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Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M per month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include 8VC's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins — Other backers of America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
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Threads: @karaswisher, @bobschooley, @joe_rosenthal, and @renee.diresta
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X: @elonmusk, @zaidjilani, @rpyers, @nycsouthpaw, @petresolheim, @jahanminoo, @nkingofdc, @john_hudson, @benjysarlin, @darrigomelanie, @kevinrothrock, @profbillmcguire, @teddyschleifer, @jhweissmann, @quinnypig, @mattyglesias, @tariqkrim, @teddyschleifer, @rpyers, @mrwiggles64, @thesampadilla, @internethippo, @wholemarsblog, @eastendjoe, @silvermanjacob, @alexnpress, @janemayernyer, @silvermanjacob, and @trgenovese
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After Trump was shot, Elon Musk backed his bid and made 100+ posts stepping up his political speech, entering uncharted territory for a social media leader — The owner of X broke with tradition at other social media companies to support the former president, as he drives political conversation on his site.| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
A look at Trump VP pick JD Vance's tech ties, like working at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital and investing in Rumble; Vance advocated for repealing Section 230 — Vance has long had connections to Silicon Valley through his former life as a venture capitalist, including to long-time Donald Trump supporter and investor Peter Thiel.
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Nullbulge, a hacktivist group critical of AI art, leaks Disney's alleged Slack messages over “how it handles artist contracts” and AI; Disney is investigating — ‘Hacktivist’ group critical of AI-generated art says it has obtained swaths of data from Disney's Slack channels, some of which it has published online
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X: @nullbulgegroup, @pirat_nation, @campuscodi, @h4ckmanac, @andrewcouts, @physicalmedia_, @nnwakelam, @vxunderground, @nullbulgegroup, @sarthakgh, @hostilespectrum, @h4ckmanac, @nnwakelam, @troyhunt, and @lukwam
LinkedIn: Sarah Krouse and Gene Chuang
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
UMG, Sony, and other record labels sue Verizon for $2.6B+ over allegations of violating copyright law by continuing to serve customers accused of pirating music — Lawsuit: One user's IP address was identified in 4,450 infringement notices. — Major record labels sued Verizon on Friday … | Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Apple launches the first public betas of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18, and watchOS 11, but without any Apple Intelligence features — You can now download the public betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11. Apple's updated operating systems …
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Forums: r/apple, r/ios, MacRumors Forums, MacRumors Forums, MacRumors Forums, and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
More: Business Standard, TechRadar, BGR, The Verge, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, and NewsBytes
X: @thebradfad and @stalman
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA opens a formal investigation into Microsoft's Inflection AI investment, and sets a September 11 deadline on whether to open an in-depth investigation — - CMA said it needs to look further at the firm's partnership — Watchdog is taking closer order of Big Tech investment into AI
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google offered CISPE ~€455M worth of Google Cloud licenses and €14M in cash on condition that CISPE maintain its antitrust complaint against Microsoft — - Cloud group rejected Google package to keep their EU case — CISPE eventually reached antitrust settlement with Microsoft
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X: @samuelstolton and @cailen
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Intel's VC arm is one of the most active foreign investors in Chinese AI and chip startups; Intel Capital owns stakes in 43 Chinese tech startups — Silicon Valley chipmaker has invested in more than 40 Chinese start-ups while also receiving billions in US grants| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft researchers unveil SpreadsheetLLM, an encoding method designed to enable LLMs to efficiently understand and analyze complex spreadsheet data — Microsoft researchers have unveiled “SpreadsheetLLM,” a new AI model designed to understand and work with spreadsheets, in a significant development for the world of enterprise AI.
More: arXiv, Tech Xplore, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, MarkTechPost, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, The Stack, and AIM
X: @mikeelgan, @stevesi, and @rao_hacker_one
| Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China's CAC requires AI companies to prepare between 20K and 70K questions designed to test whether their AI models produce safe answers before release — Government support helps China's generative AI companies gain ground on U.S. competitors, but political controls threaten to weigh them down
X: @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, and @jchengwsj
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Taboola's CEO says the company has struck a deal with Apple to power native advertising within the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps; TBLA stock jumps 9%+ — - Taboola's effort to build trust with Apple across its various teams and stakeholders was “a multiyear process,'” Singolda said.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based Moving Tech, which develops the open-source ride-sharing app Namma Yatri with a no-commission model, raised an $11M pre-Series A — Google has joined investors backing Moving Tech, the parent firm of open-source ride-sharing app Namma Yatri in India that is eroding market share …
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