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July 9, 2024, 9:40 AM

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TIME:
Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington announce Thrive AI Health, a new startup backed by OpenAI and Thrive Global to build a “hyper-personalized AI health coach”  —  A staggering 129 million Americans have at least one major chronic disease—and 90% of our $4.1 trillion …
Financial Times:
Australia, backed by the US, the UK, Japan, and other allies, accuses a Chinese state-backed hacking group of targeting government and private sector networks  —  US, UK, Germany and Japan back report alleging APT40 conducted ‘malicious’ cyber espionage activities
Rachyl Jones / Fortune:
Self-driving cars from WeRide, AutoX, Didi, and other Chinese companies have driven 1.8M miles on California roads, collecting data while facing little scrutiny  —  ON FEB. 1 LAST YEAR, Montana residents gawked upwards at a large white object hovering in the sky that looked to be another moon.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon announces an updated $79 Echo Spot alarm clock, with a revamped design and improved audio quality, the first update to the device since its 2017 launch  —  Amazon on Monday announced a new $79 Echo Spot alarm clock with a revamped design and improved audio quality.
Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Nothing unveils the $199 CMF Phone 1, with swappable parts, a 6.67" AMOLED, a MediaTek SoC, and Nothing OS, plus the $69 CMF Watch Pro 2 and $59 CMF Buds Pro 2  —  Nothing's sub-brand is bringing its first phone to the US—the $199 CMF Phone 1—along with the Watch Pro 2 and Buds Pro 2.
Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Notepad in Windows 11, after testing the features in March 2024; Windows Notepad first launched in 1983  —  Feature rolled out to insiders back in March, now available to the masses.  —  Microsoft tested an updated Notepad app with integrated spellchecking back in March.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on the startup's history, its 4,500 headcount, going global, trust and safety, Adobe, attracting enterprise clients, and more  —  To her, AI is just an extension of what Canva has always done: make accessible design tools that cost less than Adobe's.

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