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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
More: The Block, New York Times, International Business Times, Barron's Online, Quartz, Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Semafor, TMZ.com, Rolling Stone, Benzinga, CryptoPotato, Deadline, Electrek, The Guardian, CoinGape, Decrypt, Coinspeaker, The Crypto Times, New York Post, The Independent, The Hill, The Verge, Associated Press, and Business Insider
Threads: @karaswisher, @bobschooley, @joe_rosenthal, and @renee.diresta
Bluesky: @boyq.bsky.social and @marypcbuk.bsky.social
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
| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
A look at Trump VP pick JD Vance's tech ties, including working at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital and investing in Rumble; Vance advocated 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.
More: TechCrunch, Associated Press, Stratechery, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, The Information, Bloomberg, The San Francisco Standard, Decrypt, Yahoo Finance, San Francisco Chronicle, Quartz, The Verge, and New York Post
X: @elonmusk, @tweetsintheme, @jwmason1, @jstein_wapo, @elonmusk, @zebulgar, @erikvoorhees, @danprimack, @bo_austin_, @dsquareddigest, @ashleyrgold, @eriqgardner, @matthewstoller, @lutherlowe, @danprimack, @shakeelhashim, @goadgatsby, @pjux, @nikhil_palsingh, @jessicalessin, @eric_seufert, @matthewstoller, @shayne_coplan, @danprimack, @zck, @buccocapital, @tracewoodgrains, @timsweeneyepic, @mattyglesias, @anothercohen, @adamjohnsonchi, @eric_erins, @silvermanjacob, @vivekgramaswamy, @tylerhnorris, and @mattturck
| New York Times: |
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.
More: Reuters, Washington Post, Electrek, Rolling Stone, Quartz, Crypto Adventure, Silicon Republic, and Newser
| The Information: |
Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z staff in recent days that they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting Donald Trump — Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who run one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms, have told the firm's employees …
X: @kateclarktweets and @kateclarktweets
| Wall Street Journal: |
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 public betas for 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 will eventually include …
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Forums: r/apple, r/ios, MacRumors Forums, MacRumors Forums, MacRumors Forums, and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
More: Business Standard, BGR, TechRadar, 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 opening 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
More: TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, GOV.UK, Quartz, and CNBC
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google offered CISPE ~€455M worth of Google Cloud licenses and €14M in cash in a deal for CISPE to maintain its antitrust complaint against Microsoft — - Cloud group rejected Google package to keep their EU case — CISPE eventually reached antitrust settlement with Microsoft
More: CTech, The Register, TechCircle, ITPro, MacDailyNews, TechRadar, NewsBytes, and Jordan Times
X: @samuelstolton and @cailen
| 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, TechRadar, MarkTechPost, Tom's Guide, 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
| 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| Kim Zetter / ZERO DAY: |
Kaspersky plans to close its US business and eliminate US-based positions, following the country's ban on the sale of its antivirus tool starting July 20 — Russian cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, has told workers in its U.S.-based division that they are being laid off this week …
More: CNN, BleepingComputer, Metacurity, SC Media, TechCrunch, PCMag, Tech Monitor, Security Affairs, SiliconANGLE, TechRadar, Tech.co, The Register, BBC, Silicon Republic, ITPro, Cybernews.com, Axios, The Cyber Express, Neowin, ZDNet, and The Hacker News
Bluesky: @evacide.bsky.social. X: @kimzetter, @kimzetter, @dcwebguy, @gumby4christ, and @ericgeller. Forums: Slashdot
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
As the EU's AI Act takes effect in August, critics say the law is undercooked and regulators left out essential details needed to give clarity to businesses — The EU says its pioneering legislation will protect humans from AI's dangers. Critics say it is undercooked and will stifle innovationSponsor Posts
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