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Sources: Apple plans to debut Apple Intelligence by October, weeks after iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 releases; developers get to test AI features as soon as this week — - Developers will get to test AI features as soon as this week — Apple is betting on enhancements to help sell iPhone 16 line
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Elon Musk reposts an edited Kamala Harris campaign video that mimics her voice, possibly with deepfake tech; it has 129M+ views and seemingly breaks X's rules — The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.
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Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's acquisition; Docs show Twitch generated ~$667M in ad revenue and $1.3B in commerce revenue in 2023 — Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. The live-video service has slowing user growth … | David Weston / Microsoft Security Blog: |
Microsoft shares a technical overview of the CrowdStrike incident, explains why security products use Windows kernel drivers, and outlines planned improvements — Windows is an open and flexible platform used by many of the world's top businesses for high availability use cases where security and availability are non-negotiable.
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| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Podcasting is becoming an industry of megastars with huge deals and the biggest audiences; Edison: the top 25 podcasts reach nearly 50% of US weekly listeners — The top shows are adding video, merchandise and live tours and signing megadeals with Spotify, Sirius and Amazon.
More: 9to5Mac. Threads: @stevemberkowitz. Mastodon: @michellemanafy@journa.host. X: @robenfarzad, @samro, @joshthomastn, @davidharsanyi, @ckwitt3, and @wsj. Forums: Hacker News
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
ISD: hundreds of extremist TikTok accounts are openly sharing Hitler-related propaganda, including Holocaust denial videos, and trying to recruit new members — Not only is TikTok's algorithm promoting Neo-Nazi content, extremist organizations are also using the platform to recruit new members and encourage real-world action.| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 SoC review: the Zen 5 CPU architecture, RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture, and XDNA 2 NPU make this AMD's most compelling laptop chip to date — During the opening keynote delivered by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su at Computex 2024, AMD finally lifted the lid on their highly-anticipated Zen 5 microarchitecture.
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Forums: r/AMD_Stock, r/Amd, r/hardware, and r/Amd
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by Aug. 1 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (HPE.N) is expected to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $14 billion acquisition …
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A now freed Ethiopian man named Guracha Belachew Bersha details how he scammed hundreds online after he was enslaved in a pig butchering scam center in Myanmar — A multibillion-dollar cyberfraud industry operating out of Southeast Asia relies on forced labor and torture
X: @felizysolo, @mikesmithwriter, @silvermanjacob, @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, and @jchengwsj
LinkedIn: Ken Palla, Vikram Mengi, and Ayelet Biger-Levin
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The US NIST re-releases Dioptra, an open-source web-based tool first unveiled in 2022 for benchmarking, testing, and assessing risks in AI models — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the U.S. government … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Ghostery CEO Jean-Paul Schmetz about the service turning 15, the state of ad tracking, why regulation is not the best path to protecting online privacy — The world of online advertising has changed dramatically since Ghostery first launched in 2009 to help people understand … | Stefano De Marzo / EU-Startups: |
Germany-based osapiens, which develops ESG compliance tech, raised a $120M Series B led by Growth Equity, bringing its total funding to $145M — osapiens, a leading ESG Platform and provider of compliance and sustainability reporting solutions, announced the completion of a €110.7 …
More: Tech.eu and Tech Funding News
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Trump proposes a strategic national crypto stockpile; Bitcoin 2024 organizers say they were in talks to have Kamala Harris appear, but she ultimately declined — NASHVILLE — Former President Donald Trump said that if he were returned to the White House, he would ensure that the federal government never sells off its bitcoin holdings.
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Forums: r/marketpredictors, r/centrist, r/Bitcoin, r/politics, r/wallstreetbets, and r/Buttcoin
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