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AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers — Stolen data includes millions of AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and location-related data.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/news, r/technology, r/ATT, r/technology, r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/technews, r/hacking, and Slashdot
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Preliminary findings: the European Commission says X's paid blue checkmark deceives users and breaches the DSA; X could be fined up to 6% of its global revenue — Brussels regulators use new digital powers to threaten social media company with huge fines over transparency issues
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
In a June 24 report, Indian antitrust body CCI found that Apple exploited its dominant App Store position on iOS and engaged “in abusive conduct and practices” — An investigation by India's antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market …
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| The Information: |
Source: Meta plans to release the largest version of its Llama 3 model, expected to have 405B parameters and multimodal capabilities, on July 23 — Meta Platforms plans to release the largest version of its open-source Llama 3 model on July 23, according to a Meta employee.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says its AI shopping assistant Rufus is live in the Amazon mobile app for all US customers, after launching in beta for select customers in February 2024 — Amazon's AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
After X hyped shows with Paris Hilton, Tucker Carlson, and others in January 2024, the deals have fizzled, a source says due to a lack of advertiser interest — X is having a tough time cracking into the TV business, but first... Promises, promises — Six months ago, executives … | Financial Times: |
Some developers remain optimistic as Apple seeks a Vision Pro “killer app”; Appfigures: the number of new Vision Pro apps has fallen since January and February — Tech giant is struggling to attract content from developers for innovative device that goes on sale in Europe this week
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee — Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025 under an agreement announced Friday by the International Olympic Committee and the kingdom.
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| Financial Times: |
SoftBank acquires struggling UK-based chipmaker Graphcore with US and UK approvals; sources: the deal is valued at $600M+ but below Graphcore's ~$700M funding — Deal will give Bristol-based company a resource boost while advancing the ‘next big bet’ of Masayoshi Son's group
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network backed by JPMorgan, DBS, and Standard Chartered, raised a $60M Series B led by Peak XV Partners — The investment was led by Peak XV Partners with contributions from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group.
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| CNBC: |
Source: online ticketing service StubHub delays a potential US IPO until after Labor Day, after reportedly eyeing a summer IPO with a $16.5B+ valuation — StubHub is delaying a potential initial public offering until after Labor Day, according to a person familiar with the deal.
More: Bloomberg
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to roll out a desktop app beta that uses Electron's safeStorage API instead of storing encryption keys in plain text, after downplaying the issue — Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018.
More: Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Stack Diary, and NewsBytes
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