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Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit up 1,452% YoY to $7.54B, and revenue up 23% YoY to ~$53.7B, as chip prices keep rising — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) estimated on Friday a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit, as rebounding semiconductor prices driven …
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Epic says Apple is impeding its attempts to set up a games store on iPhones and iPads in Europe and that it has shared its concerns with the European Commission — “Fortnite” maker Epic Games said on Friday Apple (AAPL.O) was impeding its attempts to set up a games store on iPhones and iPads in Europe …
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Cloudflare launches a tool that aims to block bots from scraping websites for AI training data, available free for all customers — Cloudflare, the publicly traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Sources: in early 2023, a hacker breached OpenAI's internal messaging systems and accessed product details; OpenAI told its staff, but not the public or the FBI — A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI's systems.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU plans to issue a final warning to X over its failure to combat dangerous content under the DSA; X faces fines of 6% of its global revenue — - EU poised to issue preliminary findings over dangerous content — Digital Services Act breaches risk penalties of 6% of revenue| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
YouTube releases an updated Erase Song tool for creators that uses AI to detect and remove any copyrighted music from their videos without impacting other audio — On July 4, YouTube released an updated eraser tool for creators so they can easily remove any copyrighted music …
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Amazon Kindle users are unable to download new and previously purchased books to their Kindles; Amazon says the outage could last at least 48 hours — Amazon is having an outage with its Kindle e-reader ebook system. New books purchased from the Kindle Store will not be downloaded locally …
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| Benjamin Taubman / Bloomberg: |
TRM: cryptocurrency stolen through hacks more than doubled to $1.38N in H1 2024 from a year earlier; five large attacks accounted for 70% of the crypto stolen — - Attack on Japanese exchange DMM Bitcoin was biggest in 2024 — Amount is still below the record 2022 level, TRM says
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The prospect of applying generative AI to contract lifecycle management software has prompted a flurry of deals, as experts expect further market consolidation — The prospect of applying tech breakthroughs to handling data-rich digital documents has prompted a flurry of deals
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| Benoit Van Overstraeten / Reuters: |
The EC asks Amazon to provide more information on its compliance with DSA provisions concerning the transparency of Amazon's recommender systems by July 26 — The European Commission said on Friday it had requesting Amazon (AMZN.O) provide more information on the measures the U.S. e-commerce giant …
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| Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: |
ElevenLabs will use AI-generated voices of dead actors like Judy Garland and Burt Reynolds in its Reader app, after striking deals with the actors' estates — Actress Judy Garland never recorded her voice to read an audiobook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but you'll soon be able to hear …
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Microsoft-owned Mojang is exploring deals in areas like merchandising, education, and streaming, on top of movies and TV series, as gaming sector growth slows — - 15-year-old game seeks partners in merchandising and education — Microsoft-owned Mojang has adopted AI in content moderationSponsor Posts
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