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The US SEC charges Impact Theory with offering unregistered securities by selling NFTs, a first; the LA-based entertainment company agreed to pay a $6.1M fine — Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission — In an enforcement action announced on Monday …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches GPT-4-powered ChatGPT Enterprise, with improved privacy, performance, and data analysis features; pricing is “dependent on each company's usage” — Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT's viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: for 2024, Apple is planning the iPad Pro's first major upgrade since 2018, featuring an M3, an OLED screen, and a Magic Keyboard with a larger trackpad — Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
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| Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report: |
Doc: Lenovo plans to unveil a €799 Legion Go gaming handheld, with an 8.8" 144Hz 2560×1600 display and 16GB of RAM, and €499 Legion AR glasses, on September 1 — Lenovo's Legion Go has a hefty price, but maybe it's worth it — An official document confirms the Lenovo Legion Go rumors we've shared so far
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Forums: r/Games, r/ROGAlly, and r/LenovoLegion
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system without missed calls or long wait times — DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering …
More: DoorDash, VentureBeat, VICE, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Google announces several automation starters and actions for the Home app, plus new features for the Home script editor, which is available in Public Preview — Google Home is getting smarter. In a pair of blog posts published today, Google announced a bunch of new automation starters …
More: Google Nest Community, Android Authority, Google Nest Community, 9to5Google, Android Central, and 9to5Google. Mastodon: @cassidy@mastodon …
| Reuters: |
Tesla faces its first trials over Autopilot allegedly causing crashes that killed the car's owner, in California court in September and Florida court in October — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver … | Axios: |
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others are expected to attend Sen. Schumer's closed-door AI forum on September 13 — Exit Content Preview — The CEOs of the most powerful U.S. tech companies are heading to Capitol Hill next month …
More: The Hill and Bloomberg
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| Eric Lipton / New York Times: |
A look at the US Air Force's efforts to build an AI-based air combat system, including drones for as little as $3M apiece that serve pilots as a “loyal wingman” — An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology …
More: Ghacks, The Decoder, and Reuters
X: @elbridgecolby, @ericliptonnyt, @ostapiukj, @ericliptonnyt, and @ericliptonnyt. LinkedIn: Dr. J. Keith Dunbar
| Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: |
The UK's NATS “identified and remedied” a network-wide computer failure earlier on August 28 that resulted in ~500 canceled flights and delayed hundreds more — Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held
More: The Register, The Verge, Sky News, Reuters, BBC, Bloomberg, NATS, NBC News, Cybernews.com, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, Hackread, and New York Times
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Mail gets Shopping Saver, a tool to find gift cards, discount codes, and more in inboxes and draft messages to vendors to apply them to previous purchases — Yahoo is introducing new AI tools for Yahoo Mail that are aimed at helping users save time and money, the company announced on Monday.
More: Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, The Decoder, The Verge, Lifewire, and iPhone in Canada Blog. X: @rakeshlobster
| Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces his bid for Taiwan's presidential election in January 2024 as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019 — Terry Gou's independent candidacy could split opposition vote and boost the ruling party, which seeks closer U.S. ties amid Chinese pressure
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