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An interview with Tim Cook on Apple's pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, the Vision Pro, return to the office, why Apple still advertises on X, and more — In Brown County, Texas - flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state - Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy.
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on LLMs becoming more controllable, “interactive” AI after generative AI, AI regulation being achievable, and more — DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat.
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North Korea-tied Lazarus Group stole nearly $240M in crypto in the past 104 days, ramping up hacks and shifting focus from decentralized to centralized services — The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.| Wall Street Journal: |
How Spotify and other streaming services have transformed the sound of music: songs are shorter, albums are longer, and artists collaborate more across genres — To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.
More: Sramana Mitra, The Verge, and TechCabal
| Elad Gil / Elad Blog: |
The US should not push to regulate most aspects of AI, letting the tech mature for positive uses, to avoid favoring incumbents and forcing the industry overseas — There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so. — [While I was finalizing this post … | Edwin Chan / Bloomberg: |
KKR agrees to buy 20% of Singapore-based Singtel's regional datacenter business for ~$807M at a ~$4B valuation, with an option to raise its stake to 25% by 2027 — - It's making its latest bet on Asian digital infrastructure — Demand for datacenters and networking surging because of AI
More: CommsUpdate, Business Today, The Register, and Tech in Asia
| New York Times: |
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times per week from October — The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
One year after Ethereum's Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of the few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto — - With validators piling in, the network risks getting clogged — Ethereum developers approved a software fix to that Thursday
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Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/ethtrader
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Amazon's bets across industries, including health care, as some analysts and investors question the company's scattershot efforts and its poor returns — The tech giant has built three wildly successful businesses. It's been toiling for years to find a ‘fourth pillar.’ — The team atop
X: @jessefelder and @scienceisstrat1
| Taylor Lyles / IGN: |
Q&A with Apple execs Jeremy Sandmel, Tim Millet, and Kaiann Drance on gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX's upscaling, game controllers, and more — Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the iPhone 15 Pro. — Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 earlier this week, and pre-orders are now live.
More: iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, BGR, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and The Verge
X: @aapltree, @bengeskin, @taynixster, and @videotechx
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| Associated Press: |
In a long X post, French President Macron backtracks on saying video games had “intoxicated” young rioters and declares games are an “integral part of France” — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games … | Scott Murdoch / Reuters: |
In Hong Kong IPOs, AI startup and US Entity List member Beijing Fourth Paradigm aims to raise $144M and cloud hospital firm Neusoft Xikang aims for $81M-$101M — Three Chinese firms, led by AI software company Beijing Fourth Paradigm, are aiming to raise up to $280 million in Hong Kong initial public offerings launched on Monday.
More: Tech in Asia
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