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Sources: Humane's Ai Pin and accessories have brought in $9M+ in sales, and $1M+ worth of product has been returned; ~7,000 Ai Pins are still in customer hands — Shortly after Humane released its $699 AI Pin in April, the returns started flowing in.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
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UK officials say X has been less responsive to removing disinformation than Google, Meta, and TikTok, as Elon Musk launches a series of jibes at PM Keir Starmer — Social media site owner Elon Musk has also been posting jibes at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
More: Wired, Washington Post, Politico, BBC, The Times, The Register, PCMag, The Guardian, Bloomberg, BusinessLIVE, New York Times, CNBC, Business Insider, Washington Post, Mashable, Social Media Today, Telegraph, NBC News, and Mother Jones
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Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $1.4B, Gross Bookings up 17% to $4.02B, vs. $4.07B est., and projects Q3 Gross Bookings below est.; LYFT closes down 17.2% — - Outlook miss threatens to overshadow progress to grow margins — Rideshare company posts quarterly profit for first time
More: Lyft, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Proactive, Benzinga, The Information, Investor's Business Daily, Associated Press, Reuters, Uber, and CNBC
| Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
Meta closes Ready at Dawn Studios, which it acquired in 2020 and produced VR games like Lone Echo and Echo VR, to meet the new Reality Labs budgetary ceiling — Echo VR developer Ready at Dawn Studios is now closed for business. — Updated 8/17 at 5:19pm ET: The information Android Central …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 21% YoY to $2.05B, vs. $2B est., Gross Merchandise Volume up 22% to $67.2B, and gross profit up 25% to $1B; SHOP closes up 17.8% — These Are the 10 AI Startups to Watch in 2024 … Quicktake
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
A US judge orders Ripple to pay a $125M penalty for selling XRP to institutional investors, well below the ~$2B the SEC had sought in the case; XRP jumps 20%+ — - Regulator had sought almost $2 billion in fines, penalties — Ripple token XRP surges on court ruling but is flat this year| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company's password sharing crackdown will kick off “in earnest” in September, after announcing paid sharing in February 2024 — Disney Plus will soon no longer let you share your password with people outside your household.
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| Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Roku plans to launch a free, ad-supported 24/7 sports channel on August 12, with live Sunday MLB games, Originals, and more on its devices, apps, and website — The free, ad-supported 24/7 service will stream Major League Baseball games, the ‘The Rich Eisen Show’ talker … | Bill Peters / MarketWatch: |
Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 40% YoY to $682M, vs. $640M est., crypto transaction revenue up 161% to $81M, and net income of $188M, up from $25M in Q2 2023 — Cryptocurrencies revenue up 161% in second quarter, while equities revenue rises 60% — Robinhood Markets Inc. reported second …
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Ireland's DPC launches High Court proceedings against X over concerns about the company's use of user data in the EU and EEA to train AI systems including Grok — The Data Protection Commission has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company over concerns … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta says Facebook creators who violate Community Standards for the first time will be given the option to take a training course to remove their warning — Facebook creators are being given a new option that will help them avoid jail — “Facebook jail,” that is — upon their first violation, and at various times after.| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA approves HPE's $14B deal to acquire Juniper Networks after finding no competition concerns, following the EU's unconditional approval on August 1 — The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it had cleared the tie-up after investigating whether it would cause a substantial lessening of competition in the UK.
More: CRN, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, The Register, DatacenterDynamics, and insideHPC
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Automattic debuts Write Brief with AI, to help users write and tweak content using text prompts, in beta on Jetpack, after launching an AI writing tool in 2023 — Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, has launched a new AI tool designed to help bloggers write more clearly and succinctly.
More: Jetpack, WordPress.com News, and SiliconANGLE
| Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg: |
Bumble reports Q2 revenue up 3.4% YoY to $268.6M, vs. $273.2M est., and projects 1% to 2% annual revenue growth, vs. 8.4% expected; BMBL drops 28%+ after hours — - Company projects 1% to 2% revenue growth, down from 8% to 11% — Dating firm ties lower outlook to ‘reset’ of growth strategy| Türkiye Today: |
Turkey bans Roblox, after blocking Instagram on August 2; a Turkish official said the ban was primarily related to sexual content that could lead to child abuse — Roblox, the widely popular online gaming platform, is banned in Türkiye on Wednesday, a move that comes in the wake of a nationwide block on Instagram.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD says its flagship Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores will launch on August 15 for $649, or $50 less than the Ryzen 9 7950X, and other new CPUs are $20-$50 cheaper — AMD has finally revealed the launch prices for its new range of Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, and it's pricing them slightly lower than the Ryzen 7000 launch prices.
More: TechRadar, Wccftech, HotHardware, Digital Trends, Forbes, KitGuru, ExtremeTech, XDA Developers, Windows 11 Forum, Club386, GamingOnLinux, PC Gamer, OC3D, Guru3D, and PCWorld
X: @amdryzen and @ghost_motley
Forums: r/pcgaming and r/hardware
| Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: |
Zillow names COO Jeremy Wacksman as CEO, replacing Rich Barton, who is stepping down to become co-executive chair; Zillow reported Q2 earnings topping estimates — - COO Wacksman will take over as chief executive officer — Housing freeze has battered company's share price this year| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal — For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different.
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