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Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have bigger screens; main Siri upgrade will be part of iOS 18.4, with a beta in January and a spring release — As the Apple Watch approaches its 10th birthday, the company is preparing a big update. Also: AirPods with cameras …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Church / CNN: |
A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing”, as the country hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF owns some of the biggest gaming companies — In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.
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| Financial Times: |
How Saudi media group MBC's Shahid has become the biggest streaming service in MENA with a 22% share, ahead of Starz Play Arabia at 18% and Netflix at 17% — Wide range of Arabic-language shows and films helps media group compete with Netflix — Media group MBC is competing hard with Netflix …
LinkedIn: Natasha Matos-Hemingway
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
Mt. Gox starts repaying its customers, who will receive only ~15% of their lost bitcoin, which are now worth many times more than their total 2014 holdings — Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9 billion windfall.
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Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/Bitcoin, and Slashdot
| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Apple says it asked Epic to fix the buttons in a future version of the Epic Games Store submitted for review; Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Epic will “fight this” — Mere hours after reports circulated that Apple had declined to approve the Epic Games Store for iOS in the EU …
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| Michelle Hampson / IEEE Spectrum: |
A study of GPT-3.5-based ChatGPT's ability to solve 728 coding problems: fairly good at solving problems that existed before 2021, but struggles with newer ones — This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.
More: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and Boing Boing
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LinkedIn: Bas Hamer and Michelle Hampson
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
The National Samsung Electronics Union goes on a three-day strike for better pay; analysts say the strike is unlikely to have an impact due to low participation — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) workers in South Korea began a three-day strike for better pay on Monday … | Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production — ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup known for its voice cloning, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech models, has just added another tool to its product portfolio: an AI Voice Isolator.
More: ElevenLabs, WinBuzzer, Maginative, and Cryptopolitan
| Tory Shepherd / The Guardian: |
A look at Apate, a conversational bot developed by Macquarie University's Cyber Security Hub in Australia to keep scam callers on the line while collecting data — New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model
Forums: r/technology
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about reuniting with Square Enix to bring his company Mistwalker's Apple Arcade RPG Fantasian to PC and consoles — More than two decades ago, video-game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi parted ways with the company now called Square Enix Holding Co. At the time, it was an unexpected move.
More: PC Gamer, Gameranx, Wccftech, TheGamer, TweakTown, Gameranx, GoNintendo, IGN, Game Rant, Video Games Chronicle, Push Square, The Verge, and Digital Trends
Forums: r/TerraBattle, r/FinalFantasy, r/PS5, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
What to expect from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10: Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, Galaxy AI updates, Galaxy Buds 3, Watch FE and Watch 7 Ultra, and more — Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is coming up fast at 9AM ET on July 10th in Paris, France. The company isn't being coy …
More: Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, CNET, Forbes, and Cybernews.com
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
A Sequoia Capital analyst estimated companies developing top AI models need to collectively generate ~$600B per year to pay for their AI infrastructure — The AI bubble is reaching a tipping point? — Despite massive investments in AI infrastructure by high-tech giants …
More: GenInnov, Simon Willison's Weblog, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Windows Copilot News, and Cointelegraph
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ValueInvesting, r/hardware, and r/technews
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