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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning a new iPad Pro for 2024, the device's first major overhaul since 2018, featuring an M3, OLED display, and a revamped Magic Keyboard  —  Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
Benedict Evans:
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, which makes things that were previously only possible on a small scale practical at a massive scale  —  We've been talking about intellectual property in one way or another for at least the last five hundred years …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted victims' stolen data; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June  —  The Portuguese-language app WebDetetive was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date  —  A Portuguese-language spyware …
Bloomberg:
Didi says it has agreed to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng, one of China's largest EV makers, for ~$744M  —  Didi Global Inc. has agreed to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng Inc. for HK$5.84 billion ($744 million), exiting a promising business in the world's largest electric vehicle market.
Roger Montti / Search Engine Journal:
WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years  —  WordPress announces the availability of 100-year domain name registrations that include 24/7 assistance and managed web hosting
James Hunt / The Block:
A Pepe memecoin team member says three former colleagues stole ~16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges  —  - Approximately 16 trillion Pepe tokens ($15 million) were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges OKX, Binance …
Clive Cookson / Financial Times:
A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI  —  Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects
Stephen King / The Atlantic:
Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience  —  One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence.  —  Self-driving cars.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses the theft allegations and ethical missteps, but not sexual harassment claims, that prompted a production pause  —  Linus Media Group (LMG) founder Linus Sebastian explained LMG's HR policies and how it will improve accuracy and ethics in a video posted to YouTube last night.

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Axios:
Sources: WH officials believe NYT's Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their upcoming book Regime Change

Marah Eakin / Current:
Fred Rogers Productions launches a Mister Rogers' Neighborhood YouTube channel, curating content based on monthly themes and focusing on reach over monetization

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

More News

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them
Ana Paula Pereira / Cointelegraph:
Nansen: ~90% of PayPal's stablecoin is held in issuer Paxos Trust's wallets, suggesting a “lack of demand from crypto users for PYUSD” that launched on August 7
Joe Wituschek / BGR:
X launches a private beta of X Hiring, a job posting feature for verified organizations, allowing them to “organically reach millions of relevant candidates”
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Sources: at TikTok, Oracle staff reviewing the app's source code sit at desks beneath TikTok-controlled cameras, a requirement directly from China's government

Earlier Picks

Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Cisco Talos: North Korea-backed Lazarus is using a new malware variant to target internet backbone infrastructure and health care entities in Europe and the US
Jack Schickler / CoinDesk:
Hackers access some customer data at FTX, Genesis, and BlockFi by SIM swapping an employee of Kroll, which manages creditor claims for the bankrupt companies
Dan Primack / Axios:
Instacart files for a US IPO, reports 2022 revenue up 39% YoY to $2.55B, $428M net income, up from a $73M loss in 2021, and H1 2023 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.48B
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The EU's DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations
Wall Street Journal:
The US Treasury proposes new rules that would treat crypto exchanges more like stockbrokers, requiring them to report gross proceeds to the IRS starting in 2026
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