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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple nears production of M4 chips with AI upgrades and memory improvements, coming to new MacBook Pros, Mac minis, and iMacs starting in late 2024 — - Company working on rapid transition to the new processors — Revamp will bring AI capabilities and memory improvements
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Macworld, Benzinga, Android Authority, ZDNet, TheStreet, Thurrott, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Laptop Mag, AppleInsider, Engadget, Tom's Guide, CNBC, PC Guide, Digital Trends, Wccftech, Redmond Pie, Rockdale Citizen & …, Patently Apple, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, Supercharged, iClarified, BGR, TweakTown, and Cult of Mac
Threads: @markgurman. Mastodon: @spencerdailey@journa.host. X: @markgurman, @sdw, @vadimyuryev, @tomwarren, and @firstadopter
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/LocalLLaMA, and MacRumors Forums
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Humane AI Pin review: well-made and easier to access than a phone, but doesn't work half the time, really slow even when it does work, and lacks basic features — For $699 and $24 a month, this wearable computer promises to free you from your smartphone. There's only one problem: it just doesn't work.
More: Engadget, MrMobile [Michael Fisher] on YouTube, Washington Post, Ken Kocienda, Wired, The Verge, OSnews, CNET, Inverse, mjtsai.com, ZDNet, USA Today, Spyglass, New York Times, Liliputing, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Mashable, Engadget on YouTube, Inverse, and TechCrunch
Threads: @crumbler, @danseifert, and @vicmsong
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LinkedIn: Michelle Lentz and James Bareham
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Apple sends threat notifications to individuals in 92 countries, warning them that their iPhone may have been targeted by remote “mercenary spyware attacks” — Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.
More: Apple Support, Engadget, BleepingComputer, Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, The Hacker News, Forbes, Malwarebytes, mjtsai.com, MacRumors, Business Insider, Dexerto, The Economic Times, PCMag, Mashable, New.blicio.us, Android Headlines, Amnesty International, TechSpot, N2K CyberWire, The Daily Dot, ZDNet, Metacurity, Amnesty International …, The Indian Express, The Hindu, Business Standard, Livemint, and Hindustan Times
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X: @lorenzofb, @jsrailton, @lorenzofb, @surabhia_et, @amnestytech, @ihackbanme, @jsrailton, and @donnchac. LinkedIn: Jason Rivera
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/cybersecurity, r/gadgets, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Ashna Teresa Britto / Reuters: |
Apple changed “state-sponsored” to “mercenary spyware” in threat notifications, a source says after pressure from India for linking breaches to state actors — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a …
More: The Independent, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, Mind.ua, Dark Reading, Techloy, The New Indian Express, Game Rant, Nairametrics, Security Boulevard, The Hindu BusinessLine, Forbes, Inc42 Media, Gizmodo, New York Post, Tom's Guide, Telegraph India, Gizchina, BGR, Infosecurity, The Record, and The Economic Times
| Wall Street Journal: |
In his annual shareholder letter, Andy Jassy says GenAI “may be the largest technology transformation since the cloud” and Amazon is committed to cost-cutting — In his letter to shareholders, Andy Jassy says generative AI could usher in the largest tech transformation since the Internet
More: About Amazon, SiliconANGLE, CRN, The Register, PCMag, The National, CIO Dive, Benzinga, Axios, Constellation Research, and Deadline
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LinkedIn: Beryl Tomay, Josh White, Christopher Versace, and Emil Protalinski
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
| Chris Velazco / Washington Post: |
Apple says owners of the iPhone 15 or newer will be able to fix broken devices with used parts, including screens, batteries, and cameras, starting in fall 2024 — Starting this fall, you may be able to pay less for a fully functioning fix if you have an iPhone 15 or newer
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LinkedIn: Josh Beasley, Rob Link, Todd vanGoethem, and Rob Guzzo
Forums: r/technews and MacRumors Forums
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Instagram plans to automatically detect and blur nude images DMed to teens, and show a pop-up to the sender and the recipient, rolling out in the coming months — Obscured photos and warnings will discourage users from exchanging nude photos with potential strangers
More: Meta, CNN, The Verge, International Business Times, Mashable, BBC, Yahoo News, Benzinga, Scrippsnews.com, Wccftech, Proactive, Neowin, Android Headlines, and Engadget
Threads: @andymstone. X: @vickerysec, @metanewsroom, @samleecole, @_andyburrows, and @josephfcox. LinkedIn: Nick Clegg
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro, a $9.99-per-month service offering a VPN, personal information removal, and identity theft restoration, available in the US — Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.
More: Spread Privacy, ZDNet, Engadget, MacRumors, Android Police, Neowin, New.blicio.us, RestorePrivacy, 9to5Google, BleepingComputer, Lifewire, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Mac, and BetaNews
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. Bluesky: @austinfound.bsky.social. X: @johnbourscheid and @duckduckgo
LinkedIn: Mark Ingram, DuckDuckGo, and Fernando Bunn
Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Google releases Android 15 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, with edge-to-edge app scaling by default, OS-level support for app archiving and unarchiving, and more — Google LLC today announced the release of the first beta test version of Android 15, opening up the upcoming operating system for both developers and early adopters to test out.| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Docs: Adobe offers its network of photographers $120 for videos of people engaged in everyday actions, or ~$2.62/minute to ~$7.25/minute on average, to train AI — - OpenAI's Sora has increased competitive pressure on Adobe — Adobe has built AI models with stock library, procured media
More: Fortune, ZDNet, PetaPixel, TechSpot, Ben's Bites, Maginative, Cryptopolitan, PYMNTS.com, Finbold, and PCMag
X: @adamhlavac, @klendathucap, and @brodyford_
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds Andrew Ng to its board to boost its AI expertise, as longtime MTV executive Judith McGrath steps down; Ng founded Google Brain and worked at Baidu — If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon's just made an interesting move to change up its direction.
More: About Amazon, Seattle Business Journal, GeekWire, Reuters, The Information, and Associated Press
LinkedIn: Anthony Charbonnier and Arlind Nocaj
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on why Google doesn't need to raise trillions to build a supercomputer, why AI offers a reset in competition, and more — This week's Stratechery Interview is with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. Kurian joined Google to lead the company's cloud division in 2018 …
Threads: @fredericl. Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social. X: @modestproposal1 and @modestproposal1. Forums: Hacker News
| Financial Times: |
Docs: ByteDance has offered to buy shares held by non-US employees for about $171 each, as US employees grow concerned about tax bill on unsold stock — TikTok's Chinese owner offers nearly $171 a share as US employees grow concerned about tax bill on unsold stock
More: The Information
| The Information: |
Sources: TikTok is testing an AI feature that generates a virtual influencer and a script for a video ad based on prompts submitted by advertisers — TikTok touts itself as a platform where creators can stand out and build a following. But the company has begun discussing with advertisers …
More: The Verge and Search Engine Land
Bluesky: @wagatwe.com. X: @bllorenz, @erinkwoo, @petertkane, and @marvelle. LinkedIn: Brandon Perlman. Forums: r/artificial
| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI has fired two researchers on its AI safety team for allegedly leaking information, including Leopold Aschenbrenner, an ally of Ilya Sutskever — OpenAI has fired two researchers for allegedly leaking information, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.| Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA raises concerns after uncovering an “interconnected web” of 90+ AI deals and investments involving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia — - Apple, Google and Microsoft AI deals seen as problematic — CMA says stakes in startups could reduce competition
More: GOV.UK, Thurrott, GOV.UK, Proactive, TechCrunch, The Guardian, BBC, ComputerWeekly.com, and Global Competition Review
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Substack now lets podcasters distribute their shows on Spotify, and says podcasters on Substack collectively earn $100M+ per year, up 100%+ over the past year — Substack announced on Thursday that it's launching a few new features for podcasters on its platform.| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Spotify is developing tools to let subscribers speed up, mash up, or edit songs as a type of playback feature; rights holders would still get paid — Streamer is developing tools that would make it easier for fans to create custom versions of their favorite music| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Meta releases OpenEQA, a benchmark to measure an AI agent's understanding of physical spaces by probing it with questions about the environment — Meta AI researchers today released OpenEQA, a new open-source benchmark dataset that aims to measure an artificial intelligence system's capacity for …
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