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Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs — After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
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| Reuters: |
Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 4,000+ flights since Friday, including 900+ flights on Monday so far, according to FlightAware — Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover …
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
The EU tells Meta its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta until September 1 to propose changes — The European Union says it has notified Meta that its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram might violate consumer protection laws.
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says elevated voltage is causing the ongoing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August — Patch is on the way. — Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.
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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Some spot ether ETFs receive the go-ahead from the SEC and can begin trading on Tuesday — - Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A zero-day in Telegram for Android, patched on July 11, let attackers send malicious Android APK payloads as video files; the exploit was for sale from June 6 — A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files.
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| Jessica Mathews / Fortune: |
A look inside Iconiq Growth two months after it closed a $5.75B fund, its largest ever and 42% larger than its previous fund — The sudden death of former SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg in a treadmill accident nine years ago shook Iconiq Capital founder Divesh Makan.| Bloomberg: |
Wa'ed Ventures, the $500M venture arm of Saudi Aramco, made its first investment in South Korea by investing $15M in AI chipmaker Rebellions — - Oil giant set up Wa'ed Ventures to invest in new tech firms — Rebellions is working with Samsung to develop AI chips| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD President Victor Peng, who rejoined the chipmaker in 2022 following its acquisition of Xilinx, where he served as CEO, plans to retire on August 30, 2024 — Peng's short career at AMD coincides with one of its most successful spells in business and the stock market.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung tells US users that Samsung Messages will no longer come pre-installed on Galaxy phones, starting with the Flip6 and Fold6, in favor of Google Messages — After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages on Galaxy devices in favor of Google Messages.
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| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Monarch Tractor, which makes autonomous electric tractors, raised a $133M Series C co-led by Astanor and HH-CTBC Partnership at a $500M+ valuation — Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment.| Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based AI startup Cohere raised a $500M Series D led by Canadian pension fund PSP at a $5.5B valuation, after raising $270M at a $2.2B valuation in 2023 — The Canadian AI unicorn doesn't have a viral chatbot, but it's signed on hundreds of corporate clients.
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X: @cohere, @justintrudeau, @fp_champagne, and @edzitron
LinkedIn: Cohere and Nils Reimers
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