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T-Mobile investigates claims that hackers stole data from its servers, including phone numbers, names, SSNs, and driver's license info, related to 100M+ people — Hackers selling the data are claiming it affects 100 million users. — Joseph Cox — T-Mobile says it is investigating …
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Google and Facebook say they will participate in a subsea cable system linking Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, and Indonesia, launching 2024 — Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc. announced their participation in a new subsea cable system for 2024 set …
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A look at chipmakers' race to capitalize on a wave of subsidies, as the US and other western countries reassess their industrial policies to slow China's rise — U.S. semiconductor maker's appeal for subsidies plays on national security fears during chip shortage; ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese government says integrated circuit output rose 47.3% YoY to 203.6B units in the year to July, as new capacity is added to meet semiconductor demand — In the first seven months of the year, China's total IC output reached a hefty 203.6 billion units, up 47.3 per cent compared … | Tom Krisher / Associated Press: |
NHTSA opens a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot system, covering 765K vehicles, saying it has trouble spotting parked emergency vehicles — DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot partially automated driving system, saying it has trouble spotting parked emergency vehicles.
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Q&A with Alex Stamos on Apple's proposed child safety features, his reservations about the company's announcement and approach to child safety online, and more — Earlier this month Apple dropped a privacy bombshell. After years of touting its strong commitment to privacy …
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In a new lawsuit, a US-based contractor claims Huawei stole its tech and pressured it to build a “back door” into a sensitive surveillance project in Pakistan — Small U.S. software maker alleges Chinese telecom giant sought live access to data in Pakistan; Huawei denies claim
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Inside Twitter's two-year effort to change its internal culture, led by controversial VP of design Dantley Davis, which led to HR investigations and staff exits — Two years ago, the company brought in a blunt executive to make things move faster and to promote diversity. Then the problems began.| Steven Kurutz / New York Times: |
For some teenagers, making NFTs and other forms of digital art is seen as a gateway to a career as a full-time artist and has become their new summer job — Forget mowing lawns and bagging groceries. Some Gen Z kids are finding other ways to make money this summer.
Tweets: @ron_miller, @pakman, and @revolvegamesio
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Crypto staking service Figment raises $50M Series B, led by Senator Investment Group and Liberty City Ventures, source says at a ~$500M valuation — - Senator Investment, Liberty City Ventures led the fundraising — Round values Figment at about $500 million: person familiar| Globes Online: |
Cisco confirms it has acquired Epsagon, an Israel-based cloud application monitoring startup; sources say Cisco will be paying $500M — Cisco EVP Liz Centoni: When the acquisition closes, the Epsagon team will join our strategy, incubation and applications group.
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Tweets: @editortargett, @lizcentoni, @chuckrobbins, and @cisco
| Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: |
Profile of @images_ai, a Twitter account launched by a music student in June, which uses neural networks, including OpenAI's CLIP, to generate surreal art — The Twitter account @images_ai has gained a following for its feed of surreal, glitchy, sometimes beautiful images created through machine learning.
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