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July 12, 2024, 3:10 PM

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
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
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.
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 …
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
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
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
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.
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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