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July 11, 2024, 3:50 PM
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Bloomberg:
Apple settles with the EU over Apple Pay and avoids potential fines by agreeing to open NFC access on iOS to third-party wallet developers for free for a decade  —  - EU accepts Apple pledge to open up payment tech to rivals  — Firm still faces mounting EU antitrust scrutiny in other areas
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
IDC estimates that Apple will sell under 500K Vision Pro units in 2024, and the headset's international launch will offset a 75% QoQ drop in US sales in Q3 2024  —  - The pricey headset's US sales are expected to plummet  — A more affordable model in a year's time should help momentum
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
The US SEC drops its investigation into Paxos over its BUSD stablecoin issued in partnership with Binance, after sending Paxos a Wells notice in February 2023  —  As the crypto industry continues its calls for regulatory clarity, a glaring question has been whether stablecoins …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
An international study of 642 websites and mobile apps offering subscription services finds ~76% with at least one possible dark pattern and ~67% with multiple  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday …
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Helsing, which makes AI tools for defense, raised a €450M Series C led by General Catalyst, a source says at a €4.95B valuation, taking its funding to €769M  —  - Company formed in 2021 has now raised nearly €770 million  — Helsing will open entity in Estonia as part of Baltic push
Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
A SAS survey of 1,600 decision makers in key global markets: 83% of Chinese respondents said they've adopted generative AI vs. 65% in the US and 54% globally  —  China is leading the world in adopting generative AI, a new survey shows, the latest sign the country is making strides in the technology …
Lauren Smiley / Wired:
A profile of Priscila Barbosa, who defrauded Uber and other apps by building a ~$10K-per-month business renting fake accounts to undocumented workers in the US  —  She came to the US with a dream.  Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing.
Brady Dale / Axios:
US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not having an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020  —  - U.S. agencies are paying attention now, and they are aggressively reviewing those early practices, as we've seen again and again recently.

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From Mediagazer

Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at an AI-reliant news site for 19 towns south of Boston, which uses public meeting transcripts and LLMs to produce stories and has 350 paid subscribers

More News

Bhupendra Paintola / Inc42 Media:
Kearney-Amazon Pay survey of 6K consumers and 1K merchants in 120 Indian cities: 90% prefer digital payments for online purchases, vs. 50% for offline purchases
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
A look at the rise in use of the sparkles emoji to market AI products as magic, as some say the imagery distracts from real-world issues the AI industry faces

Earlier Picks

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
A US court grants Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down Redbox and liquidating its assets
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple and Google launch a data portability tool that lets Google Photos users move their photos to iCloud, after offering iCloud to Google Photos in March 2021
Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat:
AWS launches App Studio, which is a generative AI-powered service letting enterprise users create internal apps using text prompts, in public preview
Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg:
OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory announce a partnership to evaluate how multimodal AI models can be used safely by scientists in laboratory settings
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Intuit plans to cut 10% of its global workforce, or ~1,800 employees, and rehire the same number, primarily in its engineering, product, and sales divisions
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung debuts the Galaxy Z Fold6, with a wider 22.1:9 display, up to 2,600 nits of brightness, a thinner frame, IP48, and seven years of updates, for $1,899
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google now lets its users set up Advanced Protection Program with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys
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