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Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla, Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, and 100+ other VCs pledge to vote for Kamala Harris and solicit donations for her campaign — The group, including Democratic donors such as Reid Hoffman and Vinod Khosla, has been organized under an effort called VCsForKamala.
More: VCs for Kamala, GeekWire, The Hill, and The Information
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Google rolls out online safety features to make removing explicit deepfakes from Search at scale easier and to prevent them from appearing high up in results — Google is rolling out new online safety features that make it easier to remove explicit deepfakes from Search at scale and prevent … | Alex Heath / The Verge: |
After users reported that Meta's generative AI assistant incorrectly claimed the attempted Donald Trump assassination did not happen, Meta blames hallucinations — Meta's AI assistant incorrectly said that the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump didn't happen …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Zimperium: a massive SMS stealer campaign has targeted Android devices worldwide using Telegram bots to infect devices in 113 countries since February 2022 — A malicious campaign targeting Android devices worldwide utilizes thousands of Telegram bots to infect devices with SMS-stealing malware …
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| Financial Times: |
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike outage will cost the company $500M, after canceling 6,000+ flights, and Delta will seek damages — Atlanta-based carrier faces US government investigation over its handling of disruption — Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 15% YoY to $64.7B, net income up 10% YoY to $22B, Office Commercial revenue up 12% YoY, and LinkedIn revenue up 10% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — July 30, 2024 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 …
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Sources: Intel may unveil plans as early as this week to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs and fund a rebound from an earnings slump and market share losses — - CEO Gelsinger embarks on ambitious effort to regain share — Chipmaker is spending on research, development and new plants
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Spotify plans to expand the availability of lyrics for Spotify Free users in the “coming weeks”; paid subscribers could access unlimited lyrics since May 2024 — The company capped access at three songs per month in May. — Spotify users who don't pay for a subscription …
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| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Sources: the US plans to unveil a new rule next month to stop chipmaking equipment exports from some countries to China, exempting allies like the Netherlands — The Biden administration plans to unveil a new rule next month that will expand U.S. powers to stop exports of semiconductor …
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| New York Times: |
Chinese regulators propose taking over online identity verification from companies to give people a single internet ID, citing privacy and online fraud — The government said the proposal would protect online privacy. Critics said it could further concentrate government control over the internet.| Haleluya Hadero / Associated Press: |
Etsy plans to launch Etsy Insider, its first loyalty program, in September 2024 to boost sales; CEO Raina Moskowitz says it will cost about the price of a latte — Etsy said Wednesday it will begin testing its first-ever loyalty program in September, a move designed to boost …
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| Sam Jones / Financial Times: |
Germany blames China for a “serious” 2021 cyberattack on its government agency for precision mapping, after a three-year investigation by its security services — Berlin says Beijing behind 2021 hack on precision mapping agency — Germany has blamed China for a “serious” …
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Nothing unveils the Phone 2A Plus, offering the same 6.7-inch display as the 2A and a new MediaTek Dimensity 7350 Pro 5G SoC, available for $399 on August 7 — Plus is often used in smartphone naming to delineate a larger model with a bigger screen, but that's not the case here.
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| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Samsung reports Q2 revenue up 23.42% YoY to ~$53.45B, vs. ~$53.3B est., and operating profit up 1,458% YoY to ~$7.5B, as AI memory chip demand remains strong — Samsung Electronics on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected second-quarter revenue and operating profit, as demand …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Amazon sues Nokia in Delaware federal court, accusing Nokia of infringing 12 AWS cloud computing patents; Nokia will “review these matters and defend ourselves” — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) sued Nokia (NOKIA.HE) in Delaware federal court on Tuesday, accusing the Finnish telecom company … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $5.83B, vs. $5.72B est., Data Center revenue up 115% to $2.8B, net income up 881% to $265M, Q3 revenue forecast above est. — Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and showed continued growth … | Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
An investigation finds 450+ illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram from March to June 2024, some showing bottles or bricks of cocaine; Meta removed the ads — Instagram and Facebook, already under federal investigation, continue to run ads for illegal drugs, including ads showing piles of pills and bricks of cocaine
More: The Verge, Benzinga, and Tech Transparency Project
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
An IBM and Ponemon study of 604 organizations affected by data breaches between March 2023 and February 2024 finds the global average cost rose 10% YoY to $4.9M — Businesses that fall victim to a data breach can expect a financial hit of nearly $5 million on average … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Milan-based mobile app developer Bending Spoons acquires Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer, which backed out of an IPO in 2022, without disclosing terms — - European app developer has bought Evernote and pursued Vimeo — Dutch firm WeTransfer pulled out of a potential IPO in 2022
More: TechCrunch
| Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
Startup Friend previews a $99 AI pendant with an always-on microphone that's designed to provide the wearer with companionship, set to ship in January 2025 — The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn't help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
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| Jason Del Rey / Fortune: |
Interviews with 24 current and former Amazon staff say Jeff Bezos' Amazon Way principles remain core under Andy Jassy but are now less universally agreed upon — When Amazon ordered most workers back to the office three days a week in February 2023, Pamela Hayter was not happy about the end of a popular pandemic-era arrangement.| Chris Miller / Financial Times: |
How US safeguards on the Microsoft-G42 deal, aiming to protect critical data center and AI infrastructure, could shape future international data center projects — Security hawks in Washington worry that infrastructure deals risk the future of AI — If artificial intelligence systems transform …
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