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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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| 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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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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| 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.| 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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| 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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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
After X announced shows with star talent like Paris Hilton and Tucker Carlson, the efforts 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 … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI creates five levels to track its progress toward AGI: Chatbots, Reasoners, Agents, Innovators, and Organizations, and says it's nearly at level two — The company believes its technology is approaching the second level of five on the path to artificial general intelligence
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to roll out a beta version of its desktop apps that tightens the security of how it stores plain text encryption keys, 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: 9to5Mac, Stack Diary, and NewsBytes
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A May 2024 data breach at mobile spyware company mSpy leaked millions of customer support tickets, including personal data, its third known breach since 2010 — Customer service emails dating back to 2014 exposed in May breach — A data breach at the phone surveillance operation mSpy …
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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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| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
New York-based Standard Bots, which makes AI-powered robotic arms, raised $63M over a series of deals, including a $39M Series B led by General Catalyst — - Standard Bots is working on technology for tasks like assembly — Amazon has invested in a number of robotics startupsSponsor Posts
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