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July 7, 2024, 10:45 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have bigger screens; main Siri upgrade will be part of iOS 18.4, with a dev beta in Jan. and a spring release  —  As the Apple Watch approaches its 10th birthday, the company is preparing a big update.  Also: AirPods with cameras …
Joel Khalili / Wired:
Mt. Gox starts repaying customers, who will receive only ~15% of their lost bitcoins, but 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.
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 …
Ben Church / CNN:
A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing” as it hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF has bought 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.
Michelle Hampson / IEEE Spectrum:
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.
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.
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 …
Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
An analyst at Sequoia Capital estimated companies developing top AI models need to collectively generate ~$600B/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 …
Reuters:
Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store in Russia, following a request by state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor  —  U.S. tech giant Apple (AAPL.O) removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store, following a request …

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