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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign says some of its internal communications were hacked, citing a Microsoft report that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email” to a campaign  —  The campaign suggested Iran was to blame.  POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer  —  Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening: … Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as its 16th employee and first marketing manager.
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Washington Post:
An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube  —  Ms. Wojcicki, who helped build Google, was one of the most prominent women in technology.  —  Susan Wojcicki, whose garage …
Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press:
Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime, expected to win General Assembly approval; critics say it could be used to justify repression  —  A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too  —  Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia.  The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …
Financial Times:
Since the OpenAI board dispute, Microsoft diversified AI investments and partnerships, built its own models, and hired aggressively for its consumer AI efforts
Reuters:
Turkey says it is restoring access to Instagram after Meta agreed to cooperate with authorities regarding “catalog crimes” and “censorship imposed on users”  —  Turkey will restore access to social media platform Instagram at 1830 GMT on Saturday after the company agreed …
Bloomberg:
Q&A with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on the toymaker's gaming push, licensing deals, and more; Monopoly GO! has earned $3B+ in revenue since its April 2023 launch  —  Monopoly GO! — has become one of the top mobile games of all time and grossed billions in revenue since it launched last year.
Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Flux, an open-source AI image generator from the startup Black Forest Labs, goes viral for creating ultra-realistic images of people  —  Multiple ways to try Flux  —  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.  Here's how it works.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
A researcher shows five proof-of-concept ways that Copilot can be manipulated by attackers, including turning it into an automatic spear-phishing machine  —  Attacks on Microsoft's Copilot AI allow for answers to be manipulated, data extracted, and security protections bypassed, new research shows.

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Emma Loffhagen / The Guardian:
Amazon withdraws from the Paris book festival, after the French booksellers' association said it will boycott the festival in protest at Amazon's involvement

Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Ahmad Batebi, a journalist with VOA's Persian service, says he was fired over a clash about VOA limiting coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

Jennifer Orsi / Poynter:
The Poynter Institute appoints President Neil Brown as chairman of the board, succeeding Paul Tash, who served as chairman for 20 years and is retiring

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Matt Binder / Mashable:
X adds the ability to sort replies, letting users choose most relevant, most recent, or most liked replies; it is unclear how the most relevant option works
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
Truth Social parent TMTG, which has a $5B market cap, reports Q2 revenue down 30% YoY to $837K and a net loss of $16.4M; Trump owns 59.9% of TMTG's common stock

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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Former Twitter board member Omid Kordestani, who helped oversee the sale of the company to Elon Musk, sues X for failing to cash out $20M+ worth of stock
Reuters:
Sources: Cisco plans a second round of layoffs in 2024, affecting at least as many as the 4,000 laid off in February, to be announced as soon as August 14
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