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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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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Sources: John Binns, a US citizen who was previously arrested in Turkey, is linked to the AT&T data breach; the AT&T data was lifted from a Snowflake instance — John Binns, a U.S. citizen who has been incarcerated in Turkey, is linked to the massive data breach of metadata belonging … | 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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Threads: @joshuatopolsky. Mastodon: @Frederik_Borgesius …. X: @thierrybreton, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @paulg, @eric_seufert, @mathver, @eu_commission, @micsolana, @balajis, @carnage4life, and @digitaleu. Forums: r/technology
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election — - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts … | 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.
| 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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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Three US senators introduce the COPIED Act, which aims to give journalists, songwriters, and artists tools to fight AI models using their work without consent — A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters, and journalists from having … | 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.| 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.
More: The International Olympic Committee, New York Times, Engadget, PC Gamer, The Verge, Dexerto, IGN, Arab News, PocketGamer.biz, and Deadline
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LinkedIn: Jason Chung and Katia Serbina
Forums: r/Games and r/worldnews
| 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
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals puts the FCC's reinstatement of net neutrality rules on hold until August 5 as it considers industry legal challenges — A U.S. appeals court said on Friday it was temporarily putting the Federal Communications Commission's reinstatement … | Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: the US DOJ plans to sue RealPage by the end of the summer, accusing the company of selling software that allows landlords to collude on setting rents — The Biden administration has focused on reining in housing costs as a key part of its economic agenda.| 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 …
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