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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June — One of the exchange's multisig wallets experienced a security breach, the exchange confirmed in an X post.
More: Metacurity, The Block, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Economic Times, Business Today, DL News, Bankless Times, The Crypto Times, Protos, Watcher Guru, Bitcoin Insider, CryptoGlobe, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, Inc42 Media, CCN.com, Crypto Briefing, Milk Road, Decrypt, CryptoPotato, Coinspeaker, CoinGape, ZyCrypto, Web3 is Going Just Great, CryptoSlate, and Cryptonews
| Elliptic: |
Analysis: the North Korea-linked WazirX hackers took 200+ different assets, including $96.7M of Shiba Inu, $52.6M of Ether, $11M of Matic, and $7.6M of Pepe — Earlier today, Indian exchange WazirX suffered a major hack and a resulting loss of funds due to a suspected hack:
More: TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Finextra, BNN Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, The Block, Protos, and CoinGape. X: @jerrycap
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has spoken to many of the largest Hollywood studios about acquiring more programming from their libraries to offer customers in the US and abroad — - Apple TV+ has relied on original series like ‘Ted Lasso’ … The iPhone maker has spoken to several of the largest studios …
More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Streamable, iMore, and The Verge
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, a smaller, cheaper offshoot of GPT-4o, replacing GPT-3.5 Turbo, with support for all multimodal inputs and outputs coming soon — OpenAI on Thursday launched a new AI model, “GPT-4o mini,” the artificial intelligence startup's latest effort to expand use of its popular chatbot.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta has explored a multibillion-euro investment in eyewear group EssilorLuxottica, which makes the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, to expand its partnership — Facebook owner considers multibillion investment in European eyewear group to expand smart glasses partnership| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Leaked documents: Cellebrite couldn't forcibly unlock an iPhone running iOS 17.4 or newer as of April 2024; most of the listed Android devices could be unlocked — Cellebrite, the well-known mobile forensics company, was unable to unlock a sizable chunk of modern iPhones available on the market …
More: MacRumors, Washington Post, AppleInsider, FedScoop, The Verge, BGR, iMore, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, GlobeNewswire News Room, Supercharged, and MacDailyNews
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Reuters: |
Meta decides to suspend its generative AI tools in Brazil after the government objected to Meta's new privacy policy on using personal data to train AI models — Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Wednesday it decided to suspend use of generative artificial intelligence tools in Brazil in response … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
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Threads: @mgsiegler. Mastodon: @mysk@mastodon.social. X: @morqon, @pedrodias, @timsweeneyepic, @andrewcurran_, @pedrodias, @morqon, @andrewcurran_, @morqon, @adamkovac, and @inafried. LinkedIn: Nathan Benaich
Forums: r/aiwars, r/europe, r/LocalLLaMA, r/RayBanStories, r/technology, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia and Mistral release Mistral NeMo, a 12B-parameter language model with a 128K-token context window, available under the Apache 2.0 open-source license — Nvidia and French startup Mistral AI jointly announced today the release of a new language model designed to bring powerful AI capabilities directly to business desktops.
More: Mistral AI, NVIDIA, and Maginative
X: @simonw, @dejavucoder, @reach_vb, @altryne, @arthurmensch, and @kylebrussell. Forums: Hacker News
| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
TSMC reports Q2 revenue up 40.1% YoY to ~$20.82B and net income up 36.3% YoY to ~$7.62B, both above estimates, as advanced AI chip demand continues to surge — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday beat revenue and profit expectations in the second quarter …
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X: @benbajarin, @tenreirodaniel, @cyw60, @cyw60, and @economyapp
| Ryan Dinsdale / IGN: |
Nintendo unveils a Joy-Con charging stand for the Switch, over seven years after launching the console, available on October 17, but doesn't announce a price — Better late than never. — Nintendo has announced an official Joy-Con charging stand for the Nintendo Switch …
More: Android Authority, Engadget, The Verge, Dexerto, MobileSyrup, TweakTown, T3, Game Rant, Digital Trends, Gameranx, Kotaku, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, TheGamer, and GoNintendo. X: @nintendoeurope
| New York Times: |
How Spain relies on the VioGén algorithm to score the likelihood of recurring domestic violence and decide protection measures, with at times fatal consequences — Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again … | Vitalik Buterin: |
People in crypto should not choose political allegiances based on who claims to be “pro-crypto”, as such politicians might go against crypto's underlying goals — Over the last couple of years, “crypto” has become an increasingly important topic in political policy …
More: CoinDesk, Fortune, Decrypt, Blockworks, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, CoinJournal, Blockonomi, The Crypto Basic, Coinspeaker, Milk Road, CoinGeek, Cryptonews, CryptoGlobe, Cautious Optimism, ZyCrypto, The Crypto Times, Cryptopolitan, CNBC, TechCrunch, The Block, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, TIME, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and TechCrunch
X: @iohk_charles, @vitalikbuterin, @iohk_charles, @jchervinsky, @twobitidiot, @galois_capital, @arthur_0x, @adamscochran, @kate_sills, @jbsdc, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @rachelwilkinsb, @davidmanheim, @barneyflames, @_jhunsaker, @togelius, @adamscochran, @seth, @ofnumbers, @ki_young_ju, @nkennethk, @tusharjain_, @adamscochran, @jon_charb, @nic__carter, @eawosikaa, @eawosikaa, @ryansadams, @ljxie, @vitalikbuterin, @aeyakovenko, @autismcapital, @nic__carter, @econoar, and @a1lon9
Forums: Hacker News, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/ethtrader
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the Cyberspace Administration of China, which oversees the country's AI and data rules, as the agency relaxes some policies to promote economic growth — - CAC holds the keys to data, AI and overseas listings — Its stance is crucial to business and China's economy| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Global chip stocks fell sharply after reports of tighter export restrictions from the US and comments from Trump, who said Taiwan should pay the US for defense — WATCH NOW — Global chip stocks fell sharply, with ASML, Nvidia and TSMC posting declines amid reports of tighter export restrictions …
More: Reuters, BBC, Associated Press, Reuters, Silicon Republic, Barron's Online, KrASIA, Reuters, Benzinga, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, The Information, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Reuters on YouTube, The Motley Fool, Proactive, Fortune, Reuters, Bloomberg, CryptoGlobe, Silicon Valley Business …, BusinessLIVE, Invezz, and Proactiveinvestors UK
X: @melissakchan, @christinelu, @davidfrum, @nthusharon, @buccocapital, @christinelu, and @drewpavlou. Forums: r/politics
| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
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More: Proactive, Barron's Online, CNN, Morningstar, Inc., Reuters, Investopedia, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, NBC Los Angeles, The Hill, MarketWatch, ChinaTechNews.com, Wccftech, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @kobeissiletter, @valueinvestjpn, @eugeneng_vcap, @jasongoepfert, @rihardjarc, @edludlow, @lithos_graphein, @edludlow, @travishoium, @mcaruso_cabrera, and @morningbrew. Forums: Hacker News
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Adobe: US shoppers spent $14.2B during Amazon's 48-hour Prime Day sale, up 11% YoY and in line with estimates; Numerator: the average household spent about $152 — - Discounts on electronics, small appliances drove spending — Amazon sale prompts rival retailers to offer their own deals
More: GeekWire, TechCrunch, RTÉ, Android Central, Tech Xplore, CNBC, Chain Store Age, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Investor's Business Daily, and Modern Retail. X: @vettechtrader
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