hospitality sector faces tourism slump ahead of Olympics

Paris hospitality sector faces tourism slump ahead of Olympics

Hotel occupancy rates in the French capital are well below average, as bad weather...

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The Biden administration awards $504M in funding for 12 regional tech hubs, including in New York and Florida, to expand research in AI, chip making, and more (Bloomberg)

The Biden administration awards $504M in funding for 12...

Bloomberg: The Biden administration awards $504M in funding for 12 regional tech...

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VFX company DNEG raised $200M from Abu Dhabi's UASG at a $2B valuation, to expand its division Brahma, which is developing an AI-powered, photo-real CGI creator (Melanie Goodfellow/Deadline)

VFX company DNEG raised $200M from Abu Dhabi's UASG at...

Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline: VFX company DNEG raised $200M from Abu Dhabi's UASG...

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A look at the national security fears around Microsoft's deal with Abu Dhabi's G42, including US DOD's skepticism that G42 will entirely uncouple from China (Bloomberg)

A look at the national security fears around Microsoft's...

Bloomberg: A look at the national security fears around Microsoft's deal with Abu...

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EU charges Meta over violating competition rules

EU charges Meta over violating competition rules

European antitrust regulators have charged Meta with violating the EU's competition...

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Researchers from Qualys say a flaw in OpenSSH can allow attackers to remotely compromise servers, with over 14M servers potentially vulnerable (Lucian Constantin/CSO)

Researchers from Qualys say a flaw in OpenSSH can allow...

Lucian Constantin / CSO: Researchers from Qualys say a flaw in OpenSSH can allow...

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Google says it will require advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content that depicts real or realistic-looking people or events (Reuters)

Google says it will require advertisers to disclose election...

Reuters: Google says it will require advertisers to disclose election ads that use...

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Wise, Affirm, Mercury, and other companies say they're investigating how a recent ransomware attack by LockBit on Evolve Bank and Trust impacted their customers (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Wise, Affirm, Mercury, and other companies say they're...

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Wise, Affirm, Mercury, and other companies...

Who Are All These 20-Somethings Buying a Kindle?

The e-reader has become the gadget of choice on #BookTok.

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French stocks jump in post-election relief rally as hung parliament looms

French stocks jump in post-election relief rally as hung...

Paris's CAC 40 index jumps at the open after losing more than 6 percent last week,...

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Government data: the value of South Korea's chip shipments reached $13.4B in June, up 51% YoY; exports of display products up 26% YoY and computers up 59% YoY (Bloomberg)

Government data: the value of South Korea's chip shipments...

Bloomberg: Government data: the value of South Korea's chip shipments reached $13.4B...

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Japan-based SmartHR, which offers a cloud human resources and labor management software, raised a $140M Series E led by KKR and Teachers' Ventures Growth (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Japan-based SmartHR, which offers a cloud human resources...

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Japan-based SmartHR, which offers a cloud human resources...

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In its preliminary findings, the EU says Meta's pay or consent model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global turnover for non-compliance (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

In its preliminary findings, the EU says Meta's pay or...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: In its preliminary findings, the EU says Meta's pay or consent...

Meta Hit With EU Charges Over Targeted Advertising

The Facebook owner has become the second company to be charged under the European...

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A look at the history of and challenges facing Meta's Oversight Board as it works on its second act: a body to help social media platforms comply with EU's DSA (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

A look at the history of and challenges facing Meta's Oversight...

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: A look at the history of and challenges facing Meta's...

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Atos reaches a deal in principle with its creditors that restructures its debt, including injecting €233M in equity, and lets the creditors take control of Atos (Irene Garcia Perez/Bloomberg)

Atos reaches a deal in principle with its creditors that...

Irene Garcia Perez / Bloomberg: Atos reaches a deal in principle with its creditors...

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Interviews with the creator and maintainers of FreeDOS, the only MS-DOS-compatible OS still under active development, about its continued relevance and more (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Interviews with the creator and maintainers of FreeDOS,...

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Interviews with the creator and maintainers of...

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SK Hynix plans to invest ~$75B on chips through 2028, allocating ~80%, or $60B, on manufacturing HBM chips, as part of the parent company SK Group's bet on AI (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

SK Hynix plans to invest ~$75B on chips through 2028, allocating...

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: SK Hynix plans to invest ~$75B on chips through 2028, allocating...

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An interview with Plaid's first president, Jennifer Taylor, on expanding beyond its traditional fintech customers as its enterprise customer base crosses 1,000 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

An interview with Plaid's first president, Jennifer Taylor,...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: An interview with Plaid's first president, Jennifer...

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Kaiko: the proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends has fallen to 16% in 2024 so far, down from 28% in 2019, a trend likely accelerated by Bitcoin ETFs launch (Benjamin Taubman/Bloomberg)

Kaiko: the proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends has...

Benjamin Taubman / Bloomberg: Kaiko: the proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends...

Amazon, Built by Retail, Invests in Its AI Future

Amazon, now the fifth-ever U.S. company to reach $2 trillion in market value, is...

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An interview with Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of Google's Attention Is All You Need paper, on open-source AI, his Web3 company Near, "user-owned AI", and more (Steven Levy/Wired)

An interview with Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of Google's...

Steven Levy / Wired: An interview with Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of Google's...

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Alphabet's Verily closes its R&D centers in Israel after launching them in August 2021, as part of Alphabet's decision to concentrate all R&D activity in the US (CTech)

Alphabet's Verily closes its R&D centers in Israel after...

CTech: Alphabet's Verily closes its R&D centers in Israel after launching them in...

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How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members of the American Society for Cybernetics, created a lab in 1967 with a utopian vision to personalize computing (Evgeny Morozov/Financial Times)

How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members of the...

Evgeny Morozov / Financial Times: How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members...

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition review: great native app performance but emulated apps can be more battery intensive, and AI features feel gimmicky (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition review: great native...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition review: great native...

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A look at the disastrous launch of Stable Diffusion 3, which struggles to generate correct human anatomy, and concerns over the tool's new and different license (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

A look at the disastrous launch of Stable Diffusion 3,...

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: A look at the disastrous launch of Stable Diffusion...

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Filings and DOJ officials describe how a gang threatened, assaulted, and tortured 11 victims in likely the worst crypto-focused serial extortion case in the US (Wired)

Filings and DOJ officials describe how a gang threatened,...

Wired: Filings and DOJ officials describe how a gang threatened, assaulted, and...

Apple Watch Is Becoming Doctors' Favorite Medical Device

Some doctors are telling patients to get the watch to help manage their conditions

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Margrethe Vestager says the EU is seeking information "to better understand" Google's deal with Samsung to pre-install Gemini Nano on certain Samsung devices (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Margrethe Vestager says the EU is seeking information "to...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Margrethe Vestager says the EU is seeking information “to...

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The US Treasury finalizes a rule requiring cryptocurrency brokers to report new information on users' sales and exchanges of digital assets to the IRS (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

The US Treasury finalizes a rule requiring cryptocurrency...

Hannah Lang / Reuters: The US Treasury finalizes a rule requiring cryptocurrency...

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A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron deference and curbing federal agencies' power on net neutrality, Big Tech regulation, and more (The Verge)

A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron...

The Verge: A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron deference...

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Health at heart of UK general election: Conservatives, Labour vow to fix NHS

Health at heart of UK general election: Conservatives,...

In the run-up to the UK's general election on July 4, the state of the country's...

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Surface Pro Copilot+ review: the best Microsoft tablet yet, with a versatile Flex keyboard and decent AI features, but has noticeable heat and fan noise issues (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)

Surface Pro Copilot+ review: the best Microsoft tablet...

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Surface Pro Copilot+ review: the best Microsoft tablet...

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Baidu unveils an upgraded version of its AI model, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, and says Ernie has reached 300M users since its launch (Reuters)

Baidu unveils an upgraded version of its AI model, Ernie...

Reuters: Baidu unveils an upgraded version of its AI model, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, and...

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TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment was breached in a cyberattack on June 26; NCC Group claims that TeamViewer was breached by an APT hacking group (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment was breached...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment...

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Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the online comics company's Nasdaq debut, giving it a market value of ~$2.9B, after an IPO that raised $315M (Bloomberg)

Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the...

Bloomberg: Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the online comics...

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Nokia agrees to acquire Infinera, which provides networking hardware and software to mobile phone operators and others, for $2.3B in a cash-and-stock deal (Bloomberg)

Nokia agrees to acquire Infinera, which provides networking...

Bloomberg: Nokia agrees to acquire Infinera, which provides networking hardware...

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Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so (Wired)

Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI...

Wired: Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is...

Uber, Lyft Agree to Minimum Wage, Other Benefits for Drivers...

Uber and Lyft drivers will receive minimum wage and other benefits in Massachusetts...

Google, TikTok Ban Ads from ADHD Telehealth Company Amid...

Done Global prescription drug practices are under scrutiny from the Justice Department,...

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Meta's Oversight Board says it issued 53 decisions in 2023 and that Meta has fully or partially implemented 75 out of 266 recommendations since January 2021 (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta's Oversight Board says it issued 53 decisions in 2023...

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta's Oversight Board says it issued 53 decisions in 2023...

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Citizen Lab: Microsoft censors its Bing translation service more extensively in China than its competitors like Baidu Translate and Tencent Machine Translation (Joanna Chiu/Rest of World)

Citizen Lab: Microsoft censors its Bing translation service...

Joanna Chiu / Rest of World: Citizen Lab: Microsoft censors its Bing translation...

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Odaseva, which provides data protection services for large Salesforce customers, raised a $54M Series C, bringing its total funding to $90M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Odaseva, which provides data protection services for large...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Odaseva, which provides data protection services for...

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Tax the super-rich, says new report commissioned by G20 chair Brazil

Tax the super-rich, says new report commissioned by G20...

In a new report, commissioned by Brazil for its G20 presidency, French economist...

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Crypto investment app Abra and CEO William Barhydt settle with 25 US states for operating without proper licenses and will return up to $82.1M to US customers (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Crypto investment app Abra and CEO William Barhydt settle...

Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: Crypto investment app Abra and CEO William Barhydt settle...

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Figma debuts a major UI redesign, new generative AI tools, and a built-in slideshow feature, which is free in beta but will be a paid product at official launch (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Figma debuts a major UI redesign, new generative AI tools,...

Jay Peters / The Verge: Figma debuts a major UI redesign, new generative AI tools,...

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ORA, a blockchain project to incorporate AI into decentralized apps, raised a $20M Series A from Polychain, HF0, HashKey Capital, and others (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

ORA, a blockchain project to incorporate AI into decentralized...

Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: ORA, a blockchain project to incorporate AI into decentralized...

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Kenya's president says debate on controversial tax bill 'hijacked by dangerous people'

Kenya's president says debate on controversial tax bill...

Kenya's President William Ruto has vowed to restore calm "at whatever cost" after...

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France's major parties trade barbs over economy in TV debate

France's major parties trade barbs over economy in TV debate

Ahead of the first round of voting in legislative elections on June 30, top representatives...

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How Google and others have carefully rewritten their terms and conditions to include words like AI, as tech companies look to train their AI models on user data (Eli Tan/New York Times)

How Google and others have carefully rewritten their terms...

Eli Tan / New York Times: How Google and others have carefully rewritten their terms...

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Atos says a consortium led by its largest shareholder Onepoint has withdrawn from bail-out talks and that EPEI has expressed interest in restarting discussions (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)

Atos says a consortium led by its largest shareholder Onepoint...

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: Atos says a consortium led by its largest shareholder...

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Seven content-licensing sellers of music, image, and other AI training datasets form the Dataset Providers Alliance to advocate for "ethical data sourcing" (Katie Paul/Reuters)

Seven content-licensing sellers of music, image, and other...

Katie Paul / Reuters: Seven content-licensing sellers of music, image, and other...

Political Texts Are in Overdrive This Election. How to...

There are steps you can take to curb real and spam campaign messages. .

Why You Shouldn't Buy an iPhone This Summer. All the Reasons,...

Artificial intelligence is going to change Apple’s gadgets. Here’s a guide to what’s...

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Kenya's president says debate on a controversial tax bill 'hijacked by dangerous people'

Kenya's president says debate on a controversial tax bill...

Kenya's president William Ruto has vowed to restore calm "at whatever cost" after...

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Some iPhone users running the latest iOS 18 beta report being able to send and receive RCS messages on select US carriers (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Some iPhone users running the latest iOS 18 beta report...

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Some iPhone users running the latest iOS 18 beta report...

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Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 10 at 9AM ET in Paris, where Galaxy AI updates, the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Z Flip 6 are expected (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July...

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for...

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NYC-based Norm Ai, which uses AI to help organizations automate compliance tasks, raised a $27M Series A led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $38M+ (PYMNTS.com)

NYC-based Norm Ai, which uses AI to help organizations...

PYMNTS.com: NYC-based Norm Ai, which uses AI to help organizations automate compliance...

Make Them Stop. How to Curb Incessant Political Text Messages

The number of texts is expected to rise ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Lithium Batteries Are Set to Power the World---and Pose...

Incidents involving lithium-battery fires are becoming more common around the world,...

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China's Li hits back at Western accusations of unfair competition

China's Li hits back at Western accusations of unfair competition

In a speech at the World Economic Forum in China on Tuesday, Premier Li Qiang hit...

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EvolutionaryScale releases AI models called ESM3 to create novel proteins and raised $142M in seed funding led by Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Lux Capital (Reuters)

EvolutionaryScale releases AI models called ESM3 to create...

Reuters: EvolutionaryScale releases AI models called ESM3 to create novel proteins...

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Sources: Meituan considers raising $1B+ via a bond offering this year as the food delivery and shopping platform seeks to repay some debt and fund its expansion (Bloomberg)

Sources: Meituan considers raising $1B+ via a bond offering...

Bloomberg: Sources: Meituan considers raising $1B+ via a bond offering this year...

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Uber Freight will use Aurora's driverless trucks on routes between Dallas and Houston as part of a new long-term deal, following a three-year commercial pilot (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Uber Freight will use Aurora's driverless trucks on routes...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber Freight will use Aurora's driverless trucks...

Microsoft Hit With EU Antitrust Charges Over Teams

The European Commission said the company may have given its collaboration tool an...

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US prosecutors want Boeing to face criminal charges

US prosecutors want Boeing to face criminal charges

US federal prosecutors are recommending that the Department of Justice bring criminal...

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Sources: Amazon is working on an AI chatbot, codenamed Metis, designed to compete directly with ChatGPT; source: it's tentatively slated for a September launch (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)

Sources: Amazon is working on an AI chatbot, codenamed...

Eugene Kim / Business Insider: Sources: Amazon is working on an AI chatbot, codenamed...

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Sources: Apple rejected Meta's overtures to integrate Llama into the iPhone months ago, in part because it sees Meta's privacy practices as not stringent enough (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple rejected Meta's overtures to integrate Llama...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple rejected Meta's overtures to integrate Llama...

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Sources: Google has been developing a product to create customizable chatbots, which could be modeled on celebrities, and plans to launch it as soon as 2024 (The Information)

Sources: Google has been developing a product to create...

The Information: Sources: Google has been developing a product to create customizable...

Music Labels Take On AI Startups With New Lawsuits

Universal, Sony and Warner allege that the two companies generate sound-a-likes...

Apple Hit by First Charges Under New European Tech Law

The move cements the iPhone maker as the tech company that EU regulators are targeting...

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An interview with Open Source Initiative executive director Stefano Maffulli on what makes an AI open source, creating the Open Source AI Definition, and more (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

An interview with Open Source Initiative executive director...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: An interview with Open Source Initiative executive director...

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Sources: Shein confidentially filed with UK's markets regulator in early June for a potential London IPO; it was valued at $66B in a 2023 fundraising round (Reuters)

Sources: Shein confidentially filed with UK's markets regulator...

Reuters: Sources: Shein confidentially filed with UK's markets regulator in early...

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Apple is the first big tech company to be charged under the DMA rules and could be fined up to 10% of its annual global revenue, or $38B based on 2023 numbers (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

Apple is the first big tech company to be charged under...

Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Apple is the first big tech company to be charged under...

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Y Combinator and 140 AI startups sign a letter opposing California's AI safety bill, saying the bill could harm California's ability to retain its AI talent (Politico)

Y Combinator and 140 AI startups sign a letter opposing...

Politico: Y Combinator and 140 AI startups sign a letter opposing California's AI...

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Interviews with ~12 media executives, including Brian Roberts, John Malone, Barry Diller, and Ted Sarandos, about the future of streaming, bundling, ads, more (New York Times)

Interviews with ~12 media executives, including Brian Roberts,...

New York Times: Interviews with ~12 media executives, including Brian Roberts, John...

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Food delivery apps are contending with plunging orders and frustrated drivers, after raising fees in NYC and Seattle due to wage-increase laws for gig workers (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)

Food delivery apps are contending with plunging orders...

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: Food delivery apps are contending with plunging...

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Sources detail growing tensions between Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, stemming from her struggle to steady X's financial health a year after being named CEO (Financial Times)

Sources detail growing tensions between Elon Musk and Linda...

Financial Times: Sources detail growing tensions between Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino,...

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A look at efforts by Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI, and other companies to make their chatbots funnier and keep users engaged with them at home and at work (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

A look at efforts by Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI, and...

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: A look at efforts by Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI,...

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Qualcomm makes its AI models, which are optimized for 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU, available to developers for building AI-enabled apps for Snapdragon X Elite devices (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Qualcomm makes its AI models, which are optimized for 45...

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: Qualcomm makes its AI models, which are optimized...

Apple, Meta Have Discussed an AI Partnership

The longtime rivals have held talks about potentially integrating Meta’s generative...

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An interview with Netflix's senior encoding technology director Anne Aaron about the company's cutting-edge codecs, preparing for livestreaming, and more (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)

An interview with Netflix's senior encoding technology...

Janko Roettgers / The Verge: An interview with Netflix's senior encoding technology...

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How Sweden's push to go cashless has left consumers and the country vulnerable to online fraud; value of fraudulent transactions has doubled since 2021 (Bloomberg)

How Sweden's push to go cashless has left consumers and...

Bloomberg: How Sweden's push to go cashless has left consumers and the country vulnerable...

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Interviews with several journalists who helped saturate the web with Game of Thrones coverage, leveraging fans' obsessions for traffic via SEO and social media (Kevin Nguyen/The Verge)

Interviews with several journalists who helped saturate...

Kevin Nguyen / The Verge: Interviews with several journalists who helped saturate...

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Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global data center energy consumption to 1,580 TWh by 2034, about as much as is used by all of India currently (Bloomberg)

Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global...

Bloomberg: Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global data center energy...

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Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI investments, releasing accelerator chips at a faster cadence, AMD's open standards approach, and more (Dylan Martin/CRN)

Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI...

Dylan Martin / CRN: Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI investments,...

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Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs...

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta...

Delivery Drivers Got Higher Wages. Now They're Getting...

When apps raised fees to offset pay increases in New York and Seattle, they frustrated...

AI Doesn't Kill Jobs? Tell That to Freelancers

There’s now data to back up what freelancers have been saying for months

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In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says "some creative jobs maybe will go away" due to AI, "but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place" (Kate Irwin/PCMag)

In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says "some creative...

Kate Irwin / PCMag: In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative...

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Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership software provider CDK Global has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, and CDK plans to pay (Craig Trudell/Bloomberg)

Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership...

Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership...

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The California Public Utilities Commission rejects AT&T's request to end its landline phone obligations and urges AT&T to upgrade copper facilities to fiber (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

The California Public Utilities Commission rejects AT&T's...

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The California Public Utilities Commission rejects AT&T's...

Are Instagram and Facebook Really Using Your Posts to Train...

Meta started tapping into U.S. user data last year to improve its AI features

Apple Says Regulatory Concerns Might Prevent Rollout of...

The iPhone maker said the EU’s tech regulations requiring interoperability might...

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AI and data sideline referees at Euro 2024 football tournament

AI and data sideline referees at Euro 2024 football tournament

At Euro 2024 in Germany, referees are souped up with data and artificial intelligence,...

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Free trade vs. protectionism: Assessing the impact of globalised trade

Free trade vs. protectionism: Assessing the impact of globalised...

It's a common and accepted trope that free trade has led to more prosperity.  Yet...

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French parties try to reassure business leaders ahead of snap elections

French parties try to reassure business leaders ahead of...

Candidates for France's snap elections have defended their economic plans before...

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Qilin, the hackers who claim to be behind the London hospitals hack, publish ~400GB of patient data on their darknet site and Telegram; the NHS is investigating (Joe Tidy/BBC)

Qilin, the hackers who claim to be behind the London hospitals...

Joe Tidy / BBC: Qilin, the hackers who claim to be behind the London hospitals hack,...

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Huawei says around 900M gadgets are now running on its HarmonyOS and sales of premium Huawei smartphones climbed 72% in the first five months of 2024 (Bloomberg)

Huawei says around 900M gadgets are now running on its...

Bloomberg: Huawei says around 900M gadgets are now running on its HarmonyOS and...

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Estonia blocks an EU VAT reform that would have imposed new liabilities on short-term rental services like Airbnb and passenger transport services like Bolt (Bloomberg)

Estonia blocks an EU VAT reform that would have imposed...

Bloomberg: Estonia blocks an EU VAT reform that would have imposed new liabilities...

Car Dealers Are in Turmoil as Cyber Incidents Strike Software...

CDK Global has shut down its systems serving nearly 15,000 auto dealers, and some...

SoftBank Chief Rues Selling Nvidia Stake and Missing Out...

Masayoshi Son calls the 2019 sale of a stake in the chip maker, a company now valued...

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French right, left and centre try to reassure business leaders

French right, left and centre try to reassure business...

Candidates for France's snap election defended their economic programmes at the...

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The restrictions on Kaspersky will stop new sales of its antivirus software in the US from July 20 and bar software updates to US customers after September 29 (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)

The restrictions on Kaspersky will stop new sales of its...

Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The restrictions on Kaspersky will stop new sales of...

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SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its satellite internet antenna "that can easily fit in a backpack", offering a "limited number" for $599 each (Michael Sheetz/CNBC)

SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its...

Michael Sheetz / CNBC: SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its satellite...

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Sources: US DOJ won't pursue FTC's claim that TikTok misled US consumers on data security in a forthcoming suit accusing TikTok of children's privacy violations (Bloomberg)

Sources: US DOJ won't pursue FTC's claim that TikTok misled...

Bloomberg: Sources: US DOJ won't pursue FTC's claim that TikTok misled US consumers...

Car Dealers Are in Turmoil as Hackers Strike Crucial Business...

CDK Global, which provides technology to roughly 15,000 dealers, has shut down its...

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EU reprimands France, six others over budget deficits

EU reprimands France, six others over budget deficits

The European Commission has recommended disciplinary action against France, as well...

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French political parties grilled by business leaders as elections loom

French political parties grilled by business leaders as...

Representatives of major parties in the upcoming snap French legislative elections...

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Tests show Instagram continues to recommend sexual videos to accounts with ages listed as 13; Snapchat and TikTok did not produce the same sexualized content (Jeff Horwitz/Wall Street Journal)

Tests show Instagram continues to recommend sexual videos...

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Tests show Instagram continues to recommend...

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Kenya ends a year-long investigation into Worldcoin with "no further police action" and says the startup must register its business, acquire licenses, and more (TechCrunch)

Kenya ends a year-long investigation into Worldcoin with...

TechCrunch: Kenya ends a year-long investigation into Worldcoin with “no further...

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EU diplomats: a scheduled EU Council vote to amend a draft law that may force WhatsApp and Signal to scan images and links for CSAM was removed from the agenda (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

EU diplomats: a scheduled EU Council vote to amend a draft...

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: EU diplomats: a scheduled EU Council vote to amend...

Samsung's New AI Laptop Struggles to Run Software Including...

The issues offer a hint of the challenges some tech companies might face as they...

For Apple's AI Push, China Is a Missing Piece

ChatGPT and other Western AI models aren’t available in China, and that is likely...

Instagram Recommends Sexual Videos to Accounts for 13-Year-Olds,...

The social-media service pushed adult sexual content to teen accounts months after...

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Snap agrees to a $15M settlement with California after a three-year probe into employees' allegations of discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment (Lara Korte/Politico)

Snap agrees to a $15M settlement with California after...

Lara Korte / Politico: Snap agrees to a $15M settlement with California after a...

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Arvind Mithal, a prolific computer scientist and longtime MIT professor who led the Computation Structures Group in MIT CSAIL, died on June 17 at age 77 (Adam Zewe/MIT News)

Arvind Mithal, a prolific computer scientist and longtime...

Adam Zewe / MIT News: Arvind Mithal, a prolific computer scientist and longtime...

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At Augmented World Expo, Palmer Luckey says he's building a new headset "driven by military requirements" that will also be used for "non-military stuff" (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

At Augmented World Expo, Palmer Luckey says he's building...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: At Augmented World Expo, Palmer Luckey says he's building...

New Samsung Laptop Has Trouble Running Software Including...

The issues offer a hint of the challenges some tech companies may face as they introduce...

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'You need to face the Chinese competition,' Citroën CEO tells FRANCE 24

'You need to face the Chinese competition,' Citroën CEO...

As French carmaker Citroën launches a new compact SUV, FRANCE 24 speaks to its CEO....

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EU Reprimands France and six others over budget deficit

EU Reprimands France and six others over budget deficit

The European Commission has recommended disciplinary action against France along...

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EU rebukes France for breaking budget rules in fresh blow to Macron

EU rebukes France for breaking budget rules in fresh blow...

The European Commission on Wednesday reprimanded France for breaching the EU's budget...

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The UK CMA opens a merger inquiry into HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks, setting an August 14 deadline to decide on opening a full investigation (Katharine Gemmell/Bloomberg)

The UK CMA opens a merger inquiry into HPE's $14B acquisition...

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK CMA opens a merger inquiry into HPE's $14B...

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Pornhub parent Aylo tells local news outlets in Kentucky and Indiana that local IP address are set to be geo-blocked in mid-July due to age verification laws (Michael McGrady Jr/AVN Industry News)

Pornhub parent Aylo tells local news outlets in Kentucky...

Michael McGrady Jr / AVN Industry News: Pornhub parent Aylo tells local news outlets...

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Sources: Nvidia agrees to buy Shoreline, which helps automate fixing software problems, in a deal that values Shoreline at ~$100M; Shoreline has raised ~$57M (Bloomberg)

Sources: Nvidia agrees to buy Shoreline, which helps automate...

Bloomberg: Sources: Nvidia agrees to buy Shoreline, which helps automate fixing...

'I Felt Shameful and Fearful': Teen Who Saw AI Fake Nudes...

The Texas teenager joined Sens. Ted Cruz, Amy Klobuchar and other lawmakers in pushing...

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Boeing CEO apologises to families of fatal 737 MAX crashes at US Senate hearing

Boeing CEO apologises to families of fatal 737 MAX crashes...

Boeing's CEO David Calhoun has testified at a US Senate subcommittee investigating...

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Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to resolve a suit from shareholders accusing it defrauding them by hiding its alleged anticompetitive sales and licensing practices (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to resolve a suit from shareholders...

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to resolve a suit from shareholders...

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Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility for the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals for weeks and demands $50M to end it (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility...

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims...

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Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the "Metaverse" product group that now includes Quest, and the AR product group, now called "Wearables" (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into...

Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the...

Can You Replace Google Search With Reddit? I Tried It for...

Frustrated by their Google searches, people are funneling their queries to a site...

TikTok Faces New FTC Claim of Violating Children's Privacy

The consumer-protection agency is asking the Justice Department to take enforcement...

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Despite being climate conscious, Gen Z struggle to break into green jobs

Despite being climate conscious, Gen Z struggle to break...

Generation Z desperately want to be eco-friendly and to work for a company with...

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Nvidia edges past Apple and Microsoft to become world's most valuable company on stock market

Nvidia edges past Apple and Microsoft to become world's...

Nvidia edged ahead of other tech companies Tuesday to become the world's most valuable...

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Political risk weighs heavily on French business climate

Political risk weighs heavily on French business climate

France's leading CAC 40 stock index made small gains at the open this Tuesday after...

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Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of "very serious" issues under the EU's DMA, and the EU will reveal conclusions of its investigation "hopefully soon" (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of "very serious"...

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of “very serious”...

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Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the 1.3M-member Teamsters union; ALU President Christian Smalls says Teamsters allocated $8M for organizing (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)

Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the...

Noam Scheiber / New York Times: Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with...

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Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running EU antitrust investigation over payments, after the EU accepted measures that Apple committed to in January 2024 (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running EU antitrust...

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running...

Social-Media Influencers Aren't Getting Rich---They're...

Earning a decent, reliable income as a social-media creator is getting harder, as...

Can You Replace Google Search With Reddit? I Tried It for...

Googling isn’t what it used to be.

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Real-time data analytics startup Tinybird raised a $30M Series B, at a "significantly higher" valuation than its $37M Series A; source: it's now valued at $240M (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Real-time data analytics startup Tinybird raised a $30M...

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Real-time data analytics startup Tinybird raised a $30M...

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Inside Snapchat's teen opioid crisis: law-enforcement sources and parents allege that the company has helped fuel an overdose epidemic across the US (Paul Solotaroff/Rolling Stone)

Inside Snapchat's teen opioid crisis: law-enforcement sources...

Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone: Inside Snapchat's teen opioid crisis: law-enforcement...

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Adobe unveils Firefly-powered image generation in Acrobat, and support for analysis of multiple documents, including non-PDF files, in Acrobat AI Assistant (Calvin Wankhede/Android Authority)

Adobe unveils Firefly-powered image generation in Acrobat,...

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority: Adobe unveils Firefly-powered image generation...

Apple Is Shutting Down Its Buy Now, Pay Later Service

The decision comes just over a year after Apple Pay Later was introduced.

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social-Media...

Platforms were contributing to a mental-health crisis among young people, Dr. Vivek...

FTC to Take Action Against Adobe, Executives for Hidden...

The Federal Trade Commission alleges Adobe and its executives hid an early termination...

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Australia, China work to mend torn trade ties amid rush for lithium

Australia, China work to mend torn trade ties amid rush...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits Australia seeking to repair relations after a diplomatic...

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Despite being climate conscious, GenZ struggle to break into green jobs

Despite being climate conscious, GenZ struggle to break...

The GenZ desperately want to be eco-friendly and want to choose a company with better...

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Hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have breached contractor EPAM Systems to steal data from Ticketmaster and ~165 other Snowflake users; EPAM denies the claim (Kim Zetter/Wired)

Hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have breached contractor...

Kim Zetter / Wired: Hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have breached contractor...

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The US Surgeon General says platforms should add a "warning label" saying that "social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents" (Vivek H. Murthy/New York Times)

The US Surgeon General says platforms should add a "warning...

Vivek H. Murthy / New York Times: The US Surgeon General says platforms should add...

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Swiss privacy-focused app developer Proton establishes the Proton Foundation to transition to a nonprofit foundation model, similar to Signal and Mozilla (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Swiss privacy-focused app developer Proton establishes...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Swiss privacy-focused app developer Proton establishes...

Elon Musk and the SEC Are on a Collision Course Again

Testimony suggests Musk and an adviser brushed off compliance with a rule about...

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A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M...

Blake Brittain / Reuters: A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M...

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Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving as testers for a new generation of tech, making them the ones to experience some of its worst effects (Caroline Mimbs Nyce/The Atlantic)

Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving...

Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic: Kids are interacting with AI in school and online,...

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How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators (Ari Saperstein/The Guardian)

How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation...

Ari Saperstein / The Guardian: How Apple added support for automatic transcript...

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DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; The Block Research: Coinbase Ventures has made 443 investments or ~4% of all deals since 2017 (Bloomberg)

DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since...

Bloomberg: DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; The Block...

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Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan about scrutinizing Big Tech's "innovations in potential lawbreaking" with AI deals, use of AI at FTC, startups, acquisitions, more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan about scrutinizing Big Tech's...

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan about scrutinizing Big...

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Despite disinformation concerns during India's elections, political parties largely used AI, including deepfakes, constructively, primarily for voter outreach (The Conversation)

Despite disinformation concerns during India's elections,...

The Conversation: Despite disinformation concerns during India's elections, political...

The Influencer Is a Young Teenage Girl. The Audience Is...

A family discovered—and ultimately accepted—the grim reality for young influencers...

The Big AI Question: Are You Ready to Pay for It?

Consumers who are tempted to upgrade will find higher prices for new AI-powered...

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How Duolingo uses streaks and notifications to keep users coming back to the app; 70% of Duolingo's 30M+ DAUs have weeklong streaks and 5M have one-year streaks (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

How Duolingo uses streaks and notifications to keep users...

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: How Duolingo uses streaks and notifications to...

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Apple added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature in iOS 18 that lets users give Siri a new wake word, such as "hello, computer" (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Apple added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature in...

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature in...

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Leaked documents reveal life-threatening issues at Amazon's primary-care service One Medical, raising concerns about Amazon's frugal approach to health care (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

Leaked documents reveal life-threatening issues at Amazon's...

Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: Leaked documents reveal life-threatening issues...

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Nigeria drops tax evasion charges against Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, who still face money laundering charges (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Nigeria drops tax evasion charges against Binance executives...

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: Nigeria drops tax evasion charges against Binance executives...

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Indie games were the real stars of the Summer Game Fest 2024; the top 10 bestselling games of 2024 so far on Steam in terms of units sold are almost all indie (Keza MacDonald/The Guardian)

Indie games were the real stars of the Summer Game Fest...

Keza MacDonald / The Guardian: Indie games were the real stars of the Summer Game...

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How disabled people use Apple Vision Pro for work, entertainment, and more, and interviews with some disabled Apple staff who built the accessibility features (Andrew Leland/New York Magazine)

How disabled people use Apple Vision Pro for work, entertainment,...

Andrew Leland / New York Magazine: How disabled people use Apple Vision Pro for...

The Big AI Question: Are You Ready To Pay For It?

Consumers who are tempted to upgrade will find higher prices for new AI-powered...

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Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year by Google alumni, is raising ~$100M at a $1B valuation in a round led by NEA, Khosla, and Lux (The Information)

Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded...

The Information: Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year...

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Tempus AI's shares closed up 8.8% at $40.25 in the company's Nasdaq debut, giving it a market value of about $6.6B, after raising $410.7M in its IPO (Riley de León/CNBC)

Tempus AI's shares closed up 8.8% at $40.25 in the company's...

Riley de León / CNBC: Tempus AI's shares closed up 8.8% at $40.25 in the company's...

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US prosecutors charge two men with operating Empire Market, a dark web marketplace for illicit goods and services that did $430M+ in sales between 2018 and 2020 (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg)

US prosecutors charge two men with operating Empire Market,...

Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg: US prosecutors charge two men with operating Empire Market,...

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G7 agrees on plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

G7 agrees on plan to use frozen Russian assets to help...

G7 leaders have agreed to use the interest generated from frozen Russian assets...

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AI and democracy: So far, so harmless?

AI and democracy: So far, so harmless?

In the UK's general election, Steve is running to be MP for Brighton. In Wyoming...

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European elections leave markets jittery: What do far-right gains mean for EU?

European elections leave markets jittery: What do far-right...

A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over Europe this June in the wake of the European...

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A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture including Oryon, Qualcomm's custom-built Arm CPU cores, as first laptops with the SoC ship next week (Ryan Smith/AnandTech)

A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture...

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture...

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Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with...

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with...

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Sources: Lightspeed wants to become a registered investment adviser, letting it use more than 20% of its funds, the cap for VC firms, to trade secondary markets (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

Sources: Lightspeed wants to become a registered investment...

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Sources: Lightspeed wants to become a registered...

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Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which will focus on early-stage crypto projects; it previously launched a $2.5B crypto fund in November 2021 (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which...

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which...

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Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft "accepts responsibility" for security errors, its business in China served US interests, and more (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft "accepts...

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft...

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Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding (Platformer)

Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down...

Platformer: Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years...

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G7 agrees on plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine

G7 agrees on plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund...

G7 leaders have agreed to use the interest generated from frozen Russian assets...

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Sony rolls out an update to Discord on PS5 to integrate the app into the console's dashboard and let users join calls directly, starting in Japan and Asia (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Sony rolls out an update to Discord on PS5 to integrate...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony rolls out an update to Discord on PS5 to integrate...

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Former Microsoft employee Andrew Harris says the company dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw that led to the 2021 SolarWinds hack; Harris left in 2020 (ProPublica)

Former Microsoft employee Andrew Harris says the company...

ProPublica: Former Microsoft employee Andrew Harris says the company dismissed his...

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How China is testing more driverless cars than any other country, with 16+ cities letting 19+ companies test vehicles on public roads, aided by government help (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)

How China is testing more driverless cars than any other...

Keith Bradsher / New York Times: How China is testing more driverless cars than...

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Amazon and telecom Vrio plan to launch a satellite internet service in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, coming online in mid-2025 (Eliana Raszewski/Reuters)

Amazon and telecom Vrio plan to launch a satellite internet...

Eliana Raszewski / Reuters: Amazon and telecom Vrio plan to launch a satellite internet...

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Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as the Alibaba affiliate develops its BaiLing LLM; Ant and affiliate MYbank served 87M businesses by 2023 (Xinyi Luo/Bloomberg)

Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as...

Xinyi Luo / Bloomberg: Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as the...

Microsoft's Nadella Is Building an AI Empire. OpenAI Was...

After landing the deal that launched his company to the front of the artificial-intelligence...

Broadcom to Carry Out 10-for-1 Stock Split

Shares in the chip and software maker have soared as demand surges for products...

Mini Projectors Show Big Movies Easily. But How's the Picture...

In search of the perfect at-home movie experience, we projected ‘Dune’ onto the...

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US Federal Reserve keeps rates steady despite softer inflation data

US Federal Reserve keeps rates steady despite softer inflation...

The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep its lending rate unchanged at the current...

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Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 43% YoY to $12.49B, vs. $12.01B est., raises FY 2024 revenue forecast, announces a 10:1 stock split; AVGO jumps 9%+ after hours (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)

Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 43% YoY to $12.49B, vs....

Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 43% YoY to $12.49B, vs....

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Sources: OpenAI's annualized revenue has hit $3.4B, up from $1.6B in late 2023 and $1B last summer; $3.2B comes from subscriptions to its chatbots and API fees (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

Sources: OpenAI's annualized revenue has hit $3.4B, up...

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Sources: OpenAI's annualized revenue has...

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AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing deals with publishers when Forbes criticized it for misusing content from Forbes and others (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing...

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing...

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World Bank sees global 'soft landing' but warns of sluggish growth for developing nations

World Bank sees global 'soft landing' but warns of sluggish...

The World Bank has upgraded its global growth outlook for this year, expecting it...

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EU reportedly set to impose tariffs on Chinese electric car imports

EU reportedly set to impose tariffs on Chinese electric...

Several media outlets are reporting that the European Commission will notify carmakers...

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Rubrik reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to $187.3M, above $171.5M est., and ARR up 46% YoY to $856.1M, in the cybersecurity company's inaugural post-IPO earnings (Charles Gorrivan/Bloomberg)

Rubrik reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to $187.3M, above...

Charles Gorrivan / Bloomberg: Rubrik reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to $187.3M, above...

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SK Telecom says South Korean AI chip developers Rebellions and Sapeon Korea are pursuing a merger, in a bid to boost chip share in the next two to three years (Joyce Lee/Reuters)

SK Telecom says South Korean AI chip developers Rebellions...

Joyce Lee / Reuters: SK Telecom says South Korean AI chip developers Rebellions...

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German startup Black Semiconductor raised €254M, comprising €229M in public grants and €26M in equity, to build chips using graphene for mass production in 2031 (Arno Schuetze/Bloomberg)

German startup Black Semiconductor raised €254M, comprising...

Arno Schuetze / Bloomberg: German startup Black Semiconductor raised €254M, comprising...

Password App, iPad Calculator, Scheduled Text Messages:...

Apple talked a big AI game for iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia, but 10 other...

Amazon to Invest Billions in Taiwan Cloud Infrastructure

It is the latest global technology company to expand its footprint in Asia to meet...

Elon Musk Withdraws Suit Against OpenAI, Sam Altman

A lawyer representing Musk filed a request for dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged...

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World Bank sees global "soft landing" but warns of sluggish growth for developing nations

World Bank sees global "soft landing" but warns of sluggish...

The World Bank has upgraded its growth outlook for the world this year, expecting...

What the Apple-OpenAI Deal Means for Four Tech Titans

The deal strengthens OpenAI’s position, raises questions about the startup’s relationship...

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French business leaders urged to 'stick their neck out' against far right

French business leaders urged to 'stick their neck out'...

French business leaders have been pitched into fresh uncertainty by snap elections...

Apple Intelligence: A Guide to Apple's AI-In-Everything...

A bunch of AI features are coming to iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia in the...

Alibaba's New E-Commerce Strategy Faces Tough Competition

Alibaba’s strategic shift to prioritize long-term growth over substantial near-term...

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French companies hit as markets reel from Macron's snap election announcement

French companies hit as markets reel from Macron's snap...

The euro tumbled and European stocks, particularly in France, fell sharply on Monday...

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Apple plans to bring ChatGPT to Siri and its other apps later in 2024; users will be asked before questions are sent to ChatGPT and don't need an OpenAI account (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Apple plans to bring ChatGPT to Siri and its other apps...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Apple plans to bring ChatGPT to Siri and its other apps...

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Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS 18 on iPhone 15 Pro, and macOS 15 and iPadOS 17 on devices with M1 or up; Vision Pro is not supported (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS...

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS...

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Thoughts on Apple Intelligence's ability to outsource compute to Apple's servers with cryptographic guarantees of privacy, prompt injection risks, and more (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Thoughts on Apple Intelligence's ability to outsource compute...

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: Thoughts on Apple Intelligence's ability...

Nvidia's New Sales Booster: The Global Push for National...

To control their artificial-intelligence destinies amid U.S. and Chinese tech dominance,...

Apple Introduces 'Apple Intelligence,' New OpenAI Partnership...

Under pressure to deliver new features, Apple showed off an AI system that can assist...

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Dealroom analysis of European startups: as of May 2024, the UK had 785 startups with at least $25M of annual revenue, France had 309, and Germany had 255 (Parmy Olson/Bloomberg)

Dealroom analysis of European startups: as of May 2024,...

Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: Dealroom analysis of European startups: as of May 2024,...

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Q&A with Index Ventures' Dan Rimer on generative AI favoring the incumbents, concentration of returns, M&A in a challenging regulatory environment, and more (John Thornhill/Financial Times)

Q&A with Index Ventures' Dan Rimer on generative AI favoring...

John Thornhill / Financial Times: Q&A with Index Ventures' Dan Rimer on generative...

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A look at the problems of building AI products, like inaccurate answers, and potential solutions, like focusing on narrow domains and abstracting the outputs (Benedict Evans)

A look at the problems of building AI products, like inaccurate...

Benedict Evans: A look at the problems of building AI products, like inaccurate...

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Apple's AI push isn't so much about its current devices, but enabling its next wave of AI-intensive devices that may eventually supplant a smartphone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple's AI push isn't so much about its current devices,...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple's AI push isn't so much about its current devices,...

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Data suggests Project Green Light, Google's AI system deployed in 14 cities to adjust traffic light timing, reduced stop-and-go traffic at intersections by 30% (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Data suggests Project Green Light, Google's AI system deployed...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Data suggests Project Green Light, Google's...

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Microsoft announces a white disc-less Xbox Series X for $449.99, and a 2TB Galaxy Black model of the original Xbox Series X for $599.99, coming holiday 2024 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft announces a white disc-less Xbox Series X for...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces a white disc-less Xbox Series X for...

Nvidia's New Sales Booster: The Global Push for Domestic...

To control their artificial-intelligence destinies amid U.S. and Chinese tech dominance,...

Jobs for the Autistic Grow Beyond Tech

Banks, retailers and other employers are recognizing the special skills of autistic...

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Sources: iOS 18 will let users lock built-in iPhone apps behind Face ID, and it is likely that the feature will also work with Touch ID or an iPhone's passcode (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Sources: iOS 18 will let users lock built-in iPhone apps...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Sources: iOS 18 will let users lock built-in iPhone apps...

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Sources: Bharti Airtel's JV with Eutelsat OneWeb could launch satellite internet services in India in June, and Reliance expects to follow later this year (Financial Times)

Sources: Bharti Airtel's JV with Eutelsat OneWeb could...

Financial Times: Sources: Bharti Airtel's JV with Eutelsat OneWeb could launch satellite...

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Rumors and body-shaming spread through a Vermont high school after students signed up for Fizz, an anonymous message board app for schools that has raised $40M+ (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)

Rumors and body-shaming spread through a Vermont high school...

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Rumors and body-shaming spread through a Vermont...

An Anonymous-Messaging App Upended a Vermont High School

An anonymous message board meant for school chatter quickly turned toxic.

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The New York Times confirms its internal source code and data leaked on 4chan after being stolen using an exposed GitHub token in January 2024 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

The New York Times confirms its internal source code and...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: The New York Times confirms its internal source...

Fizz Is the Latest Campus Gossip App. It Took Two Days...

An anonymous message board meant for school chatter quickly turned toxic at a Vermont...

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Meituan reports Q1 revenue up 25% YoY to ~$10.1B and profit up ~60% YoY to ~$745M, boosted by gains from its core local commerce operations led by food delivery (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Meituan reports Q1 revenue up 25% YoY to ~$10.1B and profit...

Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: Meituan reports Q1 revenue up 25% YoY to ~$10.1B...

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A profile of new AWS CEO Matt Garman, who previously served as AWS' SVP of sales, marketing, and global services after starting as an intern at Amazon in 2005 (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of new AWS CEO Matt Garman, who previously served...

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: A profile of new AWS CEO Matt Garman, who previously...

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Critics say California's AI safety bill, which requires "kill switches" for AI models, will force AI startups to leave, harm open-source models, and more (Financial Times)

Critics say California's AI safety bill, which requires...

Financial Times: Critics say California's AI safety bill, which requires “kill switches”...

The Former Amazon Intern Now Running Its Profit Engine

Matt Garman takes over the company’s cloud business at a key moment

Google's New CFO to Receive $9.9 Million Signing Bonus

Alphabet also said Anat Ashkenazi will receive a $13.1 million sign-on equity grant...

The Smart, Cheap Fix for Slow, Dumb Traffic Lights

Most cities can’t afford smart traffic signals. Fortunately, data from new cars—and...

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Autonomous weapons: Palantir, Airbus engineers seek to calm 'killer robot' fears

Autonomous weapons: Palantir, Airbus engineers seek to...

Top AI engineers at defence technology companies defended the need for autonomous...

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Education on hold: Ukrainian refugees' road back to school

Education on hold: Ukrainian refugees' road back to school

As a result of the war in Ukraine, millions of Ukrainian children have been scattered...

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LinkedIn will no longer allow advertisers to target EU users based on data obtained from their participation in LinkedIn Groups, following a complaint to the EU (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

LinkedIn will no longer allow advertisers to target EU...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: LinkedIn will no longer allow advertisers to target EU...

Japan Defends Its Turf in the Global Chip Battle

With subsidies and a $6 billion acquisition, Tokyo wants to make its companies indispensable...

SoftBank Corp. to Build Large-Scale AI Data Center in Osaka

SoftBank Corp. plans to build a large-scale data center for artificial intelligence...

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ECB cuts interest rates for first time in almost five years

ECB cuts interest rates for first time in almost five years

The European Central Bank has decided to lower its benchmark interest rates by 0.25...

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Boston-based Seven AI, which uses AI to help companies combat cyberattacks, emerged from stealth and raised $36M led by Greylock at a ~$100M valuation (Wall Street Journal)

Boston-based Seven AI, which uses AI to help companies...

Wall Street Journal: Boston-based Seven AI, which uses AI to help companies combat...

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US VC firms are putting pressure on tech startups to ask their Chinese backers to divest as VCs anticipate tighter controls on foreign ownership from Washington (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)

US VC firms are putting pressure on tech startups to ask...

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: US VC firms are putting pressure on tech startups...

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A website for cybercriminals lists 500+ allegedly stolen Snowflake customer credentials, including for environments belonging to Santander and Ticketmaster (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

A website for cybercriminals lists 500+ allegedly stolen...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A website for cybercriminals lists 500+ allegedly stolen...

Japan Defends Its Turf in the Global Chip Wars

With subsidies and a $6 billion acquisition, Tokyo wants to make its companies indispensable...

British Entrepreneur Mike Lynch Acquitted in HP Case

Hewlett-Packard paid more than $11 billion for Autonomy in 2011, but a year later...

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ECB CUTS INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 5 YEARS

ECB CUTS INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 5...

The European Central Bank has decided to lower its benchmark interest rates by 0.25% ...

Executives and Officials Convene at WSJ Tech Live: Cybersecurity

National security threats, the impact of AI and pig-butchering scams are on the...

FTC Opens Antitrust Probe of Microsoft AI Deal

The commission has sent subpoenas to the tech giant and an AI startup, asking whether...

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Boeing launches first crewed Starliner spacecraft to ISS

Boeing launches first crewed Starliner spacecraft to ISS

After delays and over $1.4 billion of cost overruns, Boeing has finally launched...

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The post-WWII economy: From the Bretton Woods system to the Marshall Plan

The post-WWII economy: From the Bretton Woods system to...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the historic moment...

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The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI that included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650M to resell Inflection's tech (Wall Street Journal)

The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft's deal...

Wall Street Journal: The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft's deal with...

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Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft (David McCabe/New York Times)

Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating...

David McCabe / New York Times: Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating...

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An analysis finds 90K+ images of popular anime characters on generative AI image sharing sites; ~2.5K images had multiple similarities to the original artwork (Nikkei Asia)

An analysis finds 90K+ images of popular anime characters...

Nikkei Asia: An analysis finds 90K+ images of popular anime characters on generative...

How Apple Fell Behind in the AI Arms Race

After years of playing it safe with general artificial intelligence, Apple is set...

The CEO Trapped in the U.S.-China Chip Battle

Europe’s ASML makes some of the most advanced chip-making machines. Its CEO must...

Elon Musk's xAI Plans to Build Supercomputer in Memphis

The investment’s size hasn’t been finalized, and it still requires local officials’...

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Boeing launches first crewed Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station

Boeing launches first crewed Starliner spacecraft to the...

After delays and over $1.4 billion dollars of cost overruns, Boeing has finally...

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The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class action lawsuit against Google over allegations of abusing its dominance in digital ads can proceed (Upmanyu Trivedi/Bloomberg)

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class...

Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg: The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class...

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Asana unveils "AI teammates", a new feature in beta for select customers to help manage projects and tasks, ahead of general availability later in 2024 (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

Asana unveils "AI teammates", a new feature in beta for...

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Asana unveils “AI teammates”, a new feature in beta...

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Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo to deeply integrate virtualized Windows app support into ChromeOS, following a partnership last year (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo...

A Bug Allowed Kids to Visit X-Rated Sites. Apple Took Three...

Apple’s Screen Time continues to be marred by bugs that let its youngest users circumvent...

Elon Musk Confirms Diverting Nvidia AI Chips Away From...

Elon Musk confirmed that many Nvidia chips initially intended for Tesla’s electric-vehicle...

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India's election results show frustration over unequal economic growth

India's election results show frustration over unequal...

Indian shares plunged and the rupee tumbled after early results showed Prime Minister...

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AI could help with bereavement but technology is fraught with risks, researcher says

AI could help with bereavement but technology is fraught...

Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?...

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Normandy surfs on 'memorial tourism' wave for 80th anniversary of D-Day

Normandy surfs on 'memorial tourism' wave for 80th anniversary...

As hundreds of thousands of people flock to the French region of Normandy to commemorate...

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Twelve Labs, which provides foundational models to help users search and analyze troves of video, raised a $50M Series A co-led by NEA and Nvidia's NVentures (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Twelve Labs, which provides foundational models to help...

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Twelve Labs, which provides foundational models to help...

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Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner says he was fired in April for sharing a memo raising concerns about OpenAI's security practices with the board (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)

Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner says he...

Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner says...

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Switzerland-based Neural Concept, whose 3D product design software uses deep learning to help cut development times, raised a $27M Series B led by Forestay (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Switzerland-based Neural Concept, whose 3D product design...

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Switzerland-based Neural Concept, whose 3D product design...

Asia's Chip Giants Hustle to Maintain Their Edge Over the...

The companies and governments have know-how, willpower and supply networks that...

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India's surprise election results demonstrate frustration over the way the economy is growing

India's surprise election results demonstrate frustration...

Indian shares plunged and the rupee tumbled after early results showed Prime Minister...

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An interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on the Ace headphones, the controversial ground-up app redesign, expanding beyond speakers, and more (Parker Hall/Wired)

An interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on the Ace headphones,...

Parker Hall / Wired: An interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on the Ace headphones,...

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Sources: Apple was in talks in 2023 to debut Apple TV+ in China via a deal with China Mobile, which would make TV+ the only US video streaming service in China (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Sources: Apple was in talks in 2023 to debut Apple TV+...

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Apple was in talks in 2023 to debut Apple TV+...

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Sources: TikTok accounts, including brands and celebrities like CNN and Paris Hilton, are getting hacked via a zero-day exploit that only requires opening a DM (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)

Sources: TikTok accounts, including brands and celebrities...

Emily Baker-White / Forbes: Sources: TikTok accounts, including brands and celebrities...

Hitachi, Microsoft Plan for Multibillion-Dollar AI Partnership

Hitachi and Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar collaboration to accelerate...

AI Employees Fear They Aren't Free to Voice Their Concerns

A group of current and former OpenAI and DeepMind employees said they want more...

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Indian stocks tumble as election race tighter than expected

Indian stocks tumble as election race tighter than expected

India's Nifty 50 index saw shares tumble as much as 7 percent this Tuesday as the...

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Intel announces Xeon 6 data center chips for AI: series 6700 with 144 efficient and 86 performance cores, and 6900 with 288 efficient and 128 performance cores (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat)

Intel announces Xeon 6 data center chips for AI: series...

Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: Intel announces Xeon 6 data center chips for AI: series...

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Intel says a standard AI kit featuring its Gaudi 2 chips, introduced in 2022, will cost $65K while a Gaudi 3 kit, unveiled in April 2024, will cost $125K (Reuters)

Intel says a standard AI kit featuring its Gaudi 2 chips,...

Reuters: Intel says a standard AI kit featuring its Gaudi 2 chips, introduced in...

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MSI announces Claw 8 AI+, its next-gen handheld, powered by Intel's Lunar Lake and comes with an 8" screen, Thunderbolt 4 port, and a larger 80 Wh battery (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

MSI announces Claw 8 AI+, its next-gen handheld, powered...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: MSI announces Claw 8 AI+, its next-gen handheld, powered...

The Goal forChina's Chip Giant: Cut Out the U.S.

Hit by Washington’s export controls, China’s domestic chip industry strives for...

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Major Japanese carmakers admit to cheating on certification tests

Major Japanese carmakers admit to cheating on certification...

Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and Yamaha have admitted to cutting corners or providing...

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Sony unveils a $60 PC adapter for the PlayStation VR2, adding PC support to the PS5-exclusive headset, launching on August 7 with support for all Steam VR games (Andrew Webster/The Verge)

Sony unveils a $60 PC adapter for the PlayStation VR2,...

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Sony unveils a $60 PC adapter for the PlayStation VR2,...

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Q&A with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan on AI features, the AI pitch, video calls, layoffs, LLMs, solving hallucinations, Zoom 6.0, Microsoft Teams, digital twins, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan on AI features, the AI pitch,...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan on AI features, the AI pitch,...

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An internal Google database tracking thousands of privacy and security issues from 2013 to 2018 details a myriad of data management mistakes the company made (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

An internal Google database tracking thousands of privacy...

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: An internal Google database tracking thousands of privacy...

Retailers Hate That You Buy Big Things on Your Laptop

People often prefer bigger screens and keyboards for pricier purchases—but merchants...

The Opaque Investment Empire Making OpenAI's Sam Altman...

Many companies backed by the CEO do business with the ChatGPT maker and benefit...

AMD Unveils Latest AI Chips, Accelerated Chip Update Timeline

Advanced Micro Devices introduced its latest artificial intelligence chips and laid...

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Mexico's incoming president faces tough economic challenges

Mexico's incoming president faces tough economic challenges

On top of security, immigration and the green transition, Mexico's President-elect...

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AMD announces two new Ryzen AI 300 series mobile chips, Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, each with a 50 TOPS NPU, shipping in July (Mark Hachman/PCWorld)

AMD announces two new Ryzen AI 300 series mobile chips,...

Mark Hachman / PCWorld: AMD announces two new Ryzen AI 300 series mobile chips,...

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AMD announces a yearly data center GPU release cycle, starting with Instinct MI325X, slated for later in 2024 and meant to best Nvidia H200 in peak performance (CRN)

AMD announces a yearly data center GPU release cycle, starting...

CRN: AMD announces a yearly data center GPU release cycle, starting with Instinct...

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AMD says the 3nm EPYC Turin processors will launch in the second half of 2024, based on Zen 5 architecture, and the chips will feature 192 cores and 384 threads (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

AMD says the 3nm EPYC Turin processors will launch in the...

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: AMD says the 3nm EPYC Turin processors will launch...

The Global Chip Battle, in Charts

Countries and companies are fighting for dominance in semiconductors, an industry...

The U.S. Gave Chip Makers Billions. Now Comes the Hard...

The Chips Act is supposed to supercharge U.S. chip making, but the program’s early...

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Nvidia said newly announced RTX AI PC laptops from Asus and MSI will have up to GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs and "systems-on-a-chip with Windows 11 AI PC capabilities" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia said newly announced RTX AI PC laptops from Asus...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia said newly announced RTX AI PC laptops from Asus...

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In a demo, Nvidia shows its G-Assist AI chatbot that could guide users through PC games based on voice queries, configure optimal settings, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)

In a demo, Nvidia shows its G-Assist AI chatbot that could...

Tom Warren / The Verge: In a demo, Nvidia shows its G-Assist AI chatbot that could...

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A look at the $799 ROG Ally X, shipping July 22: 24GB RAM, 80 watt-hour battery that doesn't feel heavy, better and lighter joysticks, and more (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

A look at the $799 ROG Ally X, shipping July 22: 24GB RAM,...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: A look at the $799 ROG Ally X, shipping July 22: 24GB...

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How TikTok influencers helped a self-published author sell 1M+ copies of her book, including ~700K on the TikTok shop, showing how TikTok changed book marketing (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

How TikTok influencers helped a self-published author sell...

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: How TikTok influencers helped a self-published...

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CISPE denies a report that it was nearing a settlement with Microsoft to withdraw its EU antitrust complaint about Microsoft's cloud licensing practices (Reuters)

CISPE denies a report that it was nearing a settlement...

Reuters: CISPE denies a report that it was nearing a settlement with Microsoft to...

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A look at activist groups' efforts to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from building more data centers in Chile, amid a drought expected to last until 2040 (Rest of World)

A look at activist groups' efforts to keep Amazon, Google,...

Rest of World: A look at activist groups' efforts to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft...

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Content creators are posting videos on Douyin giving Chinese migrants step-by-step instructions on how to get to the United States through Latin America (April Xu/Documented)

Content creators are posting videos on Douyin giving Chinese...

April Xu / Documented: Content creators are posting videos on Douyin giving Chinese...